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Who to contact with questions about your family joining you in Switzerland, who can help you to search for missing family members, where to get support and advice if you are being forced into marriage – answers to these and many other questions can be found on this site.

I have questions about my family joining me. Who should I contact?

The laws concerning the right to have your family join you if you are a refugee living in Switzerland are complicated. Basically, different requirements and rules apply if you have a recognised refugee status (B permit), provisionally accepted refugee status (F permit) or provisionally accepted person status (F permit).

The Bündner Beratungsstelle für Asylsuchende (Advice Centre for Asylum Seekers) offers support and advice on questions relating to your family joining you. The Centre may charge a fee depending on your status under asylum law.

On the Schweizerischen Flüchtlingshilfe (Swiss Refugee Council) website you will find an overview of permits under asylum law and the most important status rights, such as immigration of family members, change of canton, work, social assistance or travelling abroad.

In the “Family reunification in Switzerland” explanatory video by the Schweizerischen Roten Kreuzes (Swiss Red Cross) you will find out who is entitled to have their family join them, or whether there is a waiting period, and how long. The video is available in Arabic, Dari/Farsi, English, Tamil, Tigrinya and Turkish.