Naturalisation by canton
Federal law sets the minimum. Your canton adds its own residence period, between two and five years, its own fees and often a knowledge test. Choose your canton.
Canton boundaries: swisstopo.
All 26 cantons
AargauAarau
Appenzell AusserrhodenHerisau
Appenzell InnerrhodenAppenzell
Basel-LandschaftLiestal
Basel-StadtBasel
BernBern
FribourgFribourg
GenevaGeneva
GlarusGlarus
GraubündenChur
JuraDelémont
LucerneLucerne
NeuchâtelNeuchâtel
NidwaldenStans
ObwaldenSarnen
SchaffhausenSchaffhausen
SchwyzSchwyz
SolothurnSolothurn
St. GallenSt. Gallen
ThurgauFrauenfeld
TicinoBellinzona
UriAltdorf
ValaisSion
VaudLausanne
ZugZug
ZurichZürich