Supplementary gains

• You must report any supplementary salary or scholarship to FCS and the Reception Service. This includes any changes in your supplementary gains throughout your scholarship period.
  
• The overall sum (scholarship and supplementary gains / salary) cannot be higher than the standard remuneration in the field.
• It is recommendable to consult with the Reception Service before you sign contracts.   

This depends on whether you have supplementary gains or not.

You have no supplementary gains

• After your arrival in Switzerland, you will receive an email with the subject "Declaration of supplementary gains" containing a link to Mobility-Online. Click on this link to declare that you have no supplementary gains.
• You do not have to report anything to FCS or the Reception Service.
• After your initial declaration, report any changes in your supplementary gains situation to FCS and the Reception Service. 
• Note: You also need to inform the relevant tax authorities (i.e. external page tax authority of city of Zurich) and health insurance authorities (i.e. external page SVA Zurich) should your supplementary gains situation change after initial declaration to these offices.

You have supplementary gains

• You will receive an email with the subject "Declaration of supplementary gains" which includes a Mobility-Online link. Click on that link to declare your supplementary gains.
• Additionally, complete the following steps.
  1. external page Fill in and sign the FCS form "Supplementary gains"
  2. Copy or scan your signed work contract or proof of your additional scholarship/benefit (whichever is applicable)
  3. Send all the mentioned documents either...
     
     • via email as one merged PDF file to the , or
       
     • via post mail to the Reception Service and FCS
       Secretariat of the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students
       International Grants Unit
       Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER
       State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI
       Higher Education Division
       Einsteinstrasse 2
       3003 Bern
• Keep copies of all correspondence, including declaration forms and emails.
  
• After your initial declaration, report any changes in your supplementary gains situation to FCS and the Reception Service. For this you do not need to hand in the form "Supplementary gains" again.
• Note: You also need to inform the relevant tax authorities (i.e. external page tax authority of city of Zurich) and health insurance authorities (i.e. external page SVA Zurich) should your supplementary gains situation change after initial declaration to these offices.