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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
SR 141.0 – Federal Act on the Acquisition and Loss of Swiss Citizenship 1952 2014 SR 141.0 – Swiss Citizenship Act (SCA) Bürgerrechtsgesetz, BüG Loi sur la nationalité, LN Legge sulla cittadinanza, LCit SR 171.21 – Compensation Act 1972 1988 SR 171.21 – Resources Allocated to Parliamentarians Act Taggeldergesetz Loi sur les indemnités
Of these, 354,000 were born in Switzerland. Another 522,000 had resided in Switzerland for more than 15 years. Swiss nationality law permits naturalization after a period of twelve years. 43,440 people were naturalized as Swiss citizens in 2009.
Swiss nationality law; P. Place of origin This page was last edited on 22 March 2022, at 09:29 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Swedish nationality law 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 ...
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 ...
Swiss nationality law (1 C, 2 P) R. Referendums in Switzerland (2 C, 156 P) Regulation in Switzerland (2 C, 2 P) S. Swiss case law (1 C, 1 P) Swiss intellectual ...
Among the notable changes to earlier Swiss criminal law was the abolition of capital punishment in Switzerland and the legalization of homosexual acts between adults (until 1990, the age of consent for homosexual acts remained set at 20 years, compared to 16 years for heterosexual acts).