Federal Act
on Swiss Citizenship
(Swiss Citizenship Act, SCA)

¹ A minor child who is state­less may ap­ply for sim­pli­fied nat­ur­al­isa­tion if he or she can prove at least five years’ res­id­ence in Switzer­land, in­clud­ing one year im­me­di­ately pri­or to mak­ing the ap­plic­a­tion.

² Any peri­od of res­id­ence in Switzer­land in ac­cord­ance with the reg­u­la­tions on for­eign na­tion­als will be taken in­to con­sid­er­a­tion.

³ The nat­ur­al­ised child ac­quires the cit­izen­ship of his or her com­mune and can­ton of res­id­ence.