Dear Swiss Abroad, what difficulties did you encounter when your foreign spouse applied for Swiss nationality?

After several years of marriage, the partners of Swiss citizens living abroad can apply for Swiss nationality.

But to secure a Swiss passport, many different conditions have to be met and documents provided. As a binational couple, did you embark on a naturalisation procedure with a Swiss diplomatic mission or embassy abroad?

Did you encounter any obstacles or did everything go smoothly? Tell us about your experience!

Please note that your comments may be used as input for a SWI online article on this issue.

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Rafiq Tschannen 2024-10-03 08:43

My Turkish son in law did not have any problems. He speaks fluently German, graduated from ETH. He has several friends in Switzerland. All it took was a 15 minutes interview at the Swiss consulate.

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Urs 2024-10-02 20:47

The following contribution has been automatically translated from DE.

We got married in Mozambique in Beira on 9 December 1975 and my wife, a Zimbabwean, automatically got a Swiss passport and we flew to Switzerland on 18 December 1975. We are currently living in Zimbabwe

Dazu Mal war es kein Problem.Wir haben in Moçambique in Beira geheiratet am 9. Dezember 1975 und meine Frau Zimbabwerin hat dann automatisch den Schweizer Pass bekommen wir sind dann am 18 Dezember 1975 in die Schweiz geflogen. Zurzeit leben wir in Zimbabwe

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