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2020-03-03
New criteria for employers who want to become certified
The Swedish Migration Agency is now changing the requirements for companies that want to become certified employers. Companies that are already certified will not be affected by the new requirements.
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2020-01-28
New regulations for researchers, au pairs, interns and volunteers
After the turn of the year, new rules has applied to students, researchers, au pairs, interns and volunteers. The reason for this is that Sweden is introducing directives of the European Parliament and Council directive (EU) 2016/801 (Student and Researcher Directive).
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2019-12-18
Old e-service for offers of employment closing
As of Tuesday 15 December you will no longer be able to create offers of employment via the old e-service. It will be closed down completely sometime between 10 and 16 February.
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2019-11-20
New and improved e-service means closure of old e-service
As of 15 August 2019 there is a new and improved version of the e-service for applying for a work permit. This now makes it simpler, clearer and easier to create an offer of employment, fill in an application and navigate in the service. This simplifies mattes for you as a user.
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