Settling in Switzerland
Jan 30th 2005, 8:22 am
#61
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Re: Settling in Switzerland
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:24:16 +0000, [email protected]
(chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn) wrote:
>Deep Foiled Malls <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>[]
>> True that US and Australian bureaucracy is extremely tough. I managed
>> to get an Australian passport, and it was not easy. Never tried to get
>> an American one though.
>Did you ever have US residency?
Never. Only clocked up a couple of months there in my life.
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(chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn) wrote:
>Deep Foiled Malls <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>[]
>> True that US and Australian bureaucracy is extremely tough. I managed
>> to get an Australian passport, and it was not easy. Never tried to get
>> an American one though.
>Did you ever have US residency?
Never. Only clocked up a couple of months there in my life.
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Jan 30th 2005, 12:13 pm
#62
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Re: Settling in Switzerland
In article <1106917027.de83b4cc58b21e96405487f3fd6b275f@teran ews>,
Tim Challenger <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 06:28:24 -0500, bxbxb3 wrote:
>
> > oh! it sounds like no job without experience and no experience without job.
> > To get a citizenship one should live for many years in that country and to
> > live in that country one should have citizenship.
>
> No, to live get citizenship you need to live there a long time.
> To live there a long time you need a resident's/work permit.
> A resident's permit is NOT the same as citizenship. It's like the
> difference between a US passport and a US Green Card.
And with a resident's permit, you can't work can you?
Tim Challenger <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 06:28:24 -0500, bxbxb3 wrote:
>
> > oh! it sounds like no job without experience and no experience without job.
> > To get a citizenship one should live for many years in that country and to
> > live in that country one should have citizenship.
>
> No, to live get citizenship you need to live there a long time.
> To live there a long time you need a resident's/work permit.
> A resident's permit is NOT the same as citizenship. It's like the
> difference between a US passport and a US Green Card.
And with a resident's permit, you can't work can you?
Jan 30th 2005, 12:15 pm
#63
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Re: Settling in Switzerland
In article <[email protected]>,
nitram <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Because all Swiss persons are forced by law to live in Switzerland ?
>
> or because he didn't like keeping a rifle under his bed?
Or he didn't see a good heating system?
nitram <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Because all Swiss persons are forced by law to live in Switzerland ?
>
> or because he didn't like keeping a rifle under his bed?
Or he didn't see a good heating system?
Jan 30th 2005, 12:16 pm
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Re: Settling in Switzerland
In article <[email protected]>,
Thomas Stalder <[email protected]> wrote:
> I never had a rifle in my home.
How about a watch?
Cheese?
Thomas Stalder <[email protected]> wrote:
> I never had a rifle in my home.
How about a watch?
Cheese?
Jan 30th 2005, 12:16 pm
#65
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Re: Settling in Switzerland
poldy <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <1106917027.de83b4cc58b21e96405487f3fd6b275f@teran ews>,
> Tim Challenger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 06:28:24 -0500, bxbxb3 wrote:
> >
> > > oh! it sounds like no job without experience and no experience without
> > > job. To get a citizenship one should live for many years in that
> > > country and to live in that country one should have citizenship.
> >
> > No, to live get citizenship you need to live there a long time.
> > To live there a long time you need a resident's/work permit.
> > A resident's permit is NOT the same as citizenship. It's like the
> > difference between a US passport and a US Green Card.
>
> And with a resident's permit, you can't work can you?
Yes you can- just as you can work with a US Green Card.
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> In article <1106917027.de83b4cc58b21e96405487f3fd6b275f@teran ews>,
> Tim Challenger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 06:28:24 -0500, bxbxb3 wrote:
> >
> > > oh! it sounds like no job without experience and no experience without
> > > job. To get a citizenship one should live for many years in that
> > > country and to live in that country one should have citizenship.
> >
> > No, to live get citizenship you need to live there a long time.
> > To live there a long time you need a resident's/work permit.
> > A resident's permit is NOT the same as citizenship. It's like the
> > difference between a US passport and a US Green Card.
>
> And with a resident's permit, you can't work can you?
