{"id":4589,"date":"2019-05-07T22:48:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T20:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benk.ch\/naturalisation\/examen-naturalisation\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T13:00:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T12:00:53","slug":"examen-naturalisation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.benk.ch\/en\/naturalisation\/examen-naturalisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Naturalization exams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1938439658\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benk.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Copie-de-Design-sans-nom-1030x579.png\" class=\"bg attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>                        <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-1136431285\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-2817023427\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h3 class=\"uppercase\">Naturalization exams<\/h3>\n<p>How do I become Swiss?<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2817023427 {\n  line-height: 0.75;\n  text-align: left;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-1136431285 {\n  width: 97%;\n}\n#text-box-1136431285 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1938439658 {\n  padding-top: 150px;\n}\n#banner-1938439658 .overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.221);\n}\n#banner-1938439658 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 10% 70%;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1929733372\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row align-middle\"  id=\"row-194343997\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2040760565\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_130075770\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:75%;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benk.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Copie-de-Copie-de-Design-sans-titre-1030x687.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.benk.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Copie-de-Copie-de-Design-sans-titre-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.benk.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Copie-de-Copie-de-Design-sans-titre-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.benk.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Copie-de-Copie-de-Design-sans-titre-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.benk.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Copie-de-Copie-de-Design-sans-titre-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.benk.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Copie-de-Copie-de-Design-sans-titre-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.benk.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Copie-de-Copie-de-Design-sans-titre-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.benk.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Copie-de-Copie-de-Design-sans-titre.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_130075770 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-667216155\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"uppercase\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-line-height=\"s\">How do I prepare for the Swiss naturalization exam?<\/h2>\n<p>The Swiss naturalization exam requires an excellent knowledge of Swiss geography, history and politics.<\/p>\n<p>You need to have a broad general knowledge of Switzerland, as the commission can ask any questions they like.&nbsp;Questions can be federal, cantonal or communal. It&#8217;s better to know more to avoid surprises!<\/p>\n<p>You need to prepare sufficiently in advance, revise sufficiently and keep abreast of the latest developments in Switzerland, so that you&#8217;re ready for any possible questions.<\/p>\n<p>At Benk, our naturalization training courses are personalized and include all the subjects needed to pass the exam:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>improvement of oral and written French (if necessary),<\/li>\n<li>personal preparation for integration issues, depending on your canton and community,<\/li>\n<li>federal, cantonal and local issues concerning Swiss history, geography, politics and culture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1929733372 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_882867052\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div 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