Thanks for the confirmation. After being told to wait outside the consulate while my wife had her passport appointment, I wasn’t sure they’d talk to me. The plan is for any communication with them to be done in French.
Good to know. I was hoping to ask for them 2 to 4 weeks early to get a start on the document collection.
Thankfully, it’s just the birth certificate that’s problematic as I don’t live in the province where I was born. Everything else, I can get issued and apposilled in a timely manner easily enough.
Hi, I read that you got some additional papers to sign from SEM [Déclaration concernant la communauté conjugale and Déclaration concernant le respect de l’ordre juridique] and 1 months later you got the notification that your naturalization had been approved. Another person on here got her notification 2 month after signing those papers. I got those papers 2 months ago and still have no news… What do you think it means when you receive those additional papers? That the process is about done?
You are getting close to the finish line. The SEM will now make a final decision, send it to your spouse’s canton of origin and allow them 30 days to object to the decision, after which it will be entered into force and you will officially become a Swiss citizen (assuming all goes well of course…).
Typically one should be hearing back 3-6 months after the supplementary forms have been received by Bern… but it could be longer. Hang tight and good luck!
I am about to ask for the forms from the consulate in London fofacilitated nationality by being married to a Swiss and living abroad. I am currently working on improving German. Can anybody who has had their interview give me some idea of specific questions you were asked concerning Switzerland and its national life, history and geography etc.
Good luck to you on the process and definitely try to get to B1 German before you go in front of the consular officers (they say A2 is enough, but the higher the language abilities the better!).
For the specific questions, I would suggest you look at the links which are included in the above thread (several retired swissforumenglish threads where people shared the questions they were asked). I would also suggest you review the ‘naturalisation prep’ materials which are included on most/all cantonal government websites (so for you, look these up on 3-5 german-speaking canton websites).
I’ve not requested the forms yet as I’ve got roughly 2 years to go before I’m eligible. I saw this topic come up and figured I’d ask my keener questions.
I’ll be applying from Ontario which means the Montreal consulate.