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Residence permit for non-EU students admitted to first- or second-cycle (bachelor's/master's) or exchange studies at a Swedish university or university college. Students must show they can support themselves for the study period and hold valid health cover; tuition fees apply to most non-EU students.
This permit is for non-EU students admitted to bachelor's, master's or exchange studies at a Swedish university; you must show you can support yourself and hold valid health cover, and most non-EU students pay tuition.
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.
Yes. If you receive a qualifying job offer you can apply for a work permit from inside Sweden, and you may work while that application is processed.
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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Study abroad — Sweden