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Hi Cathy! Thank you! 🤗 Wow that is such a long time. What are you doing at the moment as you wait? 😅 I wonder if it may also be different due to the fact that I am in the German speaking part of Switzerland. Also why 7 years? Are you also married to a Swiss? 😮

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I had to be in Switzerland because I needed my residence permit to start the process. Without the residence permit since I was not a Swiss or EU passport holder, it was not possible to start the process even if I had all the documents and requirements.

@@whereshexplores it means we have to present in switzerland for applying physio job ??? Am I right

Hi, please watch the video and see if the following applies to you. Thanks!

Hello! I used Mittelpunkt a lot closer to the exam and GrammatikAktiv as a refernce of grammar. It depends on how confident you are with your skills, but if you can speak comfortably without having to look up words constantly, I think they are good enough resources. 😊 Good luck! 💯

Hi! I focused on learning German since I knew I had to move to the German-speaking part of Switzerland. You can only work where you speak the language at a B2 level, so that's something to consider.

Hey there! ☺️ I didn't count the amount of words that I learned for the B2 level, but I measured it based on how much I understood when I was listening to the radio, podcasts, watching television and reading newspapers. 📺🎶🗞️ I think that's a better indicator of fluency rather than the word count. I also felt comfortable expressing myself despite not knowing all the words in the B2 list from Goethe Institut.

Thanks 👍🏼, could you please share the link to the B2 list....(I could only get the B1 list)

Hi! Switzerland has 4 official languages and English is not one of them! Knowing English is a plus, but not everyone can speak it. It is mandatory to be at a B2 level in the official languages to work as a physio in Switzerland. This is part of the requirement to get your license approved here.

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Hi! Depending on where you live, you have to learn one of the national languages to have your license recognized. You can't just work with English. I hope this helps!

Hi! I didn't do my education in Switzerland so I'm not sure either. Thanks for watching 😊

@@whereshexplores okk are u doing job there as physiotherapist ?? In switzerland

Hi! No, I had my university send the course description of all courses in the PT curriculum from the official university catalog.

Hi @katedavies4640! It can be in any of the official Swiss languages. If you plan on working on the French part then that's all you need.

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Hello @lotjasmine! I am not sure since I already had a license before coming here to work. This was regarding the recognition process of an existing license. As for experience, yes they had me write down my job experience. It seemed to me that it was necessary, but I am not 100% sure. I don't think it's specific, but I think that having at the very least a year of work experience is good before moving to a country with a different language because that way you already have your style of working with patients. I think that helps a lot when you try to do it in the new language 😇 I don't think there is a set age limit. I think as long as you are happy and capable to work you can still do it. Good luck with your exam! 😊

@@whereshexplores HI Charlene, good day. Thank you so much for your reply. May I ask another question again? Hahaha, hope you wont mind, cause it's hard to gather information about Physio in Switzerland. So, you when you went first to Switzerland, during that time did you applied in an agency in Switzerland for an employer? Because, it says that you need a resident permit first before you can work there. Can you survive with the cost of living there? Because it's so expensive but the benefits of living there says it's all. Thank you so much Charlene, hope you can make a video about a day in the life of a Physio in Switzerland, love the views on your videos by the way hahha, thank you so much for posting videos about the online processing. Have a great day you🌼

No worries and thank you @lotjasmine! No I didn't have an agency. I had a resident permit already when I started the process because of my husband. I tried to get my license recognized before we got married, but since I didn't have the permit I wasn't able to start it until I received it didn't work. I'm not sure how the process works otherwise since I only know the specific case for me.

