Lawyer for migration law – Central in Winterthur
Are you looking for a lawyer for migration law?
Our law firm is centrally located in Winterthur and advises and represents clients in migration law proceedings. The focus is on issues relating to residence law as well as proceedings against cantonal migration authorities and the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM).
In situations that are often legally and personally challenging, we provide you with dedicated contact persons in migration law. We accompany proceedings both in administrative proceedings and before the competent appeal bodies and have in-depth experience from our practical work with migration authorities.
The topics regularly dealt with include residence and settlement permits, family reunification, naturalization and appeals against negative decisions, in particular deportation decisions.
For new case inquiries, we first conduct an initial meeting. During this meeting, we review your initial situation and discuss the next legal steps.
The initial consultation, including case review, usually takes one hour and is charged at a flat rate of CHF 330.
Contact persons in migration law:
✔ Residence & settlement permits – issuing, extending & withdrawing
✔ Family reunification – for spouses, children & parents
✔ Criminal provisions in immigration law – defence in the event of violations of the AIG
✔ Hardship applications & humanitarian residence rights
✔ Work permits in the quota area
✔ Naturalization & simplified naturalization procedures
📞 Get advice now – your lawyer for migration law in Winterthur can help you!
The legal basis for family reunification of children, spouses or parents varies depending on their residence status and nationality. These may arise from the Foreign Nationals and Integration Act (FNIA), the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons (AFMP) or the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
📌 O ur services for family reunification:
✔ Checking the requirements for a successful application
✔ Optimal preparation & submission of reunification applications
✔ Legal enforcement of justified claims in the event of denied permits
🔹 Make sure you get competent support!
Your lawyer for migration law will provide you with comprehensive advice and advocate for fast and legally secure family reunification.
📞 Arrange an initial consultation now!
We support you in obtaining, extending and defending your residence permit. Our lawyers for migration law can also help you with unjustified warnings, downgrades or withdrawals.
📌 O ur services in residence law:
✔ Obtaining & extending residence permits
✔ Early & regular settlement permits
✔ Independent residence permits after separation or divorce
✔ Defense against accusations such as marriages of convenience or circumvention of immigration law
🔹 Your residence status in safe hands!
Whether it’s an application, official disputes or court proceedings – your immigration lawyer will stand up for your rights.
📞 Arrange an initial consultation now – we’ll help you!
Do you not meet the legal requirements for a regular residence permit? If expulsion from Switzerland would be disproportionate because returning to your home country would represent an unreasonable hardship, a hardship application under Art. 30 FNIA may be a last resort for remaining in Switzerland.
📌 When can a hardship application be considered?
✔ Long period of residence & advanced integration in Switzerland
✔ Uprootedness & lack of reintegration opportunities in the home country
✔ Particularly serious personal or health reasons
✔ Weighing up the public interest in expulsion
🔹 Legal expertise for your hardship application
A hardship application requires careful examination & well-founded argumentation. Your lawyer for migration law will support you in submitting and enforcing your application.
📞 Arrange a consultation now – we’ll check your chances!
The granting of a work permit for third-country nationals is subject to strict legal regulations and takes place within the framework of the quotas requiring a permit. As a rule, only highly qualified specialists can obtain a permit if it can be proven that the position could not be filled by a Swiss or EU specialist(priority for Swiss nationals).
📌 O ur support with work permits:
✔ Examination & preparation of applications for employers and employees
✔ Justification & proof of compliance with legal requirements
✔ Representation in the event of unlawful rejection in appeal proceedings
🔹 Get professional support!
An incorrect or incompletely substantiated application can lead to rejection. Your immigration lawyer will ensure that your application complies with the law and will represent you in appeal proceedings if necessary.
📞 Arrange an initial consultation now – we’ll help you!
Migration law is part of public administrative law, which is why the authorities must establish the facts of the case ex officio. In practice, however, incorrect decisions are repeatedly made due to incomplete or incorrect findings of fact.
Our job is to prevent inaccuracies & misjudgments and ensure that your case is assessed correctly and fairly.
📌 How we support you:
✔ Checking official decisions for errors & contradictions
✔ Enforcing the correct application of the law through legal intervention
✔ Checking the appropriateness & proportionality of discretionary decisions by the authorities
🔹 Legal certainty through professional advice!
Migration law proceedings can have far-reaching consequences. Your immigration lawyer will ensure that your case is handled with due care and that your rights are protected.
📞 Contact us for an initial consultation – we are here for you!
Immigration law proceedings are often closely related to general administrative law. Refused or withdrawn residence permits, naturalization procedures or ancillary provisions under residence law are classic points of dispute under administrative law. Our law firm supports clients in enforcing their residence rights and in contesting official decisions.
Road traffic law – Administrative measures →
A serious traffic offense can jeopardize the renewal or issue of a residence permit. More on this under Road traffic law.
Social insurance law →
Residence law issues often play a role in social insurance claims – e.g. AHV reimbursement for people who have left the country. More on this under Social security law.
Contract law – Labor law → Employers must ensure that foreign workers have the necessary residence and work permits. More on this under Labor Law.
For new case inquiries, your immigration lawyer will first conduct an initial consultation. This takes about one hour including the case check and costs a flat rate of CHF 330. You can choose to have the initial consultation on site at our office, by video call or by telephone.
🔹 Your request: We discuss your case in detail and record the relevant facts.
🔹 Review of documents: Your documents, files and official decisions are analyzed.
🔹 Initial legal assessment: You receive a well-founded assessment of your legal options.
🔹 Strategy & recommendations for action: We explain how to proceed and give you specific recommendations.
🔹 Mandating: If further legal representation is necessary, we clarify the conditions, strategy and next steps.
📞 Contact us for an initial consultation – we will help you to enforce your claims!
We support you every step of the way
Call our law firm in Winterthur on +41 52 222 01 20or make an appointment online for an initial consultation.
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Our office will be closed over the holidays.
We will be available for you again from Monday, January 5, 2026.
We wish you happy holidays and a happy new year!
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