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**iuopyra** · 09-21-2012, 08:02 PM

Interesting, maybe she can help with the latest bank problems :

Geneva Bank Pictet Used in Offshore Tax Scheme, U.S. Says - Businessweek

and hopefully no visa regulations with the ongoing disputes about privatebanking..

US congresswoman Michele Bachmann gains Swiss citizenship- swissinfo

“My husband is a 100 per cent Swiss, and his parents were raised in Switzerland. They were married there, they came to the United States, they bought a farm in Wisconsin and raised their three sons there,” the Minnesota congresswoman told Swiss national television in Washington on Tuesday while with a group of Swiss parliamentarians

Unlike in the United States, Switzerland does not grant a child citizenship for being born on Swiss soil. A person is automatically Swiss if he or she is the child of married parents, at least one of whom is Swiss.

Foreigners married to a Swiss citizen or children of one Swiss parent (who do not yet have Swiss citizenship) living in Switzerland are eligible to apply for fast-track citizenship. The person must be well-integrated, law abiding and not endanger Switzerland’s external or internal security. Cantons and communes have no additional requirements that must be met but do reserve the right of appeal.

In this case, foreign spouses must have been married to a Swiss for at least three years and lived in Switzerland for a total of five years, including the year immediately prior to application.

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iuopyra Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 418 Senior Member	Interesting, maybe she can help with the latest bank problems : Geneva Bank Pictet Used in Offshore Tax Scheme, U.S. Says - Businessweek and hopefully no visa regulations with the ongoing disputes about privatebanking.. US congresswoman Michele Bachmann gains Swiss citizenship- swissinfo “My husband is a 100 per cent Swiss, and his parents were raised in Switzerland. They were married there, they came to the United States, they bought a farm in Wisconsin and raised their three sons there,” the Minnesota congresswoman told Swiss national television in Washington on Tuesday while with a group of Swiss parliamentarians Unlike in the United States, Switzerland does not grant a child citizenship for being born on Swiss soil. A person is automatically Swiss if he or she is the child of married parents, at least one of whom is Swiss. Foreigners married to a Swiss citizen or children of one Swiss parent (who do not yet have Swiss citizenship) living in Switzerland are eligible to apply for fast-track citizenship. The person must be well-integrated, law abiding and not endanger Switzerland’s external or internal security. Cantons and communes have no additional requirements that must be met but do reserve the right of appeal. In this case, foreign spouses must have been married to a Swiss for at least three years and lived in Switzerland for a total of five years, including the year immediately prior to application.
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