Yes you can- just as you can work with a US Green Card.
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Jan 30th 2005, 12:17 pm
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Re: Settling in Switzerland
chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn
<[email protected]> wrote:
> poldy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > In article <1106917027.de83b4cc58b21e96405487f3fd6b275f@teran ews>,
> > Tim Challenger <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 06:28:24 -0500, bxbxb3 wrote:
> > >
> > > > oh! it sounds like no job without experience and no experience without
> > > > job. To get a citizenship one should live for many years in that
> > > > country and to live in that country one should have citizenship.
> > >
> > > No, to live get citizenship you need to live there a long time.
> > > To live there a long time you need a resident's/work permit.
> > > A resident's permit is NOT the same as citizenship. It's like the
> > > difference between a US passport and a US Green Card.
> >
> > And with a resident's permit, you can't work can you?
>
> Yes you can- just as you can work with a US Green Card.
In the US, that is! :)
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<[email protected]> wrote:
> poldy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > In article <1106917027.de83b4cc58b21e96405487f3fd6b275f@teran ews>,
> > Tim Challenger <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 06:28:24 -0500, bxbxb3 wrote:
> > >
> > > > oh! it sounds like no job without experience and no experience without
> > > > job. To get a citizenship one should live for many years in that
> > > > country and to live in that country one should have citizenship.
> > >
> > > No, to live get citizenship you need to live there a long time.
> > > To live there a long time you need a resident's/work permit.
> > > A resident's permit is NOT the same as citizenship. It's like the
> > > difference between a US passport and a US Green Card.
> >
> > And with a resident's permit, you can't work can you?
>
> Yes you can- just as you can work with a US Green Card.
In the US, that is! :)
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Jan 30th 2005, 12:17 pm
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Re: Settling in Switzerland
In article <[email protected]>,
nitram <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dunno, but they are very persistent, they even wanted an expatriate
> living in NL to take his gun home with him.
The govt. is inviting people into Switzerland? Why exactly?
Not enough people in a certain profession?
Low birth rate?
nitram <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dunno, but they are very persistent, they even wanted an expatriate
> living in NL to take his gun home with him.
The govt. is inviting people into Switzerland? Why exactly?
Not enough people in a certain profession?
Low birth rate?
Jan 30th 2005, 12:18 pm
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Re: Settling in Switzerland
In article <[email protected]>,
Nathalie Chiva <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>Isn't it only until he turns 60 or such ?
> >
> >Usually 42. But certain rifles (older types) can be kept completely.
> >
>
> Now 30 - new army reform.
>
> Nathalie in Switzerland
OK so when is the last time the Swiss had to use those guns?
You know, American conservatives attribute the low crime in Switzerland
to the high levels of gun ownership.
Nathalie Chiva <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>Isn't it only until he turns 60 or such ?
> >
> >Usually 42. But certain rifles (older types) can be kept completely.
> >
>
> Now 30 - new army reform.
>
> Nathalie in Switzerland
OK so when is the last time the Swiss had to use those guns?
You know, American conservatives attribute the low crime in Switzerland
to the high levels of gun ownership.
Jan 30th 2005, 12:19 pm
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Re: Settling in Switzerland
In article <[email protected]>,
Deep Foiled Malls <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
> Honestly, what is it with Switzerland? The contrasts you experience in
> that place are extraordinary. The people have to be the most 'closed'
> on the planet!
Money?
Thin air?
Deep Foiled Malls <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
> Honestly, what is it with Switzerland? The contrasts you experience in
> that place are extraordinary. The people have to be the most 'closed'
> on the planet!
Money?
Thin air?
Jan 30th 2005, 12:22 pm
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Re: Settling in Switzerland
In article <[email protected]>,
Thomas Stalder <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, then I guess it's the way you approach people ...
> or you simply are a very unlucky person meeting the wrong people always.
Hey I notice you're posting from Mozilla on a Mac.
How easy or difficult is it to get over there?
Does it come with all the languages used in Switzerland?
Thomas Stalder <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, then I guess it's the way you approach people ...
