Residence permits (migr_res)

National Reference Metadata in ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure (ESQRS)

Compiling agency: Secretariat of State for Migration, Statistical Services


Eurostat metadata
Reference metadata
1. Contact
2. Statistical presentation
3. Statistical processing
4. Quality management
5. Relevance
6. Accuracy and reliability
7. Timeliness and punctuality
8. Coherence and comparability
9. Accessibility and clarity
10. Cost and Burden
11. Confidentiality
12. Comment
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1. Contact Top
1.1. Contact organisation

Secretariat of State for Migration, Statistical Services
1.2. Contact organisation unit

Statistical Services
Quellenweg 6
3003 Bern-Wabern
Switzerland
1.5. Contact mail address

not available


2. Statistical presentation Top
2.1. Data description

Data base ZEMIS in which all relevant data is safed for aliens and asylum seekers.
2.2. Classification system

Migration data.
2.3. Coverage - sector

Data on migration for aliens and asylum seekers and refugee respectivly.
2.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Data from database for aliens and asylum seekers used by the Federal office, Cantons an some other Authorities.
2.5. Statistical unit

Data on migration from aliens and asylum seekers.
2.6. Statistical population

Data on migration from aliens and asylum seekers.
2.7. Reference area

Switzerland.
2.8. Coverage - Time

2012 - 2017
2.9. Base period

Data provided an an yearly basis.


3. Statistical processing Top
3.1. Source data
Tables Presentation of the data source(s) / national registers
RP1. First permits issued for family reasons Database ZEMIS.
RP2. First permits issued for education reasons Database ZEMIS.
RP3. First permits issued for remunerated activities Database ZEMIS.
RP4. First permits issued for other reasons Database ZEMIS.
RP5. Change of immigration status or reason to stay
 Database ZEMIS.
RP6. All valid permits on 31 December Database ZEMIS.
RP7. Long-term residents on 31 December Database ZEMIS.
BC1. EU Blue Cards issued Not applicable for Switzerland.
BC2. Admitted family members of EU Bleu Cards holders  Not applicable for Switzerland.
BC3. EU Blue Cards holders and family members with previous residence in another EU Member State  Not applicable for Switzerland.
SP1. Single permits  Database ZEMIS.
3.2. Frequency of data collection
Tables Frequency (Delete non-relevant attributes)
RP1. First permits issued for family reasons  Monthly
RP2. First permits issued for education reasons Monthly
RP3. First permits issued for remunerated activities Monthly
RP4. First permits issued for other reasons Monthly
RP5. Change of immigration status or reason to stay
 Monthly
RP6. All valid permits on 31 December Monthly
RP7. Long-term residents on 31 December Monthly
BC1. EU Blue Cards issued Not applicable for Switzerland.
BC2. Admitted family members of EU Blue Cards holders Not applicable for Switzerland.
BC3. EU Blue Cards holders and family members with previous residence in another EU Member State Not applicable for Switzerland.
SP1. Single permits Monthly
3.3. Data collection

Systematic process of gathering data for official statistics at national level.
3.4. Data validation

Description of the data validation system at national level
Data is copied from original database ZEMIS into Datawarehouse for statistical production. Data validation on agregated data in Datawarehouse on a daily and monthly basis. Database used for Eurostat statistics is a monthly Load.Yes

Validation procedure Applied
Checks of totals consistency Yes
Checks of magnitude of changes over time No
Using intervals of values for outliers/errors detection No
Using visual validation (visual verification of the tables or the graph resulted) Yes
Checking the data integrity over each processing step Yes
Using special programs/software for data validation Yes
Checking if the double counting cases are excluded Yes
Checking the consistency between EU Blue Cards from first permits (RP3) and EU Blue Cards data collection (BC1-BC3) No
Checking the consistency between flow and stock data (RP1-RP4 vs RP6) Yes
Checking the consistency between statistics by "reason" and statistics by "age" and "sex" categories Yes
Analyse the statistics reported by other countries No
Other [Please mention] No
3.5. Data compilation

Estimations used: Details on the estimations done for Residence permits statistics (methodology applied and the concerned categories and tables)

No estimations are used.
3.6. Adjustment

No data comparision between national statistics and statistics provided to Eurostat.


4. Quality management Top
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4.1. Quality assurance
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4.2. Quality management - assessment
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5. Relevance Top
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5.1. Relevance - User Needs
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5.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
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5.3. Completeness
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5.3.1. Data completeness - rate
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6. Accuracy and reliability Top
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6.1. Accuracy - overall
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6.2. Sampling error
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6.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
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6.3. Non-sampling error
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6.3.1. Coverage error
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6.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
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6.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
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6.3.2. Measurement error
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6.3.3. Non response error
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6.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
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6.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
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6.3.4. Processing error
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6.3.4.1. Imputation - rate
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6.3.5. Model assumption error
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6.4. Seasonal adjustment
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6.5. Data revision - policy
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6.6. Data revision - practice
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6.6.1. Data revision - average size
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7. Timeliness and punctuality Top
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7.1. Timeliness
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7.1.1. Time lag - first result
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7.1.2. Time lag - final result
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7.2. Punctuality
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7.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
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8. Coherence and comparability Top
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8.1. Comparability - geographical
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8.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
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8.2. Comparability - over time
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8.2.1. Length of comparable time series
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8.3. Coherence - cross domain
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8.4. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
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8.5. Coherence - National Accounts
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8.6. Coherence - internal
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9. Accessibility and clarity Top
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9.1. Dissemination format - News release
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9.2. Dissemination format - Publications
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9.3. Dissemination format - online database
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9.3.1. Data tables - consultations
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9.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
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9.5. Dissemination format - other
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9.6. Documentation on methodology
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9.7. Quality management - documentation
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9.7.1. Metadata completeness - rate
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9.7.2. Metadata - consultations
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10. Cost and Burden Top

Not applicable.


11. Confidentiality Top
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11.1. Confidentiality - policy
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11.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
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12. Comment Top
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Related metadata Top


Annexes Top