Counselling Services
Information and advice regarding moving to, from or within the City of Bern are available from the Call Centre or by visiting in person.
Foreigner Issues
Einwohnerdienste, Migration und Fremdenpolizei
Predigergasse 5
3011 Bern
+41 31 321 53 00 (Contact Center)
einwohnerdienste@bern.ch
www.bern.ch/EMF (German)
Advice
The Information Office for Foreigners Affairs «isa» provides advice on immigration and integration issues (German, French, Italian, English) and psychosocial advice and support in many languages.
It supports institutions and organisations in integration issues and advices groups in planning and implementing integration projects. It also runs women’s groups in five languages, German and literacy classes with childcare, information events on current topics and also its own integration projects.
isa
Speichergasse 29
3011 Bern
+41 31 310 12 70 / +41 31 310 12 72
isa@isabern.ch
www.isabern.ch (German)
Appointments and information
frabina advises women and binational couples on marriage preparation, relationship problems, separation and divorce, legal issues, cultural issues, life crises, financial problems and dealing with the authorities.
frabina
Counselling Service for Women and Binational Couples
(Beratungsstelle für Frauen und binationale Paare)
Kappellenstrasse 24
3011 Bern
+41 31 381 27 01
info@frabina.ch
www.frabina.ch
Counselling Centre for Undocumented Migrants
(Berner Beratungsstelle für Sans-Papiers)
Verein Berner Beratungsstelle für Sans-Papiers
Monbijoustrasse 31
3011 Bern
+41 31 382 00 15 / +41 79 794 62 28
beratung@sanspapiersbern.ch
www.sans-papiers.ch/ (German, French, Italian)
gggfon – Together against Violence and Racism
(Gemeinsam gegen Gewalt und Rassismus)
The advice centre «gggfon» addresses issues of violence and racism in the Bern region. It supports individuals, authorities, institutions and organisations confronting these issues and documents incidents.
+41 31 333 33 40
melde@gggfon.ch
www.gggfon.ch (German)
Useful information, addresses and links for foreign-nationals living in the Canton of Bern: www.hallo-bern.ch.
Integration and Asylum Issues
Have you recently moved to Bern from abroad? The Fachstelle für Migrations- und Rassismusfragen can provide you with information on important topics such as school, work, German courses, health care, work and many others. Further information can be found on the page Advice for new arrivals from abroad and on the page Information in many languages.
Fachstelle für Migrations- und Rassismusfragen
Predigergasse 5
3011 Bern
+41 31 321 72 00
fmr@bern.ch
www.bern.ch/integration (German)