How the work gets done
Get in touch today, even with an unfinished plan. Within one working day you know whether I can help and how.
Straight answers
Sometimes the most useful answer is that no help is needed. Many EU citizens register on their own. Some leases are fine as they are.
You hear that in the first conversation, which is free of charge.
When there is work to do, the scope and the billing are agreed before it starts. Nothing is added later without your agreement.
The restaurant you want to open
The difficult part is rarely the idea. It is usually everything around it.
That part is the work done here. See all services
Handled here
- Aufenthaltsbewilligung
- Permis de séjour
- Mietvertrag
- Bail commercial
- Gastgewerbebewilligung
- Brandschutz
- Permesso di dimora
- Selbstkontrolle
- Nutzungsänderung
- Einwohnerkontrolle
- AHV-Anmeldung
- Quellensteuer
- Steuererklärung
- Baubewilligung
What happens after you get in touch
Your goals are clarified.
The requirements of the authorities are established.
A solution between the two is negotiated and carried through.
You are kept informed about where things stand. When a decision is yours to make, you are asked in good time. Where a lawyer, notary or tax specialist is needed, I bring them in and you keep one contact.
What you receive in writing
Every important step is confirmed in writing.
At the start
What is included, what is not, how it is billed, who is involved and a rough time frame.
- Included: permit application, lease review, operating licence.
- Not included: bookkeeping.
- Billing: fixed fee per permit, everything else based on hourly rates.
- Involved: migration office, commune, landlord.
- Rough time frame: 8 to 12 weeks.
What you provide and what is prepared here.
- From you: passport, CV and diplomas, proof of funds.
- Prepared here: business plan, permit application, lease review.
During the work
Where it stands, the next step and a plan B.
- Where it stands: the operating licence is issued.
- Next step: the commune decides on the terrace permit by 14 October.
- Plan B: the restaurant opens inside first.
When a decision is needed, you receive the options with their costs and consequences and make the choice yourself.
- Option A: sign the lease as offered. Faster, but the clause on alterations stays.
- Option B: negotiate the clause first. Two more weeks, lower costs over the years.
At the end
The complete file with all required documents.
- Permit decision and residence permit.
- Lease with all annexes.
- Operating licence and commercial register extract.
- AHV confirmation and correspondence with the authorities.
What comes next and when.
- Every spring: the tax return.
- Quarterly: AHV contributions.
- Six months before the lease term ends: decision on renewal.
- Before the permit expires: the renewal application.
Who pays for the wall?
If you skim a lease and sign it, most of the time nothing happens.
1Then you want to change something in the premises and ask the landlord to pay. The landlord points to a clause. You pay it yourself, once and then again. Over the years it adds up.
If you move a wall without telling anyone, someone from the commune may ask two months later whether it has always been there.
2Material changes had to be reported. Now there is a fine and a form listing every change, due within a set deadline.
None of this ends a business. It costs money, time and above all the energy the business itself needs. That is why these things get checked before they happen.
What do you want to create?
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