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  2. Swiss nationality law - Wikipedia

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    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

  3. List of Swiss Federal Acts - Wikipedia

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    Regulates conflicts of laws (e.g., for citizenship, marriage, property law, succession law) 29 Private International Law Bundesgesetz über das Internationale Privatrecht, IPRG Loi fédérale sur le droit international privé, LDIP Legge federale sul diritto internazionale privato, LDIP SR 312.1 – Criminal procedure applicable to minors 2009 2011

  4. Jus sanguinis - Wikipedia

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    Switzerland: Swiss nationality law is exceptionally restrictive: someone who was born in Switzerland and has spent their entire life there has no automatic right to Swiss citizenship if neither of their parents are Swiss citizens, even if their parents are permanent residents or have themselves spent their entire lives in Switzerland. In fact ...

  5. Title 2 of the Swiss Federal Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Swiss citizenship, according to article 37, is legally a consequence of cantonal and municipal citizenship, reflecting the three-tiered setup of the Swiss state. [51] Nonetheless, federal law regulates the general rules of acquisition and loss of citizenship, as set forth in article 38. The exact procedure of acquiring citizenship is governed ...

  6. Immigration to Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    The agreement on free movement entered into force on 1 June 2002. On 24 September 2006, the new law on foreigners was approved with 68% of votes in favor. The law came into force on 1 January 2008. [1] Switzerland is also a party to the Schengen and Dublin agreements. They were signed on 26 October 2004 and the collaboration actually began on ...

  7. Visa requirements for Swiss citizens - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag.

  9. Swiss people - Wikipedia

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    Swiss citizenship is still primarily citizenship in one of the Swiss cantons, and the naturalization of foreign citizens is the privilege of the cantons. No Swiss passports were issued prior to 1915, more than 60 years after the establishment of the modern Swiss Confederation.