If someone was born in south africa and had a swiss grandfather are they able to get a swiss passport?

Question

coz i have one and its real and i was born in south africa... is this supposed to be possible?

Answer 1

If you have a swiss passport then this question is moot.

If you have a swiss grandfather who did NOT not keep his SWISS nationality then the answer is NO, you are NOT entitled to a passport.

http://switzerland.isyours.com/e/immigra...

Abroad, Swiss citizenship is not automatically transferred from one generation to the next. As a result, the fact that you have a Swiss great-grandfather does not mean that you will able to obtain the red passport with a white cross.

Loss of citizenship

In fact, Swiss who are born abroad lose their citizenship once they are over the age of 22 if they have another nationality and if they have not indicated that they wish to maintain their Swiss citizenship.

If no notification has been given before this age, Swiss citizenship is lost and descendants will not be able claim it. If you wish to maintain your Swiss citizenship, you must submit a specific request to Swiss authorities before the age of 22.

Answer 2

Well if you have a Swiss passport, you obviously can ! What a waste of a question.