LOU is right; I am from the UK, lived here 7 years, my wife of 14 months is from China lived here 3 years, prior to that 4 years in germany. My daughter came 3 weeks ago and it is clear that despite me having the C permit and my wife the the 5 year B, the baby clearly does not have citezenship from Swiss. She does have automatic citenzenship of the UK thanks to me, and if she wants she can take the Chinese passport (unfortunately though the Chinese dont permit dual status) so the fact is that in Swiss (as i think is also the case in most EU countries now) without naturalisation there are no confered rights of statehood for the offspring of non naturalized parents in Swiss. My question is, what is your status and that of your wife in Swiss now and at the time of the birth?