Would you take a transfer to Geneva?

[irman]

Originally Posted by Jaggy001

Irman had the problem because his 18 year old was legally registered as being resident in Switzerland and with him. So the Bernese authorities knew all about him/her. You will not have the problem as they will not know about your daughter from the get-go.

So trust me on this .... your daughter will have no problems provided she doesn't get into trouble with the law in any way.

And watch out for those Suisse Tottos.

Uhuh .... all true but as I stated above that, unless they are willing to do nothing more than visit, not much else they can do without some other kind of visa.

I do remember some more *funny things*.
When we got our visas in Los Angeles, we got to the consulate or embassy, whatever, and then this guy who looked like a Philippino, was at the window. We first thought that we were at the wrong place. Of all the persons you expect at a Swiss official place, would you have expected to see a Philippino ? We found out, his wife was Swiss ....
On another instance I was visiting a company who I was responsible for, and the receptionist spoke English to me after she found out who I was, although I speak fluent German and French (one reason I got he job). But .... she had this Texan accent !!! I asked where she picked that up and she told me that she was once married to a guy from Texas and lived there for two years.
And then she said in this cute drawl: Ah kehnt geht rihd of this aksehnt ... (dunno how else to simulate that sentence ...)

Originally Posted by Jaggy001

Here is a tip .... when you cross the land border by car, never offer your passport. If you do, they will feel obliged to look at it. But they really are not interested. What interests the French Swiss customs is how much butter, wine and meat you have bought in France where it is much cheaper. In fact, I believe they have may have even done away with formal border controls between Switzerland and France now.

Many week-ends, my two sons joined us in Switzerland and then often we took them back to their domiciles (Belgium and Austria). So we cross the border and then we hand over 7 passports ...
The douane takes the wad of passports, looks at it, counts the passports, never opened them up, then comes to the side of the car (we had a Toyota Van) and counts all the people and lets us trough ...