Ordinance on the Cantonal Citizenship Act (kant. BüV) - Applications and Documents

1. Applications by Swiss citizens for naturalization in the municipality and canton must be submitted on a special form to the citizens' council of the naturalization municipality. Married, widowed, and divorced individuals must include a family certificate, partners in a registered partnership must include a partnership certificate, and single individuals must include a civil status certificate. The duration of residence in the canton and in the naturalization municipality must be proven with the corresponding certificates.

2. The citizens' council may require the applicant to provide additional relevant documents, such as extracts from the criminal record and debt collection register, confirmations from social services, extracts from the tax register, a curriculum vitae, and references from schools.

1. The granting of municipal citizenship to cantonal citizens must be communicated by the Citizenship Council to the naturalized persons and to the following authorities

a) the Special Civil Status Office of the Canton of Zug (Art. 41 let. a ZStV);

b) the Citizenship Council of the former place(s) of origin;

c) the Department of the Interior.

1. If a citizen of another canton is granted the municipal citizenship, the municipal council shall forward the citizenship application, on which the granted naturalization must be confirmed, along with the available documents to the Department of Internal Affairs.

1. To prepare applicants for naturalization, the Directorate of the Interior conducts civic courses.

1. Applications by foreign nationals for naturalization in the municipality and canton must be submitted to the citizenship council of the naturalization municipality using a special form, along with the following documents

1. Naturalization permit from the Federal Office for Migration (original);

2. Proof of nationality (copy of passport);

3. Current civil status documents that detail the exact personal information of all individuals covered by the application;

4. Proof(s) of current residence (residence certificate).

2. The citizenship council may require the applicant to submit additional pertinent documents, such as extracts from the criminal record and debt enforcement register, confirmations from social services, extracts from the tax register, a curriculum vitae, and reference information from schools.

3. If the documents required under paragraph 1, items 2 and 3, are not obtainable or are very difficult to obtain, the Department of the Interior may exempt the applicant from presenting them.

1. Doubts pursuant to § 5 paragraph 5 of the Act arise particularly when the Department of the Interior or the Citizenship Council, during personal interviews, determines that the applicant lacks sufficient language proficiency.

2. If doubts under paragraph 1 exist, a new language proficiency test pursuant to § 5 paragraph 6 letter d of the Act must be completed. The Civil Status and Citizenship Service maintains a list of recognized institutions in accordance with § 5 paragraph 5 of the Act.

3. The costs of the language proficiency test pursuant to § 5 paragraph 6 letter d of the Act must be borne by the applicant.

1. The provisions of § 4 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the handling of applications for civil rights from foreigners by the Citizens' Council and for their forwarding to the Directorate of the Interior.

1. Upon the successful granting of honorary citizenship to a citizen from another canton or to a foreign national, the municipal council is required, ex officio, to petition the cantonal government to grant cantonal citizenship to the individual in question.

1. Granting of Municipal and Cantonal Citizenship to Citizens of Other Cantons and Foreign Nationals

Notification of the granting of municipal and cantonal citizenship to citizens of other cantons and foreign nationals shall be given by the Directorate of the Interior to the naturalized individuals and the following bodies

a) the Special Civil Status Office of the Canton of Zug (Art. 41 letter a ZStV);

b) the municipal council of the naturalization municipality;

c) the municipal council or the council of the previous Swiss domicile or domiciles;

d) * the Office for Migration and the Federal Office for Migration, provided the applicant was a foreign national.

**1. Applications for Release from Municipal Citizenship Rights and Cantonal Citizenship Rights or from Municipal Citizenship Rights Alone**

Applications for release from municipal citizenship rights and cantonal citizenship rights, or from municipal citizenship rights alone, must be submitted in writing with the necessary documents in accordance with §§ 24 to 26 of the Law of the Directorate of the Interior.

1. If the application is granted, the decision of the Department of the Interior must be communicated to the following authorities, in addition to the person being released

a) the Special Civil Status Office of the Canton of Zug (Art. 41 lit. a ZStV[5]);

b) the citizens' council of the previous place of origin;

c) the citizens' council or municipal council of the remaining place or places of origin;

d) the Federal Department of Justice and Police, if the release from Swiss citizenship is also taking place.

1. The civil registrar of the Zug place of origin, who according to Art. 41 letter a of the Civil Status Ordinance (ZStV) becomes aware of the naturalization of a cantonal citizen in another canton or in another municipality of Zug, is required to immediately report this to the Directorate of the Interior.

1. The Department of the Interior shall inform the citizen of the canton, who has acquired the cantonal citizenship of another canton or the municipal citizenship of another municipality in Zug, of the wording of § 4 of the law and point out the one-month period for declaring the retention of their previous citizenship.

2. After the expiration of the deadline, the Department of the Interior shall record the result and, in addition to the affected individuals, communicate any change in citizenship to the following authorities

a) the Special Civil Status Office of the Canton of Zug (Art. 41 letter a ZStV);

b) the citizens' council of the previous place of origin;

c) the citizens' council or municipal council of the previous Swiss place of origin.

1. The municipal communities must adjust the existing municipal naturalization regulations to this law and to the implementing ordinance no later than within one year after the law comes into force.