Switzerland: Family and Matrimonial

Being married to a Swiss citizen may allow you to apply for facilitated Swiss naturalisation by marriage. It does not make Swiss citizenship automatic. The State Secretariat for Migration, SEM, will still examine whether the legal route is available, whether the marriage is genuine and stable, whether the residence and integration conditions are met, and whether the evidence remains truthful until the decision is made.

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