The request for border authorization is made directly to the Population Service (SPOP) of the canton of Vaud. The forms (initial request, renewal, modification) is available on www.vd.ch/frontaliers . Step by step : Applications (taking up a job, renewing the border permit or other announcements of changes) is made exclusively through the website, on this page (www.vd.ch/frontaliers). Once the request is processed, an invitation to go to the Biometrics Center for the border p