1. Policies and procedures for entry inspection of overseas students in Switzerland
I. Immigration inspection policy
1, port regulations
Non-residents entering Switzerland need to go through special entry points for inspection, because this is to ensure national security and strict inspection of overseas personnel. Please don't take the wrong entrance.
The inspection requires everyone to show relevant identification, strictly check their carry-on luggage and make basic inquiries. Everyone needs to deal with it calmly and don't show danger.
2. Foreign exchange control
There are also strict controls on the cash carried, mainly because Switzerland, as a neutral country and a big financial country, will strictly examine the entry of foreign exchange in order to ensure domestic economic stability.
International students can not carry more than 5,000 euros in cash, and there are general requirements for bills of exchange or deposits. When making preparations, everyone must strictly follow the customs regulations.
3. Luggage handling
In terms of baggage carrying, different airports will be slightly different in management, which needs specific analysis. If we want to avoid trouble, we should avoid carrying anything that may go wrong.
Of course, if you want to prepare something with strict requirements, you must remember declare in advance, so that you can avoid the trouble in the inspection process and help you get through customs better.
4. Qualification requirements
In terms of entry qualifications, by the way, even if everyone holds a legal visa, if the following acts are found during the examination, they will be repatriated, so everyone should make preparations in advance.
Be blacklisted in China; Unable to provide legal financial support or sources; Personal passport expired, etc.
Second, the induction process
1, contact for delivery.
As a freshman, if there is no guidance, it is easy to get lost, and the new arrival in language is definitely an obstacle. Therefore, after confirming your flight, you need a contact person to pick up the plane as soon as possible, and general schools will have corresponding services.
Students will be directly driven to school, and everyone can apply for admission and registration in time, which is the most convenient way. You need to contact the relevant personnel by phone and tell them your flight information, personal appearance and contact information.
Step 2 check your luggage
After arriving at the airport in advance, everyone can go to the lobby to exchange tickets. If there are no other arrangements, you can check your luggage directly and give it to the staff for inspection. When they are correct, they will be branded and everyone can enter the waiting hall.
In addition to going through the security check, international students also need to be asked the basic questions of the staff to confirm everyone's identity. Although it is strict, everyone can answer truthfully when checking the carry-on baggage, which is relatively safe.
3. Boarding and landing
You also need to fill in the entry card on the plane, mainly to register your basic information, so that the entry personnel can grasp your situation conveniently. If you have any luggage to declare, you need to fill it out, so you can check it directly when you get off the plane, which can save time.
After landing, students should go to the relevant entry ports of foreigners for proper identity check. It may take a long time for international students to adjust their identity certificates and entry cards before they can get their luggage.
Step 4 apply for admission
Except for those who contact the airport to pick up the plane, they usually wait in the lobby in advance. The better the position at this time, the better. After confirming your identity, if you don't need to wait for someone, take everyone directly to school.
After you get off the bus, you will be received by a senior student, confirm the location of your professional college, and then ask the staff to fill out the form and show your own materials. After authentication, you can get the official status of international students.
Third, matters needing attention
1, material
To enter Switzerland, all kinds of materials are essential. All documents and certificates should be copied once or twice and opened separately. These materials should be carried with you and will be inspected by relevant personnel when entering Switzerland. These materials include: passport and visa, air ticket, admission notice, address of Swiss school, telephone number, health certificate and 20 photos.
2. Prohibited items
There are many things you can't bring into Switzerland. Drugs and products made from various animals are not allowed to be brought into Switzerland. Animals such as meat, fish, eggs, dairy products and honey from non-EU countries are not allowed to be brought into Switzerland. There are also prescribed quantities of medicines and children's food. If the customs finds that they have contraband, they will be confiscated, and some illegal immigrants may be fined.
3. duty-free goods
Duty-free items brought to Switzerland include: used personal articles (including clothes, daily necessities, cameras, computers, etc. ), tobacco and alcohol (the quantity and weight of tobacco and alcohol that can be carried above 17 are controlled, and 200 cigarettes or 200 grams of tobacco can be carried, and the alcohol content below 15% cannot exceed 2 liters. Alcohol with an alcohol content of 15% or more shall not exceed 1L), food and beverages (excluding alcoholic beverages), cash (not limited) and gifts (excluding gifts with a value of not more than 100 Swiss francs for personal use).
4. Description of entrance
There is no need to register an entry-exit card in Switzerland, and there are no restrictions on bringing Swiss francs and foreign currencies into and out of Switzerland. Because Switzerland is not an EU country, before entering Switzerland, you must stamp all your shopping documents at the customs, which is for the convenience of tax refund. After you arrive in Switzerland, you should change money as soon as possible. Those who have been in Switzerland for a long time must buy medical insurance, which is compulsory in Switzerland. Students studying in Switzerland should go to school as soon as possible to go through the admission procedures. In addition, students who don't live in school dormitories should also look for houses. Look for a house in China before going to Switzerland, and then look carefully and sign a contract after going to Switzerland.
2. Choose the common sense of studying in Switzerland
First, clothing.
Regarding the preparation of clothes, we must first understand the temperature in Switzerland all year round. Switzerland is located in central Europe, near the Arctic Circle. The temperature in summer is not high, and the winter is cold and long, so it is necessary to do a good job of cold protection.
In addition, you must know the local temperature when you arrive in Switzerland, so as to prepare clothes in a targeted way. Most clothes were bought after you arrived in Switzerland.
Second, the catering party
International students usually have three meals a day in the canteen, which is affordable, delicious and cost-effective; But social gatherings and dinners are indispensable, which is also a big expense, and everyone needs to make a good budget.
