I don't see how the point-based system would be an improvement, the system is already based on fairly unambiguous rules. You meet the requirements, you get the

I don't see how the point-based system would be an improvement, the system is already based on fairly unambiguous rules. You meet the requirements, you get the visa/permit. You don't meet the requirements, you don't get the visa/permit. For example: - You'd like to get a work visa as a third-country national? Meet the requirements in FNA, Chapter 5, section 1 [0]. - You'd like a C-permit (permanent residence permit) in Kanton Zürich? The requirements, in as much detail as I could ever ask for, are here [1]. Switzerland has to be the most rule-based society I've ever lived in. This is baked into the very constitution itself as Art. 9 [2]: "Every person has the right to be treated by state authorities in good faith and in a non-arbitrary manner." [0]: https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/20020232/index.html#id-ni5-1 https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/20020232/... [1]: https://www.zh.ch/content/dam/zhweb/bilder-dokumente/themen/migration-integration/einreise-aufenthalt/weisungen/Niederlassungsbewilligung%20IW.pdf https://www.zh.ch/content/dam/zhweb/bilder-dokumente/themen/... [2]: https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19995395/index.html#a9 https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19995395/...