Ausländerausweis

To live in Switzerland as a foreignor you have to jump through suprisingly few hoops. I opened my bank account without a fixed address, and despite having fourteen days to register and doing so on my thirty-third in the Eidgenossenschaft, I didn't have to pay any kind of fine. Yesterday there was a letter waiting for me on the kitchen counter (because I left the house on Sunday to sellotape my name to the letter box downstairs), containing my permit to remain. I do, however, have to get out once the last minutes of 31.7.2011 have ticked by...