The Formations&Co team helps expatriates and new arrivals into Switzerland to pass the integration program through adapted, flexible and personalized fide languages.
The renewal of a B permit or obtaining a C permit, or citizenship is always stressful.
For this reason, we have created the“Welcome to Switzerland” program especially for you.
A genuine program for integration into Switzerland through languages.
For the preparation and success in your fide language exam
adapted for expatriates and new arrivals into Switzerland
A program adapted to your deadlines and availability
Private, group, distance, at home and business courses or courses in our linguistic training center in Nyon according to your needs
Advice for your permits and your fide exams
We kindly listen to help you best by understanding your needs and adapting to you
Adapted educational tools
Our method enables us to completely adapt to your objectives to fully implement them.
Our trainers, certified fide speakers, adapt to your planning and your way of learning, to help you to progress quicker and with pragmatism.
Fide (French, Italian, Deutsch) is the swiss program promoting linguistic integration.
It’s a federal organization.
Fide’s objective is to ensure and enable speakers of other languages and those who migrate to Switzerland to integrate better through their linguistic skills.
Fide’s teaching approach is characterized by principles such as daily relevance, action and according to your needs.
With over 70 trainers throughout Switzerland and their language course expertise, Formations&Co helps bring their experience to you :
Advise businesses and their expatriates or new arrivals
Support the director of HR with integrating the talents and human resources arriving in Switzerland
Help expatriates and their families to obtain their permits
Teaching you in French, German, Italian by our fide speakers trained for expatriates
Help and training up to your fide exam
Specially designed to respond to the Swiss LEI directive and for fide exam preparation
A genuine course for integrating into Switzerland through the French, German or Italian languages
Designed to learn the practical aspects of life in Switzerland such as shopping, buying a train ticket, completing forms at the post office, calling the doctor…
Focused on common daily situations in Switzerland
Organized to respect the pace and deadlines until the fide exam is passed and the award of a permit renewal or application
Reviewed to help expatriates in their inter-cultural differences and their preferences with respect to learning style to facilitate their progress.
We know that the success of expatriation extends to the spouse and their positive integration in their new environment They support daily life and the wellbeing of all the family.
Therefore, it is important to closely support them by helping them in their daily lives.
Our trained fide speakers are transformed and genuine linguistic Life-Coaches.
We propose the course solutions according to your life:
At home, flexible on the subjects which are covered during the fide exam, all by adapting to the aspects of family life (children’s naps, school times, family life…).
In a group in our learning center with the same aims for B or C permits or citizenship
F&Connect distance learning for people wanting classes over Skype, more adapted to their lifestyle and learning.
Can understand in the context of personal life, for example at work or school (for children) in a simple way, if the person who is addressing them speaks slowly and clearly and is ready to help if necessary.
Can be introduced and introduce others with simple words.
Can give short and simple responses to questions about themselves, for example their place of residence, their place of work, their children.
Can express their own concerns, for example in their living environment or during shopping, in prepared and practiced phrases.
Can understand simple questions and messages associated with the significant areas of life, for example questions and informations on school, education, work, health and living conditions.
Can express themselves in a simple and routine situation in a government office or in another public institution needing a direct exchange of information on familiar things.
Can describe their own origins, their studies, and their professional experience with simple words and recount their personal experiences.
Can understand important information originating from a school, employer, landlord or public authority if clear, standard language is used and if familiar subjects are discussed.
Can handle the majority of situations in daily life, at the workplace or in public spaces.
Can express themselves in a simple and coherent manner on familiar subjects, personal interests and experiences.
Can describe their own opinions, aims, hopes and wishes and justify them or briefly explain them.
To join their spouse who has a residence permit in Switzerland through familial reunion (Art. 73A OASA) (B Permit)
For the renewal of the B permit for business collaborators.
To request an advanced authorization of establishment (C Permit) after 5 years of residence in Switzerland
To request an authorization of establishment (C Permit) after 10 years of residence in Switzerland
To request an ordinary citizenship (after 10 years in Switzerland) or facilitated by the marriage to a Swiss national (after 5 years)
~ “SPEAK” (20min with 2 fide speakers):
1. Description of image 2. Role play 3. Open discussion
~ “UNDERSTAND” (20min with 1 fide speaker):
1. Listen to an audio recording then orally answer questions.
~ “READ AND WRITE” (60min, in a group):
1. Read a text then write the answers to the questions
~ “SPEAK” (20min with 2 fide speakers):
1. Description of image 2. Role play 3. Open discussion
~ “UNDERSTAND” (20min with 1 fide speaker):
1. Listen to an audio recording then orally answer questions.
~ “READ AND WRITE” (60min, in a group):
1. Read a text then write the answers to the questions
Chemin du Joran 10 – 1260 Nyon (VD) – SWITZERLAND
Prepare your fide exam with French or German integration courses
Following the LEI/FNIA 2019
(Federal Act on Foreign Nationals and Integration)