Ordinance on the Cantonal Citizenship Act (Cantonal Citizenship Ordinance, kBüV) - Application for Naturalization 1. Content, Submission (RCdC)

1. The application for ordinary naturalization must be submitted to the office on an official form together with the application documents, and must be signed by the applicants or their legal representatives.

2. Foreign applicants must attach the following documents to the naturalization application

1. the permanent residence permit;

2. the civil status certificates of the applicants and their minor children to be included in the naturalization;

3. the certificate of residence duration;

4. the certificate from the debt enforcement office regarding seizures carried out in the last five years, issued loss certificates, and initiated enforcements;

5. the curriculum vitae;

6. the language certificate, insofar as the applicants are not exempt from it.

3. Swiss applicants must attach the following documents to the naturalization application

1. the civil status certificates of the applicants and their minor children to be included in the naturalization;

2. the certificate from the debt enforcement office regarding seizures carried out in the last five years, issued loss certificates, and initiated enforcements;

3. the curriculum vitae;

4. the language certificate, insofar as the applicants are not exempt from it.

1. The Office commissions the Cantonal Police to prepare an investigation report for foreign applicants in accordance with Art. 17 of the Federal Ordinance on Swiss Citizenship (Citizenship Ordinance, BüV).

1. The language certificate provides information about whether the applicants possess sufficient language skills in the areas of reading, speaking, and listening comprehension, vocabulary and grammar, as well as writing.

2. It is fulfilled when the applicants achieve at least the following proficiency in the German language

1. Speaking, language comprehension, reading: Level B2

2. Writing: Level B1

1. Applicants are exempt from the obligation to provide proof of language proficiency according to § 3 para. 2 if they

1. speak and write German as their native language;

2. have attended compulsory schooling in the German language for at least six years;

3. have completed vocational training or studies in the German language; or

4. are included as children in the naturalization application of parents or a parent.

1. Foreign applicants fulfill their obligations in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 1 No. 3 kBüG if

1. * their living expenses and maintenance obligations are demonstrably covered to a reasonable extent by income and assets, and, with the exception of social welfare benefits, by legal claims against third parties (such as claims against insurance companies, pension institutions, or the state);

2. they have not received economic social assistance according to the Social Assistance Act or benefits from asylum care in the last five years before submitting the naturalization application and during the naturalization process; any reimbursements for provided social assistance services must be settled;

3. there are no indications of foreseeable reliance on economic social assistance according to the Social Assistance Act;

4. * the debt enforcement register shows no outstanding loss certificates and debt enforcement actions, and in the last five years before submitting the application and during the naturalization process, there are no bankruptcy proceedings, no entries of loss certificates, and no entries of settled debt enforcements of public law corporations and insurers of mandatory health insurance;

5. * there are no due tax claims; and

6. in the last five years before submitting the naturalization application and during the naturalization process, they have not received benefits due to self-inflicted unemployment.

1. Swiss applicants fulfill their obligations according to Art. 7a para. 1 no. 2 of the Swiss Citizenship Act (kBüG) if

1. their living expenses and maintenance obligations are adequately covered through income and assets, as well as through legal claims against third parties (such as claims against insurance companies, pension institutions, or the state), demonstrably;

2. the debt enforcement register shows no outstanding loss certificates and enforcement proceedings, and for the last five years prior to the submission of the application and during the naturalization process, there are no bankruptcy proceedings, no entries of loss certificates, and no entries of settled enforcement proceedings from public legal entities and insurers of mandatory health insurance; and

3. there are no outstanding tax claims.

1. The municipality examines the integration of applicants, specifically determining whether they are sufficiently familiar with Swiss living conditions in social, cultural, political, and civic respects.

2. The examination is based particularly on

1. a personal interview;

2. the curriculum vitae;

3. information from current or former employers; and

4. further reference information in individual cases from authorities and private individuals such as teachers.

1. The application for release from municipal, cantonal, or federal citizenship must be submitted to the office with the following documents

1. the civil status documents of the applicants and their minor children who are to be included in the release;

2. for minor children included in an application for release from Swiss citizenship, the consent of both parents or proof of sole parental custody;

3. the certificate of possession of another municipal, cantonal, or foreign citizenship.

1. Decisions regarding naturalizations or assurances must be delivered to the office within 20 days from the resolution.

1. The authority communicates the changes in citizenship to the civil registry office after the decisions have become legally binding.

1. This Regulation shall enter into force on January 1, 2018.