Good morning everyone,

I have recently arrived in Geneva to start a new job - at the moment staying in temporary accommodation. I have acquainted myself with the requirements for rental applications, most particularly the "full dossier" which must include your last 3 payslips.

My question is, has anyone found any flexibility in this, for people who are recently arrived in Switzerland? i.e. I could certainly provide my last 3 payslips from my last job (in Germany), but they won't reflect anything close to my new salary in Switzerland. I will only get my first Swiss payslip at the end of this month. I read somewhere that an employment contract could be accepted as an alternative to 3 payslips, but is that really true in practice?

It seems to me that the system doesn't allow for the fact that people arrive from countries with a very different cost of living (& salary levels).

Thanks for any insights you can give!

Catherine