Who would you like to
Who would you like to swap a day within your professional life?I would like to spend a day in the shoes of an HR professional responsible forglobal mobility. It would help me understand how they view partners from theirperspective. This will help me to identify lessons I can apply to make mybusiness more appealing to them.What has been the biggest AHA moment in your role?My biggest "AHA" moment was handling my first Vander Elst case in Spain backin 2003. I was likely one of the first immigration professionals, if not the first, tosubmit a posted worker notification and successfully obtain a Vander Elst visain Spain. At that time, only a few EU countries, such as Belgium and France, werefamiliar with the concept of posted worker notifications and Vander Elst visas. Ithoroughly enjoyed the experience, as my background in EU law played a keyrole in understanding the process and making it a reality in Spain.Where do you get the best ideas?I love reading about politics, sociology and moder economy, making connectionsabout how all impact international migration and new laws.This holistic approach really helps me to write articles with ease.What advice would you give to your 20-year-old ME from today's perspective?You did an excellent job following your gut and instict of working in law withlanguages.To any 20-year old law student today, don’t be afraid to exploredifferent legal areas until you find your true calling.What are you looking forward to in the next 12 months?I’m grateful for all that we’ve achieved in just a few months since my companywas established. For 2025, I hope to continue working with such friendlypartners as Convinus and assist more of you with any immigration challenges inSpain or the EU.Raquel, thank you so much for this interviewand I look forward to reading your article!24
CONVINUS Global Mobility Insights - Winter 2024 / 2025Business Traveller in Switzerland - Work permitsand opportunitiesAuthor: Friederike V. Ruch, CEO, CONVINUSSwitzerland plays a very important role in the global economic system. Despite itsrelatively small geographical size and a population of just under 9 million, thecountry is of great international importance. This is due to its stable economy,strong financial sector, well-known political stability and neutrality, and its greatinnovative strength (Switzerland is always ranked among the top 3 mostinnovative countries in the world in the various annual international rankings).Switzerland is not only an important financial centre, but also a centre for manyinternationally active companies from a wide range of sectors. Due to the verybusiness-friendly and reliably stable legal and tax framework, a large number ofinternational companies and groups have their international or Europeanheadquarters in Switzerland, for example.As a result, the topic of business travellers is also high on the agenda of manycompanies. A business traveller is a person who is employed in one country andworks in another company within the group on a daily or weekly basis.The first step is to check to what extent a business traveller needs a work permit inSwitzerland for their work. There are a few details to consider here. In principle, ifthe activity can be classified as gainful employment, a work permit is alsorequired.From an authorisation law perspective, there are two main types of authorisationsthat take centre stage:120-day permit for all nationalsRegistration procedure for all EU and EFTA nationals and for non-EU/EFTAnationals with a minimum residence of 12 months in an EU/EFTA member state25
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