Ordinance on Identity Documents - Subject Matter
Table of Provisions (8)
Statutory Text (8 Provisions)
1. This ordinance regulates the responsibilities of the cantonal and municipal authorities in the application of federal legislation concerning identification documents.
1. Applications for the issuance of an identity card can be submitted to the municipality of residence or to the cantonal center of the Office for Population and Migration (the Office).
2. Applications for the issuance of a passport, as well as for the simultaneous issuance of a passport and an identity card, can only be submitted to the Office.
3. The Office is the authority responsible for the issuance of identification documents.
1. Digital photography shall be conducted exclusively at the office.
1. The loss of an identification card must be reported to the cantonal police without delay.
2. The police enter the loss into the automated search system RIPOL.
3. They are authorized, in accordance with the provisions of federal legislation, to query the Identification Documents Information System (ISA) for identity verification purposes.
1. Federal law regulates the amount of the fees and their distribution between the Confederation and the cantons.
2. The fees are collected upon the personal appearance of the applicant by the authority that receives the application.
3. If the application for the issuance of an identity card is submitted to the municipality, the applicant must pay the entire cantonal fee. The fee is then divided equally between the state and the municipality that forwarded the application.
1. Orders of the authority may be contested by appeal in accordance with the Administrative Jurisdiction Act.
1. The Decree of December 20, 1996, on Passports and Identity Cards (SGF 114.3.11) is repealed.
1. This regulation shall enter into force on January 1, 2003.