At the current (slow) rate, it seems like there is a good likelihood of exceeding the processing time of 18 months. The least the authorities could do is to give a heads up on the current administrative delay.

Thank you

I live in Zürich City.

Early October 2018 or 2019? without any Interview in Stadthaus?

Well my timeline in Birmensdorf ZH has so far been as follows:


April 2019: Gathered all documents, cost around 250chf

5.May 2019: Sent all papers to Kt. ZH
July 2019: received letter requesting additional document (son on application)
August 2019: Letter from Kt.ZH saying dossier sent the Gemeinde
September 2019: Letter from Gemeinde requesting one original language certificate.
October 2019: Letter stating knowledge test is prerequisite for interview and they had enrolled me for the exam. Bill for 180chf paid and learning guides /sample test received.
December 2019: Knowledge test completed under exam conditions.


Notes about the knowledge test in Kt. Zurich:



Many Gemeindes require this knowledge test now, and some important tips:

• Do study for it! It's not hard, but it's not easy
• Concentrate on the Kt. ZH AND the Gemeinde information when learning , and answer these first in the test. You are allowed less wrong answers in these sections and the town will look more closely at this result.
• Many of the questions were true/false, and I am confident around 75% of the correct answers were "false".
• Turn up around 30min early for the examine to relax and make sure you're on time.

I am quite confident I passed, so I expect a big bill and an invite to the local town as the next step, probably in the new year.

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thanks Litespeed for the starting this very informative thread, good luck with your application, it makes me feel better that I'm not the only one waiting for long time. Ok here we go (finally).....

Lugano
5.2015 official application date
9.15 oral test regarding culture, politics, history, geography and language knowledge
9.15 test passed confirmation
10.15 approval by Mayors office & payment of communal fee
2.17 invitation for interview by communal commission
2.17 interview by communal commission
3.17 granted provisional "attinenza" belonging to Lugano

Cantonal
5.17 cantonal request for information updates
8.17 cantonal notification - dossier sent to Bern for federal approval
12.17 cantonal notification - federal approval received
7. 2019 cantonal final questions, confirmation payment of taxes
8. 2019 pay invoice (canton and federal)
12.2019 approved in cantonal parliament
12.2019 letter arrives confirming cantonal and swiss citizenship and belonging to Lugano

It took a while but in the end everything, even the waiting, worked out well for me, I'm proud to really be able to call Switzerland home!

More than a year and a half were what happened? Nothing?

Were you maybe born in Switzerland or graduated from a school / university here? Otherwise I'm puzzled how you got approved by the commune without an interview

Christmas comes early! My Zürich study pack just arrived, with interview set for mid-Feb! 🎄🥳📔

Hi Ela,
So how long did you have to wait from the moment you got the invoice for the CHF 100 from SEM until you got approved? I paid my 100 francs at end of october and I am in Geneva.
gianni

too optimistic ? Well, technically I am not supposed to even be alive ...so it works sometimes.

Now insofar as Jan/Feb goes - I'm cool with that. I of course paid the bill the same day .

Thanks for the heads up on this and sorry I think I am reading this message board backwards and answering the posts the wrong direction. Well, January is out for me as my partner is having a surgery so I will have to be around to take care of the situation and him. Everything happens for a reason I guess.

Just curious to know if attending the ceremony is mandatory for getting the citizenship ? I remember one of my prior neighbors mentioned that she received her citizenship but never attend any ceremony. Well she got her passport through marriage though. Not sure if it is relevant...e

In Vaud it's compulsory to attend the citizenship ceremony. It's officially the last step of the process and the ceremony must be attended within 6 months of receiving the first invitation. This article explains it:

https://www.24heures.ch/vaud-regions...story/19510486

This has made me hesitant in making travel plans for spring/summer because I would rather not have to delay the ceremony. I believe we get about a months notice in the first invitation, is this correct?

A ceremony depends on the canton. There is a ceremony in Geneva, Vaud and I don't know which other cantons personally. If you get it through marriage there is no ceremony as it's Bern that takes a decision. So in her case she had no ceremony.

27.12.2019: Received letter from the town with the results of my test: 93/100, with 29/30 for the Zurich/town questions, so a clear pass :-) . The letter says they will get in contact regarding the interview, hopefully within Q1 of 2020.

2019 and no interview so far.

congrats lofty!!!

Received federal confirmation on 19th Nov 2019 and sent the bill payments confirmation on the same day to Gemaindeamt Zurich. Until now I still didnt receive any response. Any suggestions how do I contact them ?

They don't normally confirm receipt of payment. Same with taxes. It's if you don't pay that they remind you.

I mean the Gemaindeamt Zurich or Gemainde should confirm that "I am Swiss". am just waiting for the confirmation but didn't receive yet