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Permanent residence in Sweden, normally available after legal residence and work or self-employment for several years (commonly at least four of the last seven years on a work-based permit), subject to maintenance and conduct conditions. EU Blue Card holders can qualify on a separate, EU-based timeline, and doctoral students have a dedicated route.
This route lets the family of a worker or permit holder in Sweden — generally a spouse, partner and unmarried children under 18 — apply for a residence permit to join them; a maintenance requirement applies in many cases.
Permanent residence is normally available after several years of legal residence with work or self-employment — commonly at least four of the last seven years on a work-based permit — subject to maintenance and conduct conditions; Blue Card holders and doctoral students have separate routes.
This permit is for non-EU researchers who hold a hosting agreement with an approved research organisation in Sweden; it allows research work and offers mobility to carry out research in other EU member states.
Sweden's EU Blue Card is for highly qualified employment: it needs a qualified job offer, a salary above the Blue Card threshold and normally a completed higher-education qualification, and it offers favourable family rules and a faster path to permanent residence and EU mobility.
Yes. The EU Blue Card is for highly qualified employment and offers better family and mobility rights and a faster route to permanent residence than the standard work permit.
Usually after several years of legal residence with work or self-employment (commonly at least four of the last seven years on a work-based permit), subject to maintenance and conduct conditions.
Yes. Non-EU nationals can apply to Migrationsverket for a residence permit as a self-employed person if they can show experience, control of the business and that it can support them.
The ICT permit, issued under the EU ICT Directive, is for managers, specialists and trainees transferred from a company outside the EU to a group company in Sweden; it allows short- and long-term mobility to group entities in other EU states.
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Immigrate (Permanent Residence) — Sweden