Guides: deadlines and templates

Short answers on the most common letters in Switzerland – with the relevant legal article, deadline and a free template.

• Send a registered letter online in Switzerland

  Write your letter online or upload a document and sign on your phone.

• Cancel Swiss health insurance 2027: deadline, template, registered mail

  Your cancellation of Swiss basic health insurance must reach the insurer by 30 November; it takes effect on 31 December (Art. 7 KVG).

• Cancel supplementary health insurance in Switzerland

  Supplementary insurance falls under the Insurance Contract Act (VVG); the notice period is in your contract – often three months before year-end, so it must arrive by 30 September.

• Terminate your flat lease in Switzerland

  As a tenant, you terminate a flat lease in writing with three months’ notice to a contractual or customary local termination date (Art. 266c CO).

• Request a rent reduction in Switzerland

  If the mortgage reference rate has fallen since your rent was last set, you can request a reduction in writing for the next termination date (Art. 270a CO).

• Cancel a subscription in Switzerland: mobile, internet, gym

  There is no single legal notice period for subscriptions in Switzerland: your contract and terms decide – often a minimum term of 12 or 24 months and 1 to 3 months’ notice.

• Resign from your job in Switzerland: notice and template

  Unless your contract says otherwise: 7 days during probation, then 1 month in the 1st year of service, 2 months in years 2–9 and 3 months from year 10 – always to the end of a month (Art. 335b/335c CO).

• Cancel insurance in Switzerland: household, car, liability

  You cancel property and liability insurance for the expiry date stated in your policy, usually with three months’ notice.

• Object to a Swiss tax assessment or fine

  You object to a tax assessment in writing, with reasons, within 30 days (Art. 132 DBG; cantonal rules are usually the same).

• Payment reminder letter: put the debtor in default

  If no fixed payment date was agreed, the debtor is only in default after a reminder (Art. 102 CO); from then on 5 % default interest per year is owed (Art. 104 CO).

• Print and post a document in Switzerland – no printer needed

  Upload your document – PDF, Word, text or photos, even several files.

• Send a letter or registered letter to Switzerland from abroad

  You upload your letter or write it with us.

• Send a letter from Switzerland to the US, UK and worldwide

  You upload the letter online; we print it, put it in an envelope and send it.

• Bulk letter mailing: one letter to many people by post

  You upload one document and an Excel or CSV list of addresses.

• Send a registered letter to a Swiss authority

  With authorities, proof matters: a registered letter shows, via Swiss Post’s tracking number, when your letter was handed over and delivered.