CERN Guide for Newcomers
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CERN Purpose and Organization
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Before you come
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  Financial Matters
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Settling in
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Special documents
 
Users should provide the following documents:
For the user : For the family if accompanying :
Official Passport
Visa (if necessary):
Visa Requirement and Procedure for Switzerland and France
Steps ot obtain a Visa before coming to CERN
*Proof of Insurance
A medical fitness certificate for the Individual Dosimetry Service if the user will work in controlled radiation areas
*Proof of employment/enrolment with your Institute/University - only accepted in English or French
Official Passport
Visa (if necessary):
Visa Requirement and Procedure for Switzerland and France
*Copy of your marriage certificate
*Copies of children's birth certificates
*Official translation into English, German, French, Italian or Spanish. If translation needed please contact your national embassy/consulate or the Official translation service of Geneva

and fill in the appropriate User Forms
Staff Members should provide the following documents:
For Swiss authorities
For the Staff Member and the family if accompanying

Passport or identity card (+visa if applicable)
Copy of passport or identity card
Copy of visa
*Marriage or partnership certificate
*Children’s birth certificates
Previous Swiss work permit (if available)

*Official translation into English, German, French, Italian or Spanish. If translation needed please contact your national embassy/consulate or the Official translation service of Geneva
For french authorities
For the Staff Member and the family if accompanying
Passport or identity card (+visa if applicable)
Copy of passport or identity card
Copy of visa
*Marriage or partnership certificate
*Children’s birth certificates
4 identical photographs per person
An attestation of dependent child for children over 16 years old
School certificate for each child
*Official translation into English, German, French, Italian or Spanish. If translation needed please contact your national embassy/consulate or the Official translation service of Geneva
Contractors' Personnel working on the CERN site or coming to execute a contract should provide:
Original of the registration sheet, duly filled, dabbed and signed

Identification document in course of validity

The name of representative CERN, (guarantor or technical coordinator) member of the personnel of the Organization
Have a contractual link in course of validity with CERN
For further information Contractors' Personnel Registration Service should be contacted.
Removals and Importation formalities
The Installation Service should be contacted about removals and importation formalities of vehicles, furniture and personal effects.
Driving licence
Information for Switzerland and France is available on the Web page "Vehicles" of the Relations with the Host States Service.
Animals

As a general rule, animals may be brought into France and Switzerland. However you should check the official website :

For Switzerland : Border veterinary controls

For France : Border veterinary controls

 

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