Home visit for the Facilitated naturalization

Visas, Permits, Passports and Naturalization
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Hello community ,

I am married to a swiss citizen for over 5 years now and recently i got my C permit.

I would like to apply for facilitated naturalization but i just wonder how big is the chance for the police home visit since i am not at home time to time and it could be a problem.

I am living in kanton Zurich.

Thanks🙌🏻

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I think it's fairly common as part of the naturalisation process - I also did it in Zurich. I got a visit at home from the local plod; unannounced, early evening. Was about 15-20 mins of not much - asked a few basic questions about Switzerland (can I name 2 newspapers, 3 of the Bundesrat, 3 countries that border Switzerland, etc.). They each drank a coffee then left.

Having said that, I've also heard stories of them coming to the home, questioning the kids separately whether mummy sleeps here, where her toothbrush is kept, etc., so I guess the process varies.

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We had a scheduled meeting with a retired Police Officer. We even changed the appointment once due to renovation work being delayed. Offered him some local wine and hors d’oevres, he declined. Had nice discussion and he asked a few questions. But this wasn’t the official intervview which came later.

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In Vaudois Bünzliland (Gros-de-Vaud) I know of no one who'd have such a visit during their naturalization.

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What's the problem? They don't expect you to sit at home for the 2 years the process takes!

It's unlikely you will have a visit at all. Sometimes it's on the phone, but again, unlikely...

PS I was in your situation and had no interview at all (Kilchberg ZH).

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I had no visit. Did get invited to the local cantonal police, spent 15 minutes speaking with my neighbor (the cop) mostly about our asshole neighbor.

Tom

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Normally no visit. But just depends if they suspect you do not really live there full time, and are not a real couple. The final decision is made by your local Council, who will know the local community well.

When you say you are not there sometimes- do you mean you go for coffee, or shopping, or a stroll- or you leave the country for long periods of time? Do you have a job here in CH?

You are the only one to know (and perhaps your partner) whether the authorities may suspect that there may be an issue.

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That's not true everywhere. In our gemeinde, new applicants via facilitated application all receive a random visit from the local police. Nothing to do with whether they "suspect" you are or aren't a real couple.

What is true is that it might be different elsewhere around the country.

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Yep, should have added 'here'. When OH got his interview, it was not at our Commune/Gemeinde- who delegated to Neuchâtel.After his interview, the woman asked to speak to me. We had been married about 40 years then... and she asked if we had any intention to divorce? We had our 50th wedding anniv 2 years ago, and hope to make it to 60 <3. She also told both of us that the fact we owned our own home was a strong factor (as we are retired and it cuts down on the likelyhood we will need financial support at some point). Her decision then went for final approval to our Commune, where I was born and raised, and my parents and grand-parents, etc. No visit therefore.

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+1 Happens to everyone here in our commune. But we are very small.

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Depends too if they contact the referees you had to provide to vouch for you.

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Was that for facilitated naturalisation as per the OP or normal naturalisation?

The home visit is more common for facilitated as they like to make sure it’s not a sham marriage but as with all things here it varies depending on where you live.

A friend who lives in Bern and is half Chinese was asked if she worked as a prostitute during her home visit.

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Not to be insensitive, but I thought prostitution was legal here?

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Even if it is, imagine thinking its OK to ask a bloke's wife if she's a prozzy.

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Didn't even know such a possibility existed. So no, we weren't visited.

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I thought you went through normal, rather than facilitated, naturalization? I've only ever heard of that with facilitated.

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Neither of the friends who recently went though the process were visited, one for 'normal' and one for 'facilitated'.

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Both I believe.

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It is but that was none of their business.

Her husband was furious, he took it as them insinuating that she was some kind of mail order bride that he’d put out to work for him due to her ethnicity.

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I believe in the majority of places the visits only occur for facilitated naturalisation and even then not everywhere.

Bowlie appears to be an exception to that but as with everything it varies so much depending on where you live.

The OP was specifically asking about facilitated naturalisation so all the other replies are irrelevant to her.