Naturalisation: Appeal against revocation of citizenship

• Immigration and Citizenship Law in Switzerland
• Appeal Revocation of settlement permit C
• C permanent residence permit
• Early issuance of settlement permit C
• Leaving Switzerland Loss of C permit
• The B residence permit and appeals
• Permit L Issued Instead of B !
• Family reunification rejection appeal
• Name Change: appeal a rejection
• Brexit & British nationals in Switzerland
• Moving to Switzerland from US, UK, Canada etc.
• Retiring and emigrating to Switzerland
• Naturalization in Switzerland
  • Simplified naturalization in Switzerland
  • Appeal against revocation of citizenship
  • Appeal against denial of Swiss citizenship
  • Re-naturalization after lost of Swiss citizenship.
  • Citizenship by Descent Naturalization
• Loss of permit after divorce or death

 Appeal against the annulment of simplified Swiss naturalization

According to Art. 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, everyone has the right to a nationality which may not be arbitrarily withdrawn.

Revocation of naturalization and withdrawal of Swiss citizenship. In accordance with Art. 36 of the Federal Act on the Acquisition and Loss of Swiss Citizenship (Citizenship Act, BüG; SR 141.0), naturalization can be declared null and void up to eight years after naturalization.

The declaration of nullity of naturalization can be appealed to the Federal Administrative Court
within thirty days of notification of the decision.

Naturalization – nullity proceedings:
The SEM initiates annulment proceedings if it has sufficient information to suspect that naturalization was granted unlawfully. The annulment of naturalization is a measure taken by the competent authority to combat abuse by an applicant during the procedure for ordinary or simplified naturalization or for reinstatement of citizenship.

The procedure for the annulment of naturalization is always initiated if the SEM is made aware of sufficient grounds for suspicion. It is directed against all naturalized or re-naturalized persons residing in Switzerland or
abroad. The SEM is responsible for all proceedings for the annulment of facilitated naturalization or naturalization in Switzerland or abroad.

Topics: Declaration of nullity of a naturalization, Annulment of naturalizations,
Appeal, Assistance, Facilitated naturalization to be declared null and void, Naturalization procedure, Naturalization appeals, State Secretariat for Migration SEM, Questions, Suspicion of fictitious marriage, Swiss passport revoked . . . .

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