Thats not how I read it... it seems to me that Switzerland is simply not a destination to get married if you "both" dont live here (ie its not a beach in the Bahamas)...

A resident marrying a non resident... that doesnt seem to be an issue. Plus fiancé visas are still issued.

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Les fiancés se renseignent ensemble ou séparément sur les conditions et la procédure de mariage auprès de l'arrondissement de l'état civil compétent.

L'officier de l'état civil donne des informations orales ou écrites. Il indique les documents requis, les conditions préalables à un mariage et ses conséquences (droit civil, modification du nom).

Est compétent pour l'exécution de la procédure préparatoire du mariage :

Les fiancés déposent auprès de l'arrondissement de l'état civil une demande en vue de la préparation de leur mariage et fournissent tous les documents nécessaires.

Ils pourront être informés et conseillés en particulier sur les questions suivantes :

Les fiancés doivent collaborer à l'établissement des faits.

L'arrondissement de l'état civil compétent pour la préparation du mariage examine la demande dès qu'elle a été présentée par les deux fiancés. Ce n'est qu'à ce moment-là qu'il peut être entré en matière.

Indeed, there is a new law since January 2011, a man who wants to get married with a swiss girl or vis versa must have a permit of residence (info toward Office de la Population) otherwise they have to get married in the man or woman's country, then the Swiss national must come back and do some necessary process to bring his wife/ her husband in Switzerland.

Geneva's Canton is one of the last who get into this system, all the other cantons get into it from long time. This helps to avoid white marriages which were very frequent here.

If the stores on EF are accurate, getting married in CH involves a ton of paperwork.  Half of that paperwork will have been completed incorrectly and will require resubmission (in spite of the applicant's best efforts).  The other half is information from the soon-to-be-wed's home countries which can be next to impossible to obtain.  It seems like a lot of headache can be avoided by getting married somewhere else.

Typical Swiss experience, in other words.

 It is taking at least 2 months to have all your marriage papers settled here (without talking about waste of time cause of papers incorrectly filled out).

The longer is that you have to send your birth certificate to MFA or MJP to be legalized and it takes long too!

But for people from the Schengen aera I am sure that things are simple and faster.

If you are marrying for love who cares where you do it!!

Thats what i said to all my ex wives... but they were still against the local pub or Vegas...

sigh....

because if you have to jump through all the hoops in switzerland, divorce may be not so far off......it can be a real test of teamwork, patience and desire.

keep it simple, get married in vegas

Wow, this is terrible experience! Ok so good to know... I knew that the permit of residence here in Switzerland is a must for getting married, but this is very strict for people from the Schengen area...

I had to deal with some people cases running and stressing all around the city tp get there paper settled before the new law pass,but i was too last for them anyway...

Unfortunaltely that's sad for the REAL couples who really want to get married, they are mixed up with the fake ones who just try to settle their situations by becoming legal or getting the opportunity of staying here, everyone is involved in the same bunch.

A part of the wedding case, Schengen agreements is not a such a bad idea, it stops some abusive uses but brings pros & cons too...

Because they read the small print!! Hahaha

Yeah too much hassle to get hitched in Geneva! As both my husband and I are not Swiss nationals we would have had to spend weeks on end waiting on legalized documents from Brazil! Instead we opted for a wedding in Brazil and because we had little time there we paid a little extra to the registry office to be moved up the line ....

Easier indeed !!!