LAMal: the retroactive bill
You have three months to join a health insurer. But you pay from the day you arrive anyway. Better plan for it in your budget.
Understand LAMal →Your journey
Enter your arrival date: each step shows your real deadline.
Step 1 of 8
Register with your municipality
With your employment contract and your lease: this is what triggers your B permit.
Before 15 November 2026
Free tools
CHF
Official 2026 Geneva scales, resident or cross-border, with children: what really lands in your account.
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Choose your health insurer, deductible and model, and compare the official premiums.
3a
Your capital in ten, twenty or thirty years, and the tax you save each year.
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Taxes, LAMal, B, C and G permits, naturalisation: the comparison to choose where to live.
AI
Paste the job ad and your CV: the questions you'll be asked, then a score and a better version of your answers.
CV
Photo, permit, languages, measurable achievements: three templates, PDF and Word export, Swiss score out of seven.
The classic traps
You have three months to join a health insurer. But you pay from the day you arrive anyway. Better plan for it in your budget.
Understand LAMal →Your French licence must be exchanged for a Swiss one within twelve months. Your car has its own deadlines too. Nobody tells you.
See the car deadlines →Want to leave before the end of your lease? In Switzerland, it's often up to you to find the tenant who replaces you. We explain how.
All about housing →One email at the right time, with the right step. Nothing more.
Your journey
Enter your arrival date: each step shows your real deadline.
Step 1 of 8
Register with your municipality
With your employment contract and your lease: this is what triggers your B permit.
Within 14 days
Free tools
CHF
Official 2026 Geneva scales, resident or cross-border, with children: what really lands in your account.
+
Choose your health insurer, deductible and model, and compare the official premiums.
3a
Your capital in ten, twenty or thirty years, and the tax you save each year.
⇄
Taxes, LAMal, B, C and G permits, naturalisation: the comparison to choose where to live.
AI
Paste the job ad and your CV: the questions you'll be asked, then a score and a better version of your answers.
CV
Photo, permit, languages, measurable achievements: three templates, PDF and Word export, Swiss score out of seven.
The classic traps
You have three months to join a health insurer. But you pay from the day you arrive anyway. Better plan for it in your budget.
Understand LAMal →Your French licence must be exchanged for a Swiss one within twelve months. Your car has its own deadlines too. Nobody tells you.
See the car deadlines →Want to leave before the end of your lease? In Switzerland, it's often up to you to find the tenant who replaces you. We explain how.
All about housing →One email at the right time, with the right step. Nothing more.