Switzerland is one of 10 the cleanest countries in the world.Its economy is not based on heavy industry, and the priority is agriculture, light industry and resort business.No wonder this country prefer to permanent residence most of the richest people of the Earth.
Switzerland is among the countries that are automatically recognized the citizenship of the mother or the father.But if a person born in this country, it does not mean that it automatically becomes a citizen.But what do you do to someone who parents are not Switzerland?How to get citizenship in Switzerland?
Today, there are two legal ways of obtaining citizenship.It can get:
- foreigners who have lived in the country for over 12 years and have a residence permit.Children of non-citizens of the country from 10 to 20 years, having studied and lived in Switzerland for more than 6 years.
- sprugi Swiss citizens.
Citizenship Switzerland
man, who has lived in the country for more than 12 years, has a legitimate right to petition as to obtain citizenship in Switzerland may be on a common basis.With regard to children, the one-year residence is counted as two.
After petitioning state bodies of the country are engaged in a test in which trying to find out at the federal level law-abiding citizen and check whether it is not a threat to national security.
verify the identity of the second stage is to gather information cantons and authorities in the community.This work creates a complete characterization of the individual.At the same time it turns out the level of integration into Swiss society, knowledge of the situation in the country and features of living in her duties in the field of taxation and the judiciary.
After a thorough check in which did not have too many questions, an application for the acquisition of citizenship is applied to the Federal Migration Service, which provides only a state permit.But that's not the whole process.And as the need to obtain citizenship even with the permission of local authorities - the cantons and communes, the nationality of the applicant further refers to the local authorities.Those, in turn, can set additional requirements for the rules of residence and the level of compliance with this canton and the community.And only after the resolution of the particular canton, and the answer of the community can obtain Swiss citizenship.
Dual citizenship
Some countries do not recognize dual citizenship and to become a full citizen, have to give up citizenship of another country.Switzerland quite loyal to this issue as to obtain a second citizenship are allowed to legally decree of 01/01/92.
As for the monetary side of the question, so how to get the citizenship of this country is not a free service, the average should be calculated on the sum of two monthly salaries.After obtaining citizenship procedure for calculation of tax will also change.Quellensteuer - the monthly personal income tax will be annual and will also have to pay a monthly tax that goes to the maintenance of the army and the government.
