Employers – Extending a permit ICT permits

You have an employee with an ICT permit in Sweden who wants to extend their permit.

  • Important to know
  • How it works
  • Apply

If you want to see the information aimed at the employee, you can visit the page You want to extend – ICT permits

An ICT permit is valid for the period for which you are offered work, but for no more than for three years. If the employee has an ICT permit for less than three years and wants to continue working for you, they can apply to extend their permit.

After three years with a permit, the employee must leave the EU/EEA area and apply for a new ICT permit if they want to continue working for you.

If the person has worked in Sweden with a permit for work for at least four years during the past seven years, they can choose to apply for a permanent residence permit in their extension application. They can count the time they have had their ICT permit as part of the total permit period.

The employer starts the application

For an employer, the process of applying for an ICT permit is the same as a first-time application. You start the application by providing information about the employment in the e-service. When you are done, the employee receives a link to the e-service, where they fill in their information and submit the application, thus completing the process. Only then is the application registered with the Swedish Migration Agency.

In addition to the requirements imposed on the employee, as an employer you must meet the following requirements in order for the employee to be able to get an extended ICT permit:

The employee must work for you in Sweden for more than 90 days, as a manager, specialist or trainee/intern

The terms of employment must have been met throughout the period during which the employee has had an ICT permit
The employee’s salary/wages, insurance and other terms of employment must have been at least on par with those for employees posted in Sweden. The conditions must have been met throughout the time that they have had an ICT permit in Sweden.

The employee must have a valid employment agreement, or traineeship/internship agreement (if they are a trainee/intern)

You must offer employment that allows the employee to support themselves
The employee must work to such an extent that their salary/wages total at least SEK 13,000 per month.

You must give the relevant trade union organisation the opportunity to comment on the terms of employment

  • Employment or traineeship/internship agreement

Make sure that the employee has a valid employment or traineeship/internship agreement signed by both parties. The employee will later be asked to attach a copy of the agreement in their part of the application. The employment agreement and the traineeship/internship agreement must state the following:

  • the employee’s name and address
  • the employer’s name and address outside the EEA
  • date when employment outside the EEA commenced
  • the place where the work or traineeship/internship is to be carried out
  • brief description of work responsibilities
  • salary/wages and other salary benefits
  • the employee’s professional title (not applicable to trainees).
  • Collect important information

Make sure you have access to the information about the employee, company and employment that you will need to provide in the e-service.

Information about the employee
Name, date of birth, citizenship, education and email address. Please note that it is through this email address that your employee will log into the e-service to continue their work permit application, so double check it carefully.

Information about the company
Company registration number, contact details, date the business was established, and location of the workplace.

Information about the employment
Occupation, SSYK code for the occupation in question, work responsibilities, form of employment, start date, scope, salary/wages, date of any collective agreement, and insurance company/companies.

  • Insurance for the employee

The employee must be covered by medical insurance, life insurance, occupational injury insurance and occupational pension insurance throughout the permit period. It is therefore important that the documentation shows the date on which the insurance began to apply, as well as the terms and conditions of the policy. You must be able to show that the insurance policies applied during the previous permit period and that they will remain valid in the future.

Medical insurance provides financial support if the insured person falls ill or is injured. Medical insurance should not be confused with healthcare insurance, which helps the insured to gain faster access to healthcare.

A life insurance policy provides financial security if the insured person dies. For example, the money that is then paid out can help their surviving family be able to afford to stay in their home.

With an occupational injury insurance policy, the policyholder can receive compensation in the event of long-term unemployment or sick leave. The insurance provides compensation if the policyholder has been injured on the job or on the way to or from their workplace. This form of insurance is often referred to in Swedish as “Trygghetsförsäkring vid arbetsskada” and abbreviated to the acronym “TFA”.

Occupational pension insurance is an insurance solution to secure an occupational pension. It can be taken out by the employer for the benefit of the employee, or taken out by the employee but then paid by the employer.

  • Select which trade union might want to comment

In the e-service, you can choose which trade union organisation should be given the opportunity to comment on the employment. You choose the trade union that is relevant to the work that the employee is to perform. If the union is connected to the Swedish Migration Agency's digital processing, you will be able to select it directly in the e-service and later receive its statement of opinion directly in the e-service. Otherwise, they may give their statement via a form.

If the trade union refrains from commenting on the terms of employment, the Swedish Migration Agency will decide whether the offered terms of employment correspond to collective agreements or what is customary in the occupation or industry.

A copy of power of attorney to act as a representative.

Power of attorney (107011) Pdf, 1.1 MB.

Read more about power of attorney

If you will be acting as a representative for an employer, you need to arrange a power of attorney.

Please note that if you are a representative with power of attorney, you are the only person who will have access to the case during the entire application period, because you create the e-application using your e-ID. You will thus be the only one who can complete the employer’s part of the application and respond to any requests for supplementation.

Read more about power of attorney

If the employee wishes to apply for a permanent residence permit at the same time as their application for an extended ICT permit, they must

  • have held an ICT permit or work permit for four years during the past seven years
  • be able to support themselves financially
  • live a well-behaved life.

If the person does not meet the requirements for a permanent residence permit, they may still be granted an extended ICT permit, if the requirements for it are met.

It is the employee who chooses to apply for a permanent residence permit. As an employer, you do not need to do anything in your part of the application.

The employee must apply before the current permit expires. If you apply too late, the employee will not be able to work during the processing time.

If the employee applies for a permanent residence permit at the same time
The Swedish Migration Agency recommends that you submit the application no more than 30 days before the current work permit will expire. This is because we cannot make a decision about a permanent residence permit application until the current permit has expired.

The employee has the right to continue working during the waiting period, as long as they have had a permit for at least six months and the application has been submitted before the previous permit expires. This applies even if the previous permit expires before they receive a decision about their application for an extension.

They can be granted an ICT permit for the period for which they are offered work, but for no more than three years. They can never be granted a permit for longer than their passport is valid.

Employees with an ICT permit in another EU country may be granted an ICT permit for long-term mobility for the same period as their current permit is valid.

An ICT permit or an ICT permit for long-term mobility cannot be granted if the maximum intra-corporate transfer time has been reached. The time limit is three years as a manager or specialist and one year as a trainee/intern.

If the employee has reached the maximum time limit for ICT permits, they must leave the EU/EEA area and apply for a new ICT permit.

If the employee is granted a permanent residence permit, it will remain valid as long as they reside in Sweden.

It is not possible to say exactly how long it takes to receive a decision. There are many things that affect the waiting time, for example whether the application is complete to begin with or whether we need to request more information, or whether we need to check with other authorities when investigating the case.

Here we show statistics on how long it has taken for people who have applied for this permit. The statistics are based on cases decided in the last 12 months.

Complete applications

75% of recently decided cases have been decided within:1 months

Incomplete applications

75% of recently decided cases have been decided within:3 months

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