Place of origin

The law has now been changed, eliminating this form of allocating responsibility to a municipality other than that of the place of residence.

The vast majority of countries show the holder's actual birthplace on identity documents.

Only a minority of Swiss citizens have a place of origin identical to their birthplace.

[3] In 1681, the Tagsatzung – the then Swiss parliament – decided that beggars should be deported to their place of origin, especially if they were insufficiently cared for by their residential community.

[3] In the 19th century, Swiss municipalities even offered free emigration to the United States if the Swiss citizen agreed to renounce municipal citizenship, and with that the right to receive welfare.