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(8 years ago)Fewer than 500 young people have applied for Swiss citizenship since the law changed earlier this year to ease naturalisation rules for third generation immigrants. According to the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), in the middle of February 15th, when change of law went into effect and at the end of [...]
According to the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), in the middle of February 15th, when changing the law went into effect, and at the end of June, 482 new third generation immigrants requested a Swiss passport, writes “Swissinfo.ch”
Most demanded Swiss passport (255), followed by Turks (65), Kosovars (38), Spaniards (30), Macedonians (17) and Portuguese (17), conveys albinfo.
Last year there has been a national vote on the issue. In February 2017, 60.4% of voters adopted a reform to simplify the citizenship procedure for immigrants whose grandparents came to Switzerland.
According to professor of sociologistry at the University of Geneva, Philippe Wanner, about 25,000 young people aged 9 to 25 are theoretically legal for a passport.
The normal procedure in Switzerland is that non-states must have spent ten years in the country before applying for citizenship, after which they can lower tests and interviews.
The new law eases the burden of time for those who meet certain conditions. They must have been born in the country, had a C permit, went to school in Switzerland for five years and had a country-born grandfather, or lived legally in Switzerland for at least six years.
The maximum age for application through this lighter channel is 25.
As with standard procedure, candidates are expected to be well integrated in their communities and to respect the values of the Swiss constitution.
