STEP 1
In order for you to live and study in Switzerland, you will need a residence permit - regardless of your visa requirements. If you live in the Canton of Lucerne in order to get your residence permit you must register in person at the residents' registration office (in German: Einwohnerkontrolle) of your city / municipality within 14 days of entering Switzerland. An online registration is - to our knowledge - only possible in the city of Lucerne.

Here are the adresses of the residents' registration offices of the most common places to live in the Canton of Lucerne:

Lucerne City:
Please register online through the Registration form on this website. You will have to create a login (in German: "Konto erstellen") with a personal email address and a password. You can find the link to create a login by scrolling down on the Registration form page or by clicking here (click on "Konto erstellen").

Please note the following:
- After the residents’ registration office has checked your registration, you will receive an email with instructions about which documents you need to send by email to complete your registration.
- Normally, foreign nationals must register in person. Only international students are allowed and asked to register online!

If you have trouble registering online, you can still register in person at the residents' registration office (no appointment needed - please check the opening hours). The address is:
Obergrundstrasse 1
6003 Luzern

Emmenbrücke:
Rüeggisingerstrasse 22
6021 Emmenbrücke

Kriens:
Stadthaus Kriens
Stadtplatz 1
6010 Kriens

Horw:
Gemeindehausplatz 1
6048 Horw

Please note: if you arrive more than 14 days before the semester start, you can already register at the residents’ registration office and hand in the Confirmation of Enrollment later, after the first day of the semester!

STEP 2
After having registered at the “Einwohnerkontrolle”, you will receive an email or a postal mail with an appointment invitation from the Migration Office and an invoice to pay for the residence permit. During this appointment, your biometrical data will be captured. Non-EU citizens receive an identity card with biometric data.
The appointment at the Migration Office is binding, but maybe there's a possibility to change the appointment schedule on your own online, the appointment invitation letter will tell you so. You can either pay the invoice or bring sufficient cash or a debit card to the appointment at the Migration Office:

Migration Office Lucerne (Amt für Migration Luzern)
Fruttstrasse 15
6002 Luzern

Bring the following to the appointment:

Usually between 5-10 days after the appointment at the Migration Office, you will receive your residence permit by registered postal mail. Please make sure your name is on the postbox at your new home.  
If you're not at home when the residence permit gets delivered, you'll get a note and you'll have to pick the residence permit up at the closest post office. 
After receiving your residence permit, keep in mind to upload a copy of your residence permit to the Mobility Online tool (exchange students) or to hand in a copy to your responsible admin person (degree seeking students). 
 

STEP 1
To apply for a residence permit, you must complete an online form. Below you'll find a manual on how to fill in the online form. Once you have arrived in Switzerland, in order to issue the residence permit the Migration Office Zug needs some additional documents, please see the checklist below. 

Usually the following documents are required:

You either have to send these documents by postal mail to the Migration Office Zug or - if you're studying at the School of Computer Science and Information Technology - the International Office or the Student Services Coordinator collects these documents and sends them to the Migration Office Zug for you. Please get in touch with the International Office / Student Services Coordinator / administration to get further information about the proceedings!

Please note: if you arrive more than 14 days before the semester start, you can already send the documents you have to the Migration Office Zug and hand in the Confirmation of Enrollment later, after the first day of the semester!

STEP 2
After having sent the above mentioned documents to the Migration Office Zug, they will send you an email or a postal mail with an appointment invitation and an invoice to pay for the residence permit. During this appointment, your biometrical data will be captured. Non-EU citizens receive an identity card with biometric data.
The appointment at the Migration Office is binding, but maybe there's a possibility to change the appointment schedule on your own online, the appointment invitation letter will tell you so. You can either pay the invoice or bring sufficient cash or a debit/credit card to the appointment at the Migration Office:

Amt für Migration Zug
Aabachstrasse 5
6301 Zug

Bring the following to the appointment:

Usually between 5-10 days after the appointment at the Migration Office, you will receive your residence permit by registered postal mail. Please make sure your name is on the postbox at your new home.  
If you're not at home when the residence permit gets delivered, you'll get a note and you'll have to pick the residence permit up at the closest post office. 
After receiving your residence permit, keep in mind to upload a copy of your residence permit to the Mobility Online tool (exchange students) or to hand in a copy to your responsible admin person (degree seeking students). 