> or you simply are a very unlucky person meeting the wrong people always.
Hey I notice you're posting from Mozilla on a Mac.
How easy or difficult is it to get over there?
Does it come with all the languages used in Switzerland?
Jan 30th 2005, 8:12 pm
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Re: Settling in Switzerland
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:13:27 -0800, poldy wrote:
> In article <1106917027.de83b4cc58b21e96405487f3fd6b275f@teran ews>,
> Tim Challenger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 06:28:24 -0500, bxbxb3 wrote:
>>
>>> oh! it sounds like no job without experience and no experience without job.
>>> To get a citizenship one should live for many years in that country and to
>>> live in that country one should have citizenship.
>>
>> No, to live get citizenship you need to live there a long time.
>> To live there a long time you need a resident's/work permit.
>> A resident's permit is NOT the same as citizenship. It's like the
>> difference between a US passport and a US Green Card.
>
> And with a resident's permit, you can't work can you?
Only if you can find a job anyway.
Without a resident's permit you can't work.
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> In article <1106917027.de83b4cc58b21e96405487f3fd6b275f@teran ews>,
> Tim Challenger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 06:28:24 -0500, bxbxb3 wrote:
>>
>>> oh! it sounds like no job without experience and no experience without job.
>>> To get a citizenship one should live for many years in that country and to
>>> live in that country one should have citizenship.
>>
>> No, to live get citizenship you need to live there a long time.
>> To live there a long time you need a resident's/work permit.
>> A resident's permit is NOT the same as citizenship. It's like the
>> difference between a US passport and a US Green Card.
>
> And with a resident's permit, you can't work can you?
Only if you can find a job anyway.
Without a resident's permit you can't work.
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Tim C.
Jan 30th 2005, 8:30 pm
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Re: Settling in Switzerland
poldy wrote:
> OK so when is the last time the Swiss had to use those guns?
Around one month ago a recruit shot an officer accidently when he was
target of a fake attack.
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> OK so when is the last time the Swiss had to use those guns?
Around one month ago a recruit shot an officer accidently when he was
target of a fake attack.
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Jan 30th 2005, 8:33 pm
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Re: Settling in Switzerland
poldy wrote:
> Hey I notice you're posting from Mozilla on a Mac.
>
> How easy or difficult is it to get over there?
>
> Does it come with all the languages used in Switzerland?
Easy and yes.
(well, not exactly Swiss german :-) )
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> Hey I notice you're posting from Mozilla on a Mac.
>
> How easy or difficult is it to get over there?
>
> Does it come with all the languages used in Switzerland?
Easy and yes.
(well, not exactly Swiss german :-) )
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Jan 30th 2005, 8:36 pm
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Re: Settling in Switzerland
poldy wrote:
>>I never had a rifle in my home.
>
> How about a watch?
>
> Cheese?
Always!
And I've got chocolate, an army knife, a banc account, lots of snow and
the Eiger north face under my bed.
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>>I never had a rifle in my home.
>
> How about a watch?
>
> Cheese?
Always!
And I've got chocolate, an army knife, a banc account, lots of snow and
the Eiger north face under my bed.
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Jan 30th 2005, 8:47 pm
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Re: Settling in Switzerland
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:36:09 +0100, Thomas Stalder
<[email protected]> wrote:
>poldy wrote:
>>>I never had a rifle in my home.
>>
>> How about a watch?
>>
>> Cheese?
>Always!
>And I've got chocolate, an army knife, a banc account, lots of snow and
>the Eiger north face under my bed.
plus the tooth fairy, two million Swiss Air shares, an inflatable Anna
Nicole Smith and the last Jungfrau in Switzerland
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>poldy wrote:
>>>I never had a rifle in my home.
>>
>> How about a watch?
>>
>> Cheese?
>Always!
>And I've got chocolate, an army knife, a banc account, lots of snow and
>the Eiger north face under my bed.
plus the tooth fairy, two million Swiss Air shares, an inflatable Anna
Nicole Smith and the last Jungfrau in Switzerland
--
Martin
