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Re:Mayor suggests Helsinki declare itself an English-languag... by ThePadawan on Thursday September 02, 2021 @09:48AM (#28391933)
They'll happily have you as a (non-voting but tax paying) foreign resident. The difficult(-ish) part is becoming a Swiss national.

(I am a Foreign Resident living in Zurich for more than 10 years)

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Re:Mayor suggests Helsinki declare itself an English-languag... by wreath on Thursday September 02, 2021 @09:56AM (#28392033)
Still better than Germany where you are a high tax paying and non-voting immigrant resident (not even local elections if you are not from EU)
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Re:Mayor suggests Helsinki declare itself an English-languag... by ThePadawan on Thursday September 02, 2021 @10:44AM (#28392676)
> (not even local elections if you are not from EU)

That's more progressive than Switzerland (but it varies by canton). No Swiss passport? No vote for you.

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Re:Mayor suggests Helsinki declare itself an English-languag... by universa1 on Friday September 03, 2021 @01:27AM (#28400692)
Usually if you have payed taxes for 5 years you can get the German citizenship with all it's benefits, iirc.
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Re:Mayor suggests Helsinki declare itself an English-languag... by wreath on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @02:18AM (#28520950)
You dont get the German citizenship but you become eligible to apply for one. Thats it.
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