fide for language learners | Residence and citizenshipLanguage levels in legal procedures

For your application for naturalisation, residence permit (B) or settlement permit (C), you must provide proof of minimum language skills.

If you

speak and write a national language (simplified naturalisation) or a cantonal language as your mother tongue;
have attended compulsory school in a national language for at least 5 years (naturalisation) or 3 years (B and C permits);
have attended upper secondary or tertiary education in a national language,

you do not have to take a language test.

If none of the three points above apply to you, you have the following options: