A Swiss passport at last!

Visas, Permits, Passports and Naturalization
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if you where in CH before you where 20 years old these years count as 2 years not one...

so if you where 17, 18 , 19 years old this is already a total of 6 years of the 12 you need.....

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A year :-)

43
He's married to a Swiss woman.

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Both my ID and Pass have just the one Heimatort. Don't even mention my (British) place of birth.

R

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and if I obtained my Swiss nationality dishonestly. But under normal, law-abiding circumstances...

R

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As usual, the questions caused by different folks' circumstances have started to arise.

I'm saying this without rancour, but for people who are seriously interested in this, the authority is the Bundesamt für Migration. Even my experiences are not the absolute reference because things change, rules are differently interpreted.

I found the following link http://www.bfm.admin.ch/bfm/en/home/...rgerungen.html

to be of great assistance. If it's not conformed here, then don't believe it. It's even in English! :-)

R

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No idea, but I'm REALLY old, so I'm sure I'm safe

R

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Well Done!! I got mine four years ago on my 40th Birthday, which was pretty neat. Cost i think 380CHf plus about 50CHF for postage and a bit of paper work.

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Congrats!!

A bunch of questions, if you would be so kind.

Did you have to wait until you had completed your 5 years of combined residency plus marriage before you could submit the application?

Do you live in the Kanton of your Heimatort?

Any ideas on how picky they are about the stipulation that "the last twelve months of which must be without interruption"? Is a month away on holiday with the spouse a problem?

Unsubstantiated rumour has it that that might be a reason there has been trouble in some Gemeindes, with people voting down applications (not facilitated naturalization but the other ones with 12 years of residence, etc.)

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1980 got one free of charge, without even applying, as a wedding present. Times have changed.....

52
Same here, came about a week after marriage.

53
Me too...no asking...it just arrived! But I've never bothered to get a Swiss passport...I travel a lot both for work and pleasure and my UK passport works just fine.

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hth

Richard

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Holidays abroad are irrelevant. For all legal and tax purposes, you are continuously "resident" in the commune, where your "papers" are deposited.

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Congratulations Richard and well done for being minded enough to want to vote.

I've been living in Switzerland for the past year and am the first person in my family for some years to actually do so. I'm also joint UK/Swiss. I'm also really looking forward to voting - once I figure out how to do it.

I'm not sure I would pay 750CHF for the priviledge though - but interesting that you can. Not sure I would make my other half pay up and go through all the rigmarole even though he could.

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Speaking only for myself, I chose to make the decision to apply to be Swiss. My husband thought it was a good idea, too, but he didn't make me do it

It is a very personal decision to do so, and people do it for many reasons (to feel closer to family, a part of the community they've chosen as their home, etc. etc. etc.).

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Wow, 7 years? I am curious what the normal delay for naturalization is, does anyone else have any experience on this? I am particularly interested in the delay for people that have to wait the full twelve years to become a citizen.

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When I applied I received a standard letter acknowledging my application and stating that it could take up to 2 years. In the event it was 14 months...

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Our police are obviously less physically active - they just phoned.