Renewing a residence permit
This is the information for residents of the city of Zurich. If you live in another municipality, please contact the respective municipal administration directly.
You will receive the renewal form 5-8 weeks before your residence permit expires by post. Please fill in the form and take it to one of the external page3 Residents’ Registration Office (Personenmeldeamt)call_made within the city of Zurich or to your respective municipality.
The request for renewal must be made in person.
Usually the issuance of the new residence permit takes 2-3 months.
Documents
- your passport / identity card
- your Swiss residence permit
- for non-EU/EFTA citizens: your own bank statement proving sufficient financial means (i.e. CHF 21’000 for the following academic year)
- your extended confirmation of matriculation for the new semester (cf. information below)
- renewal fee; EU/EFTA around CHF 70; non-EU/EFTA around CHF
- if you changed accommodation: new rental agreement
Extension for Master's thesis
If you have already completed all ECTS credits for your ETH degree and only need to write and submit your Master's thesis, it is important to note that the Master's thesis is mandatory for your degree when applying for the renewal.
- Submit the "Extended Confirmation of Matriculation", which is also valid in case of a leave of absence (only possible if you have been enrolled and registered in myStudies in the previous semester for your Master's thesis already).
Students with a visa requirement
- Students with a visa requirement, who travel abroad during the renewal process: must apply in person to the external pageMigration Office for a retrun visacall_made (only available in German).
- If you remain in Switzerland during your extension process, you do not have to do anything.
Change of accommodation
Apply for a external pagepost forwardingcall_made from your old to your new address. Since your new reisdence permit will be send by registered post mail.
Study period in Switzerland
For Non-EU/EFTA nationals, the total period of study in Switzerland may not exceed 8 years. Exceptions are possible if they serve a purposeful education and training (e.g. MSc, doctorate, post-doctorate).
However, each case must be individually reviewed and approved by the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), see external pageWeisung Aus- und Weiterbildungcall_made (only available in German), p. 9, 2.8. Bewilligungsdauer (duration of approval).
Extended Confirmation of Matriculation
The Migration Office of the Canton of Zurich requires the current “extended confirmation of matriculation” when issuing your residence permit for the first time and when renewing it.
The “Downloadextended confirmation of matriculation (PDF, 161 KB)vertical_align_bottom” is part of a set of enrolment confirmations that you can download each semester in myStudies as soon as you have enrolled for the (new) semester.
Log in to myStudies > Functions > Download PDF. The set contains a “regular” confirmation or matriculation, as well as the “Downloadextended confirmation of matriculation (PDF, 161 KB)vertical_align_bottom”.
Please note: The information on this page is meant for information purposes only. No responsibility is taken for the correctness of this information. The rules and regulations may have changed in the meantime. For legally binding information please contact the respective authorities.
Contact
ETH Zurich
Raemistr. 101
HG F 22.3
8092
Zurich
Switzerland