Background
Due to the shortage of skilled labor, Swiss companies are
increasingly offering Swiss employment contracts to foreign
candidates, even though they wish to remain in their country of
residence. In this case, a local Swiss employment contract is
issued. The employee belongs to the Swiss company and, therefore,
also to the Swiss payroll. However, he works in a home office
abroad ("remote work").
From an immigration perspective, this constellation only becomes
relevant if the employee sporadically comes to Switzerland for
work. Two case studies are used here to illustrate the
authorization options.
a) Case study: Employee is EU/EFTA
citizen
A Swiss consulting company has recruited a prominent headhunter
from the neighboring country Germany, Mr. Besserwisser, who wants
to keep his residence in Germany. On one hand he can do his job
perfectly well from home, on the other hand his wife is gainfully
employed, and the children go to school in Germany. A
