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Immigration and Integration; Asylum and Return. The SEM has 1300 employees [7] and an annual expenditure of about 1.6 million Swiss francs. [8] The State Secretariat also employs experts and interpreters who translate during interviews. These are deployed as needed and are compensated for their services on a time and material basis.
There was a net immigration of foreigners taking permanent residence in Switzerland of 83,200 in 2007, and of 103,400 in 2008. Net immigration fell moderately in 2009, to 79,000, and continued to fall to 51,190 in 2012. [19] Today, one of the economic reasons for immigration is a low income tax.
Swiss citizenship is the status of being a citizen of Switzerland and it can be obtained by birth or naturalisation. The Swiss Citizenship Law is based on the following principles: Triple citizenship level (Swiss Confederation, canton, and municipality) Acquisition of citizenship through birth (jus sanguinis) Prevention of statelessness
The Federal Act on Foreign Nationals and Integration (FNIA) (German: Ausländer- und Integrationsgesetz (AIG), French: Loi fédérale sur les étrangers et l’intégration (LEI), Italian: Legge federale sugli stranieri e la loro integrazione (LStrI)), [1] previously known as Foreign Nationals Act (FNA) until 1 January 2019, [2] is a Swiss federal law that regulates the immigration, residence ...
A Swiss passport. Visa requirements for Swiss citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Switzerland.. As of July 2024, Swiss citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 190 countries and territories, ranking the Swiss passport 4th, tied with passport from Belgium, Denmark, New Zealand, Norway and United Kingdom in the world ...
The Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA, [2] German: Eidgenössisches Departement des Innern, French: Département fédéral de l'intérieur, Italian: Dipartimento federale dell'interno, Romansh: Departament federal da l'intern ⓘ) is a department of the federal administration of Switzerland and serves as the Swiss ministry of the interior.
Asylum law in Switzerland is governed by the Asylum Act of 1998 (AsylA), [2] the Foreign Nationals and Integration Act of 2005 (FNIA) [3] and the Geneva Convention of July 28, 1951.
In Switzerland, the Asylum Act (AsylA) defines the principles, criteria, procedure and application of decisions. [1]The asylum procedure determines refugee status, where the asylum seeker has the right to be heard, to make an effective appeal, etc. (a person recognized as a refugee in one European state is not necessarily recognized as such in another, because the nature of the procedures ...