Next, let's learn about some special Swiss foods, including roasted sausage, fried beef, cheese chafing dish, golden potato cake, cream mushroom box and so on. These are all very delicious foods.
Iii. Accommodation and renting
Accommodation options include dormitory, sharing and boarding. These three types have their own advantages and disadvantages, but it is suggested that freshmen studying abroad should pay attention to dormitory, because it can help them adapt to life more quickly.
Sharing will have better privacy and improve living standards; Boarding system is more suitable for students with poor self-care ability and independent level, so everyone needs to weigh the pros and cons.
Fourth, transportation and tourism.
The first thing that needs to be solved is the round-trip ticket to Switzerland. When buying a ticket, you can deliberately avoid the rush hour, so that the fare will be a little cheaper, but you must pay attention to safety.
In daily travel in Switzerland, you can apply for a transportation card, which can help you save time in purchasing tickets and enjoy discounts.
3. Six common misunderstandings in applying for studying in Switzerland
Myth 1: Once you are admitted, everything will be fine.
International students with this idea will definitely be eliminated by Swiss higher education institutions. As an international student, we must not waste time, neglect our studies and affect the study of credits. We should work harder, strive for higher credits, constantly improve our professional level and improve our study plan, so as to get the corresponding diploma smoothly and not be eliminated in the fierce competition for studying abroad. If you can't even get a degree, it is equivalent to more than 200,000 tuition fees a year.
It is worth noting that even if you are lucky enough to pass the application and arrive in Switzerland smoothly, you should consciously make up for it and speed up the pace to keep up with the learning process, otherwise it will be embarrassing.
Myth 2: Scholarships are easy to get.
There are about 200 students from China going to Switzerland every year, and only a few of them can get official scholarships provided by the Swiss and Chinese governments, which are selected by the Chinese and Swiss Ministries of Education. After entering public schools, the rest of the students need to be rewarded according to the results of the first semester, and they can get grants through work-study programs.
Myth 3: Trying to cheat.
It is reported that regular schools in Switzerland have strict requirements for applicants, such as academic qualifications and English proficiency, because these factors are regarded as the key factors for applicants to complete their studies. Therefore, the applicant must provide the materials realistically, and can't cheat the school by fraud. It won't work if you want to get away with it. Even in Switzerland, most regular schools will have a second English exam. If the language doesn't pass, you have to go home.
Myth 4: Immigrants studying abroad.
Judging from the current situation, it is difficult for international students to obtain a Swiss permanent resident card. It is easy to study in Switzerland, but difficult to immigrate to Switzerland. Moreover, even if foreign immigrants in Switzerland have long-term residency, they may not be able to get Swiss passports with red skins and white crosses.
Switzerland's "layered fortification" against foreign immigrants. To be naturalized in Switzerland, you must go through three stages in turn, that is, you need to obtain the approval of the Federation, the state and the town where you live.
At the federal level, the most basic and important naturalization condition is that foreign residents must have lived in Switzerland for 65,438+02 years, and the time for young people aged 65,438+02 to 20 to live in Switzerland can be counted as one year and two years.
Other naturalization requirements include all aspects, such as observing Swiss laws, mastering at least one official language, adapting to the local lifestyle in Switzerland, and even learning not to speak loudly after 10 at night, let alone flushing the toilet. In the naturalization investigation stage, the Immigration Bureau will send special personnel to the residential area or even the floor where the applicant lives to learn about the applicant's personality, civilization and neighborhood relations.
If you are lucky enough to pass the federal level, you can't laugh too early, because all Swiss States and towns have the right to decide their own naturalization standards, and these standards are often very different.
For example, the requirements for the length of residence will vary from region to region: in Fribourg, the applicant must have lived in the state for at least 3 years; In Lower Walden, you must have lived 12 years and lived in an area for 3 years.
In addition, there are requirements for the applicant's financial ability. Even if you stay in Switzerland for several years and do well, if you are approved for naturalization, you must pay a large sum of money. Swiss cantons charge different fees. According to the Swiss Federal Office for Migration, the average cost of naturalization is equivalent to two to three months' local salary. In contrast, the cost of naturalization in zurich state is higher than that in other states, and it needs 654.38 million Swiss francs (654.38+ 0 Swiss francs is equivalent to RMB 6.9 yuan).
So if you really want to immigrate children's shoes, it is more practical to go directly to Australia or New Zealand.
Myth 5: Swiss universities are free of tuition for foreign students.
Many students have consulted public universities in Switzerland. Although the quality of education in Swiss public universities is excellent and free of tuition, the requirements of Swiss public universities for students are very strict. If you apply for a graduate student in a public university, you must first provide the results of the college entrance examination, and the requirements are relatively high. Postgraduates majoring in science and engineering also need relevant work experience.
Swiss public universities are free of tuition, and only charge about 500 to 600 Swiss francs (about 3,000 to 3,500 yuan). However, elite public universities in Switzerland need fierce competition to be free of tuition. International student applicants need to pass the unified examination used by the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs to evaluate students' French proficiency and professional knowledge in order to win admission to elite Swiss public universities and have the qualification of tuition-free. Even if the application is successful, you still need to prepare the expenses for studying abroad for the first year as a financial guarantee.
Myth 6: I think part-time job can completely solve the tuition problem.
The living standard in Switzerland is high and the price is high, but the situation of part-time job is not optimistic. The job opportunities for international students are very limited. The idea of earning tuition through internship is unrealistic.