The following may acquire second homes without the obligation to obtain a permit:
- Citizens of an EU or EFTA member state who work in Switzerland as international commuters (with an international commuter permit EU/EFTA G)
- Preconditions
- acquisition on their personal name
- acquisition in the region of the place of work
- occupied by the acquirer himself
- prohibition of letting (partial letting is also prohibited)
- in other respects the information set out under principal abode is applicable concerning
- surface area of the abode
- surface area of the plot of land
- procedures
- The office of the land register may not automatically enter a legal transaction concerning a plot of land larger than 1,000 m2 in the land register; it must refer the acquirer to the licensing authority.
In respect of the acquisition of second homes by non-international commuters, see the information set out under Grounds for approval