STEP 1
In order for you to live and study in Switzerland, you will need a residence permit - regardless of your visa requirements. If you live in the Canton of Lucerne in order to get your residence permit you must register in person at the residents' registration office (in German: Einwohnerkontrolle) of your city / municipality within 14 days of entering Switzerland. An online registration is - to our knowledge - only possible in the city of Lucerne.

Here are the adresses of the residents' registration offices of the most common places to live in the Canton of Lucerne:

Lucerne City:
Please register online through the Registration form on this website. You will have to create a login (in German: "Konto erstellen") with a personal email address and a password. You can find the link to create a login by scrolling down on the Registration form page or by clicking here (click on "Konto erstellen").

Please note the following:
- After the residents’ registration office has checked your registration, you will receive an email with instructions about which documents you need to send by email to complete your registration.
- Normally, foreign nationals must register in person. Only international students are allowed and asked to register online!

If you have trouble registering online, you can still register in person at the residents' registration office (no appointment needed - please check the opening hours). The address is:
Obergrundstrasse 1
6003 Luzern

Emmenbrücke:
Rüeggisingerstrasse 22
6021 Emmenbrücke

Kriens:
Stadthaus Kriens
Stadtplatz 1
6010 Kriens

Horw:
Gemeindehausplatz 1
6048 Horw

Students might have to bring the following:

Please note: if you arrive more than 14 days before the semester start, you can already register at the residents' registration office and hand in the Confirmation of Enrollment later, after the first day of the semester!

STEP 2
After the successful registration at the “Einwohnerkontrolle” you have to send the documents listed in the checklist below directly to the Migration Office Lucerne. You can send these documents earlier, but do so at latest after the registration at the "Einwohnerkontrolle". You can send the documents by email (migration@lu.ch). Once the Migration Office has received and checked your documents, you will receive an email or a postal mail with an appointment invitation from the Migration Office and an invoice to pay for the residence permit. During this appointment, your data will be captured (photo and signature). This appointment is binding, but maybe there's a possibility to change the appointment schedule on your own online, the appointment invitation letter will tell you so. You can either pay the invoice or bring sufficient cash or a debit card to the appointment at the Migration Office:

Amt für Migration Luzern
Fruttstrasse 15
6002 Luzern
migration@lu.ch

Bring the following to the appointment:

Usually between 5-10 days after the appointment at the Migration Office, you will receive your residence permit by registered postal mail. Please make sure your name is on the postbox at your new home.  
If you're not at home when the residence permit gets delivered, you'll get a note and you'll have to pick the residence permit up at the closest post office. 
After receiving your residence permit, keep in mind to upload a copy of your residence permit to the Mobility Online tool (exchange students) or to hand it in to your responsible admin person (degree seeking students). 

STEP 1:
In order to live and study in Switzerland, you will need a residence permit. To apply for a residence permit, you must complete an online form. Below you'll find a manual on how to fill in the online form. After your arrival in Switzerland, as a citizen of an EU/EFTA country, you must submit some additional documents by postal mail to the Migration Office Zug (Amt für Migration, Aabachstrasse 1, Postfach, 6301 Zug). Find a list of the relevant documents in the checklist below.

Usually the following documents are required:

You either have to send these documents by postal mail to the Migration Office Zug or - if you're studying at the School of Computer Science and Information Technology - the International Office or the Student Services Coordinator collects these documents and sends them to the Migration Office Zug for you. Please get in touch with the International Office / Student Services Coordinator / administration to get further information about the proceedings!

Please note: if you arrive more than 14 days before the semester start, you can already send the documents you have to the Migration Office Zug and hand in the Confirmation of Enrollment later, after the first day of the semester! 

STEP 2:
Once the Migration Office has received and checked your documents, you will receive an email or a postal mail with an appointment invitation from the Migration Office and an invoice to pay for the residence permit. During this appointment, your data will be captured (photo and signature). This appointment is binding, but maybe there's a possibility to change the appointment schedule on your own online, the appointment invitation letter will tell you so. You can either pay the invoice or bring sufficient cash or a debit card to the appointment at the Migration Office:

Amt für Migration
Aabachstrasse 5
6301 Zug

Bring the following to the appointment:

Usually between 5-10 days after the appointment at the Migration Office, you will receive your residence permit by registered postal mail. Please make sure your name is on the postbox at your new home.  
If you're not at home when the residence permit gets delivered, you'll get a note and you'll have to pick the residence permit up at the closest post office. 
After receiving your residence permit, keep in mind to upload a copy of your residence permit to the Mobility Online tool (exchange students) or to hand it in to your responsible admin person (degree seeking students).