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

¹ A for­eign child who was a minor at the time his or her par­ent ap­plied for nat­ur­al­isa­tion and who was not in­cluded in the nat­ur­al­isa­tion ap­plic­a­tion may ap­ply for sim­pli­fied nat­ur­al­isa­tion be­fore the age of 22 if he or she can prove at least five years’ res­id­ence in Switzer­land, in­clud­ing at least three years im­me­di­ately pri­or to mak­ing the ap­plic­a­tion.

² The nat­ur­al­ised child ac­quires the cit­izen­ship of the Swiss par­ent.