Here are which municipalities easily pass “provation” for the Swiss passport

To make this presentation, five municipalities from different parts of Switzerland have been taken and talked to those conducting interviews with foreigners interested in naturalisation

The nature of foreigners, or, simply said, their equipment with the Swiss passport is the subject which continues to be very present, especially in light of the expected austerity of the naturalisation procedure. On August 1st, on the day of Switzerland's national holiday, the sf has made a reactualisation of this issue, writing about the differences under the canton's naturalization procedure in the canton.

Five municipalities from various parts of Switzerland have been taken and talked to those who conduct interviews with foreigners interested in naturalisation. Next, albinfo. ch provides a summary that reflects the differences and similarities these interviews have depending on the municipality or canton.

Onex, Geneva Canton: Cutting Coffee

Five kilometers from the centre of the city of Geneva, the Onex municipality has about 19 thousand inhabitants, 36% of whom are foreigners. This municipality marks about 10 requests for naturalisation per month. In conversation with naturalization, the mayor in his office faces the candidate and talks face-to-face, broadcasts albionfo.ch. When the candidate is very concerned, I make him a coffee to sort out the situation, since he has to reign a good atmosphere”, says the current chairman, Francisco Mumenthaller.

It explains further than in this municipality it deliberately renounces pre-arranged questions. Simply, the conversation should be spontaneous. After all, it is the last point of a long verification procedure. We try to figure out who these people are and, above all, why they want to become citizens of Onex. Direct questions of personal nature such as those for favorite stores, for family, love life, and so on. After that, the three heads sit (because in this municipality, three mayors replace each other in 1-year terms), discuss the case and decide on or against.

Altdorf, Canton Uri: Interview, candidate residence

In this canton, basic knowledge of the Swiss state system is tested along the level of language recognition. Responsible for interviewing the interested person is the community's social worker, Christine Herrscher. She herself, as German citizens, passed through this procedure three years ago, broadcasts albinfo.ch. And he says he understands that as a German everything is easier than for a citizen of Afghanistan.

Herrscher would rather belong to candidates in their home. It's not that I want to investigate in their sleeping rooms”, but candidates are less concerned and, inside their apartment, they talk more freely and more.

Candidates should not sing “Psalmin Zviceran” but make it clear about their plans. If any of them say that they spend vacations exclusively in the country of their origin and that to their partner they can only imagine someone from their homeland, it is evidence that he is not yet ready to be a citizen of Altdorph”.

The city of Bern, Canton Bern: Interviews Make Trained Persons

In the country's capital, the police inspectorate, or the service for competent naturalisation on this issue. There naturalization talks guide specially trained people for the task. While those interested in the Swiss passport are able to download the catalog of questions to be answered online. Questions come out of this catalog, no surprise. But to pass the test, at least 60 percent of the correct answers must be known.

There are those who talk more than they are required to, wanting to <x0set” as well as to testify how connected they are to Bern and so on. But there are also cases of candidates that seem incorrect or do not understand. In those cases the conversation is interrupted, says Alexander Otto of the Bern Police Inspectorate. Depending on the course of the interview, the candidate should appear once again, or the naturalization service gives recommendation to the municipal council, by all means, naturalization is more a formal act.

City of Zurich, Canton Cyril: Sensitive Interview

In the naturalization sector in the town of Zurich, candidates are interviewed in a face-to-face conversation. In preparation for this conversation, the candidate takes in advance a brochure that contains all known matter in easy German. In a conversation of about half an hour, the candidate is tested by basic knowledge regarding Cyril's political and social structures.

Accounting for naturalization in Cyril is Michael Lamatsch and he says these conversations are developed with great sensitivity. He tells how he interviewed a young man from the Balkans who had come here on the 490s as an orphan child. Asked why his life story was so unstable, he had burst into tears and returned to the trauma he had suffered from the war. I've never had such a carelessness before.”

The city of Lausanne, Kanton Vaud: Efficiency

After the police have passed a test on the person's integration, conversations about naturalization take place in the Lozana municipality office. Three members of the Municipal Council and one person holding the protocol are in office with the candidate.

The conversation lasts 15 minutes, divided according to themes: the knowledge of Switzerland, the knowledge of Canton Vaud and on political institutions. These people in the future can be elected to political positions. From here on, it is very important that they have accurate knowledge of history and, above all, on the institutions of the region and the country”, says the written response of the Bureau for Naturalisation in Lozanne, to albinfo.ch. After a week or two, the candidate receives the answer for acceptance or not of his request for naturalization.