I know that people with EU passport have it much easier. Maybe you can take a look at the Spanish residency permit because I saw online that because the Philippines was colonized by Spain they make the process a bit easier. I have no experience on it though, but just letting you know in case the info is useful for you 😊

@@whereshexplores Hi Charlene, thank you so much for your reply. It's seems so hard to get a resident permit, hahah. But they did not required you to take the licensure exam? 🌼 Yeah, I will check on that, but maybe I can gather more information if I go to their embassy here. Hahaha, after I have all the documents I need and the experience. Thank you so much Charlene. hope I didn't bother you that much hahaha. Have a wonderful day🌼

Hi hi! Sorry for the late response. Yes there are many German schools you can find online. I personally went to a school called Academia and they have many locations in Switzerland. Yes, it feels really safe here and I didn't have a problem when I stayed for a short time either 🥰

Wow I need to go there this Christmas! I've never been. Is it bigger than Colmar?

Hi I don't treat them any differently than I would treat anyone. 😊 I am now able to understand Swiss German, but I don't think I will be able to speak it. I just respond in high German, but I was told in Germany that my accent sounds like I live in Switzerland lol

Hi I have only been to Lugano so I can't say anything about Bellagio. I think it's a very good day trip destination if a day is all you have!

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Hello, As stated in the video, you cannot apply for SRK recognition unless you have a visa for Switzerland. There are no PT assistants in Switzerland. Good luck!

@UCNVzTR80woo8h4FmxsQogQw you came here on Family visa. But how we can have work visa then? If we apply for job while in home country can our employer giva us work contract so that so we can apply for work visa. Is that possible.?

Hey sorry for the late response. I tried to apply for the work visa, but I was not able to since European countries are so strict. Physio assistants are also not something you hear of in Switzerland. Sorry I can't help much!

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Hey you can find out gov't collected information here: www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/work-income/wages-income-employment-labour-costs.html

@@whereshexplores i cant look it up can you tell me the average salary per month

Glad it was helpful! Thank you and good luck on your studying :)

Hello! I would say mine was quicker than usual. From the moment I got my resident card, maybe about 3 months? But I already had all the documents I needed ready even before I came to Switzerland so that helped my process to be quicker.

Hi! Sorry for only answering now. You should contact SRK and tell them you want to know what you should ask the school for and they would tell you. Sometimes it helps to show that email to the school and they can give that to you, but it really matters on your school. I had to ask my University and the PT Department of my University to send some files to me since I didn't have copies of them anymore.

You can find gov't collected information on here: www.bls.gov/bls/wages.htm

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Hi! I think that's a hard question to answer without generalizing based on several factors. 1. Cost of living. Switzerland is more expensive than many US cities. Since I came from the Bay Area in CA it was really expensive there. Food was cheaper, but apartments were more expensive. Then you could be in the countryside of the US getting paid a few thousand dollars less, but apartments don't cost an arm and a leg. 2. Ease of getting a visa as a non-European citizen. It is usually very difficult to get a work visa to Switzerland compared to the US depending on how strong the relations of your country has with Switzerland and/or whether your country is in Europe. If you have an EU country passport then it is much easier to come here. I am a US citizen and I tried to get a work visa in 2019, but there was no option for me. 3. Paid time off. Switzerland has a standard of 20 days paid vacation, while the US has way less (standard of one week). I think you also have to consider that. Maybe you get paid less, but you get more vacation. That's a plus for quality of life for me. So in conclusion, it is very specific to your case/opinion. For example, in my situation, my pay range stayed about the same, but I earned more vacation days and the rent here is much cheaper than what I paid for. Best of luck and I hope I answered your questions!

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@@whereshexplores thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, i don't have Instagram. Was it easy for you to get a job in Switzerland? And how difficult was it to transition to working completely in German (note taking, talking to patients, and coworkers, etc.)?

Sorry for just replying now, YT notifications are not so good. As a foreigner, you have to pass the B2 exam before being a licensed PT. I grew up bilingual and have an easy time learning languages so it was easier for me than others. I was able to understand some Swiss German within the first 3 months of working so that made it easier working with patients since I worked mostly with elderly clients. Writing is the most challenging, but thank goodness for the internet translations 😉

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