Moving and relocation in Basel Stadt/Basel Land

- General entry and visa requirements - Residency - Work Permits
- 'Welcome to Switzerland' introductory brochure (pdf)

Basel Stadt (BS)
- Registering in Basel city? Apply at the Migrationsamt (location and opening times)
- Dates for welcome/information evenings
- Dates for city walking tours for newcomers
- Help with integrating into life in Basel

Basellandschaft (BL)
Basellandschaft or 'Basel land' as it is known, is the canton that surrounds Basel Stadt. Towns and villages such as Binningen, Bottmingen, Birsfelden, Oberwil and Allschwil are an easy commute into the city. To register, contact the council (gemeinde) in your town/village: list of gemeinde in BL
*See and links above

- Moving with children? See the childrens' pages on this site.
- Looking for work? See the 'Work and Network' pages on this site
- Compare tax rates from canton to canton
- Other useful links and resources

Find a flat or house:
Flats and houses are advertised on these specialised Swiss search engines and websites:
Alle-Immobilien.ch - ImmoStreet - Home.ch - Homegate.ch - ImmoScout24 - Anzeiger - Immoclick.ch - LogisBale (building projects)

Note that the number of rooms mentioned in an advert (e.g. '2 Zimmer Wohnung' or '3.5 Zimmer Wohnung') excludes the kitchen and bathroom. A 'half room' is added if one area of the apartment or house, for example the hallway, provides significant additional living space.

These sites are also a great place to advertise your current flat/house to a potential 'nachmieter' (the next tenant) should you want to move out before the end of your lease. Ads are free on some sites.

- Calculate the volume of your furniture (in cubic feet: divide 3 times by 3.28 for cubic metres)
- German vocabulary related to flats, furnishings and leases, etc.
- Post Office site: redirecting/retaining post following the move (in German, French and Italian)
- template letter in German for informing people of your change of address

Links and resources:
- Compare tax rates from canton to canton
- englishforum.ch: the main internet forum for English-speakers in the area- you will find answers to all of your questions in the forum's very comprehensive archive
- Other local forums

Get help and information from these advisory services for foreign nationals:
- GGG
- Basel Stadt: www.auslaenderberatung-basel.ch
- Basel Land: www.auslaenderdienstbl.ch

- Information for cross-border workers
- Infobest - Palmrain. Not-for-profits organisation providing practical information on life in each of the 3 border region countries.

- General information on living in Switzerland
- Adapting electrical appliances for use in Switzerland
- Buying radio and television licenses: Billag
- Cable/internet providers - intergga - cablecom - swisscom

- Customs Office information on moving your goods to Switzerland
- Importing cars to Switzerland
- Registering a car in Switzerland
- Bringing pets into Switzerland
- Bringing wine into Switzerland