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Can I work as an asylum seeker?
Asylum seekers (permit N) may only engage in gainful employment after a waiting period of 3 months (art. 43 LAsi). Authorization is granted if salary and working conditions are respected and if the labour market permits. The salary is subject to a contribution…
Verified sources as of 2026-04-07.
⚖️ Articles, deadlines and authorities reviewed by our legal AI on 2026-04-29. Does not replace a human lawyer.
# Applicable Law Articles (Note: The text provided contains only a heading/title without substantive content to translate. The section "Articles de loi applicables" translates to "Applicable Law Articles" or "Applicable Legal Provisions.")
- ASAi 43 — Lucrative activity of asylum seekers
- LAsi 86 — Special Contributions
- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal texts into English while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders. However, I notice that the text you want me to translate contains only "LEI 85a" which is a protected token. Since there is no actual content to translate beyond this token, the translation is: LEI 85a Please provide the full text you'd like me to translate, and I will apply the preferred glossary terms you've specified: - formal notice → formal notice - payment order → payment order - lease agreement → lease agreement — Lucrative Activity of Provisional Admittees
Critical deadlines
- Eligibility verification — immediate
- Request for Authorization by the Employer — in the 30 days following the offer (ASA 43 / ASA 86 / LEI 85a)
- # Cantonal Decision — 30 to 60 days
- Administrative remedy — 30 days from notification (cantonal procedural law / LAsi 108)
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