Immigration & permits
expat-services.ch lists 3 hand-checked English-speaking naturalisation services in Genève: Bell Switzerland, Ecole Moderne Genève and The Swiss Language Academy.
Besides English, they also work in French. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live. See also Lawyers and notaries in Genève.
3 providers
Geneva language school offering private coaching for Swiss naturalisation: civics knowledge, Geneva specifics and interview simulations.
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Is this your business?Geneva language school with an individual course preparing for the Swiss naturalisation knowledge quiz and interview (A2 French needed). Website, course page and enquiries are in English.
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Is this your business?French coaching for Swiss naturalisation (B1 spoken, A2 written), fide and DELF preparation; online, and in person in Geneva and Lausanne by appointment. Website in English.
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Is this your business?Local facts
Ordinary naturalisation is handled by the OCPM’s naturalisation service, which receives people by appointment and answers calls on weekdays from 9:00 to 12:00 on +41 22 546 46 20 (Canton of Geneva, checked ). Applicants hold a C permit throughout the procedure and have lived in Switzerland for 10 years and in the canton for two years, including the 12 months before applying. Moving to another canton before the examination can close the file (Canton of Geneva, checked ).
Applicants required to take the knowledge test on Swiss and Geneva geography, history and institutions register by phone or contact form, and the pass certificate is needed to file (Canton of Geneva, checked ). The file goes in by post with a civil-status extract under six months old, tax, debt-enforcement and social-assistance certificates under three months old, and a language certificate (Canton of Geneva, checked ). Social assistance in the last three years, debts above CHF 1,500 or any late tax payment can lead to a refusal to examine the file (Canton of Geneva, checked ).
The fee is due on filing and kept whatever the outcome: CHF 1,250 for an adult over 25, CHF 2,000 for a couple over 25, CHF 850 for someone under 25 and CHF 300 per child included, plus a federal fee of CHF 100 per adult, paid on delivery of the federal authorisation (Canton of Geneva, checked ). Adults become Swiss on the day of the oath ceremony that closes the procedure (Canton of Geneva, checked ).
Newcomers announce their arrival to the cantonal population and migration office (OCPM), route de Chancy 88 in Onex (ge.ch OCPM, checked ). Most procedures run online through an e-démarches account on ge.ch, and the counters open by appointment only. The deadline after arrival is 14 days (2026) (ge.ch arrival, checked ), and a first B or L permit costs an EU/EFTA adult CHF 65 (Canton of Geneva, checked ). The steps are in registering at your commune.
Read more C permit in Switzerland: requirements and how to switch from B to CB, L and C permits in Switzerland: what’s the difference
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