Welcome: Living in Switzerland

Independent app, not offered by any authority.

New to Switzerland, visiting or seeking protection? Welcome explains everyday life in Switzerland in plain words: what matters in the first days, where to find help, how doctors, trains, shopping and offices work. Emergency numbers and articles also work without internet.

EMERGENCY IN ONE TAP • 112, 117, 118, 144, 145 and 1414 in large type, tap to call • Helplines kept apart: 142, 143 and 147 • “What do I say on the phone?” step by step

EXPLAINED SIMPLY • Over 180 short articles in eight areas: first steps, asylum and protection, help and health, housing and work, family and school, living for less, getting around, understanding Switzerland • In every article: in short, your next step, what you need and a tip • A source for every statement, with publisher and date checked • “My first days” to tick off, matched to your situation

SHOW IT, DON’T EXPLAIN IT • Over 50 phrase cards for the doctor, the pharmacy, offices, school, housing and getting around • Large in the language of the person opposite, below in your language • Show an article in another language, for example at the counter

GOOD HELP • Over 110 recommended apps, websites and advice centres, each with one sentence on what it is good for • Public bodies, charities and companies clearly marked • Recommendations, not partners: the app receives nothing for them

MY CANTON • For all 26 cantons the offices that matter: migration, integration, advice, with checked links • Over 40 words from the authorities explained simply, with the terms in German, French and Italian

IN YOUR LANGUAGE • The app in English, German, French and Italian • Interface, emergency numbers and phrase cards also in Ukrainian, Arabic, Dari and Turkish, Arabic and Dari right to left; in these languages the articles are in English for now • You choose the language in the app, whatever your iPhone is set to

FOR EVERYONE • iPhone and iPad, large text, dark mode • No account, no tracking: your choices stay on your device

TO BE CLEAR Welcome does not replace advice or any office. Texts and translations were written with the help of AI and checked against the sources given, official bodies first. Where things change often, the app does not explain them itself but leads you to the office that knows.

Not offered by any authority. All information without guarantee.