2023 Employment Quotas For Third-Country Foreign Nationals

Key Points

• Switzerland announced 2023 quotas for the recruitment of select foreign nationals

Overview

The government of Switzerland set its quotas for the recruitment of qualified specialists for 2023. The government will maintain quotas on the number of skilled workers permitted to be recruited from countries outside of the European Union (EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) that were set in 2022. As a result, as many as:

• 8,500 qualified specialists from outside of the EU and EFTA can be recruited in 2023
• 4,500 foreign nationals from outside of the EU and EFTA can be recruited under a B residence permit in 2023; and
• 4,000 foreign nationals from outside of the EU and EFTA can be recruited under a short-term L residence permit.