Bürgertest – Einbürgerungstest

NOT A GOVERNMENT APP.

Bürgertest is an independent study aid made by KK Studio. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to the Swiss Confederation, any canton or any commune. Only your canton and commune can tell you what binds you. Our sources are listed with links at the end of this description.

Switzerland does not have one naturalisation test. It has twenty-six. Aargau sets a multiple-choice test, Bern examines in writing, Lucerne assesses you in an interview. Bürgertest asks which canton you are naturalising in, and prepares you for that canton: its exam, its interview, its language requirement and its procedure.

THE EXAM

- 256 questions on the federal core: democracy and federalism, history, geography, the rule of law, social security and civil society
- A question pack for each of the 26 cantons: 30 questions, 45 for Zurich
- 25 lessons on the federal material plus two for your canton, read aloud in your exam's language on request
- Practice with an explanation and a named source for every answer
- Timed mock exams in your canton's published format, and a clearly labelled practice format where your canton publishes none

THE INTERVIEW

In many communes the decision is made in a conversation. Bürgertest gives you 49 questions you may be asked, eight more of their own in sixteen cantons, what a strong answer covers, and a place to keep your own answers. Rehearse out loud: five questions you did not choose, in your canton's language and at the speed you need.

THE LANGUAGE CERTIFICATE

Naturalisation asks for spoken B1 and written A2. Practise in the style of the fide test: 12 everyday scenarios with listening, reading, speaking and writing. Original material, not the official test.

THE PROCEDURE

A free step-by-step guide from checking that you qualify to receiving citizenship, with your canton's published figures and a document checklist.

STUDY IN YOUR LANGUAGE

English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Thai. You are examined in German, French or Italian depending on your canton, and the app teaches the terms in that language.

FREE AND FULL

Free: fact sheets for all 26 cantons, the step-by-step guide, three lessons, one timed mock exam, 20 practice questions a day, every interview question, one language scenario. The full version unlocks the rest: a week with a free trial, a year, or a single payment that never renews.

SOURCES

Every question in the app names its source. The government information comes from:

- Federal Constitution: https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1999/404/en
- Federal laws, incl. the Swiss Citizenship Act: https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2016/404/en
- Swiss Citizenship Ordinance: https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2016/405/de
- State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), naturalisation: https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung/schweizer-werden.html
- Cantonal naturalisation authorities, all 26 (SEM directory): https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/sem/kontakt/kantonale_behoerden/kantonale_einbuergerungsbehoerden.html
- Cantonal constitutions, laws and naturalisation pages, on each canton's official website: ag.ch, ai.ch, ar.ch, baselland.ch, bs.ch, be.ch, fr.ch, ge.ch, gl.ch, gr.ch, jura.ch, lu.ch, ne.ch, nw.ch, ow.ch, sh.ch, sz.ch, so.ch, sg.ch, ti.ch, www.tg.ch, ur.ch, vd.ch, vs.ch, zg.ch, zh.ch
- Federal Statistical Office, population: https://statistik.admin.ch/de/themen/bevoelkerung
- Official register of Swiss communes: https://www.agvchapp.bfs.admin.ch/de
- swisstopo, municipal boundaries: https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/landscape-model-swissboundaries3d
- fide language certificate (SEM): https://fide-service.ch
- History: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland: https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/en

Where a canton has not published a rule, the app says so instead of inventing one.

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