Asylum ActEnglish is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force. |
Art. 16 Procedural language
1Submissions may be made to the federal authorities in any official language. The Federal Council may require submissions made in federal centres by asylum seekers who are represented by an agent to be in the official language of the canton where the federal centre is located.1 2SEM rulings or interim rulings are issued in the official language spoken at the asylum seeker’s place of residence.2 3SEM may derogate from paragraph 2 if:
1 Amended by No I of the FA of 25 Sept. 2015, in force since 1 March 2019 (AS 2016 3101, 2018 2855; BBl 2014 7991). |