The Swedish Migration Agency processes the application

The Swedish Migration Agency will review all the information about your application and determine whether you can be granted a residence permit. If you are abroad and we can immediately see that you do not meet the requirements for a residence permit, we may decide to reject your application.

We will contact you if we need more information.

Present a passport and provide fingerprints

Before we can make a decision about a residence permit, you need to present your passport. You must also be fingerprinted and photographed. This information will later be used to produce a residence permit card for you, if you are granted a permit for a period of more than three months.

Digital passport check

In some cases, the Swedish Migration Agency will notify you that you must present your passport for a digital passport check via an app. If you are granted a work permit/residence permit, you will be fingerprinted and photographed at one of the Swedish Migration Agency’s service centres once you have arrived in Sweden.

If you present your passport digitally, but have also been called in for an interview, you need to book an appointment to visit an embassy or consulate-general. During this visit, you may also need to provide fingerprints and have your picture taken.

Read more about digital passport check

Present your passport and get fingerprinted at the embassy

If you are not offered a digital passport check, we will ask you to book an appointment to present your passport at the embassy or consulate-general you selected in your application.

If you need an entry visa to travel to Sweden, you may also be fingerprinted and photographed during the same visit.

You are waiting for a decision – You have applied for the first time

You receive our decision

As soon as we have made a decision, you will receive an email or letter stating whether you have been granted a residence permit or if your application has been rejected. The decision will then be sent by post to your chosen embassy or representative. You may need to book an appointment at the embassy to pick it up. When you receive the decision, you can find out the reasons on which we based it. If you are granted a residence permit, you have the right to live and work in Sweden as long as the permit is valid. If your application is rejected and you are currently in Sweden, you must prepare to leave the country.

You have received a decision – Work

The employer starts the application

It is your employer who starts your application in the e-service.

The trade union is given the opportunity to comment

The employer sends information about the employment to the relevant trade union for the industry to which the employment relates. The trade union is given the opportunity to comment on the terms and conditions of employment.

You fill in your part of the application

Once the employer has completed their part, you will receive an email with a link to the e-service. You must then fill in your part of the application. You fill in the application and attach the necessary documents. In some cases, you may also be asked to come to the embassy for an interview.

Present a passport and provide fingerprints

Before we can make a decision about a EU Blue Card, you need to present your passport. You must also be fingerprinted and photographed. This information will later be used to produce a residence permit card for you.

Digital passport check

In some cases, the Swedish Migration Agency will notify you that you must present your passport for a digital passport check via an app. If you are granted a EU Blue Card, you will be fingerprinted and photographed at one of the Swedish Migration Agency’s service centres once you have arrived in Sweden.

If you present your passport digitally, but have also been called in for an interview, you need to book an appointment to visit an embassy or consulate-general. During this visit, you may also need to provide fingerprints and have your picture taken.

Read more about digital passport check

Present your passport and get fingerprinted at the embassy

If you are not offered a digital passport check, we will ask you to book an appointment to present your passport at the embassy or consulate-general you selected in your application.

If you need an entry visa to travel to Sweden, you may also be fingerprinted and photographed during the same visit.

You are waiting for a decision – You have applied for the first time

You receive our decision

As soon as we have made a decision, you will receive an email or letter stating whether you have been granted a EU Blue Card or if your application has been rejected. The decision will then be sent by post to your chosen embassy or representative. You may need to book an appointment at the embassy to pick it up. When you receive the decision, you can find out the reasons on which we based it. If you are granted a residence permit, you have the right to live and work in Sweden as long as the permit is valid. If your application is rejected and you are currently in Sweden, you must prepare to leave the country.

You have received a decision – Work

You apply

You fill in the application and attach the required documents. In your application, you indicate which Swedish embassy or consulate-general you want to visit to present your passport.

Present a passport and provide fingerprints

Before we can make a decision about a residence permit, you need to present your passport. You must also be fingerprinted and photographed. This information will later be used to produce a residence permit card for you, if you are granted a permit for a period of more than three months.

Digital passport check

In some cases, the Swedish Migration Agency will notify you that you must present your passport for a digital passport check via an app. If you are granted a residence permit, you will be fingerprinted and photographed at one of the Swedish Migration Agency’s service centres once you have arrived in Sweden.

If you present your passport digitally, but have also been called in for an interview, you need to book an appointment to visit an embassy or consulate-general. During this visit, you may also need to provide fingerprints and have your picture taken.

Read more about digital passport check

Present your passport and get fingerprinted at the embassy

If you are not offered a digital passport check, we will ask you to book an appointment to present your passport at the embassy or consulate-general you selected in your application.

If you need an entry visa to travel to Sweden, you may also be fingerprinted and photographed during the same visit.

You are waiting for a desicion – You have applied for the first time

You receive our decision

As soon as we have made a decision, you will receive an email or letter stating whether you have been granted a residence permit or if your application has been rejected. The decision will then be sent by post to your chosen embassy or representative. You may need to book an appointment at the embassy to pick it up. When you receive the decision, you can find out the reasons on which we based it. If you are granted a residence permit, you have the right to live and work as a researcher in Sweden as long as the permit is valid. If your application is rejected and you are currently in Sweden, you must prepare to leave the country.

You have received a decision – Work

The employer starts the application

It is your employer who starts your application in the e-service.

You fill in your part of the application

Once the employer has completed their part, you will receive an email with a link to the e-service, where you must fill in your part of the application.

You fill in the application and attach the necessary documents. In your application, you indicate which Swedish embassy or consulate-general you want to visit to present your passport. In certain cases, you may also be asked to come to the embassy for an interview.

Present a passport and provide fingerprints

Before we can make a decision about a work permit, you need to present your passport. You must also be fingerprinted and photographed. This information will later be used to produce a residence permit card for you, if you are granted a permit for a period of more than three months.

Digital passport check

In some cases, the Swedish Migration Agency will notify you that you must present your passport for a digital passport check via an app. If you are granted a work permit, you will be fingerprinted and photographed at one of the Swedish Migration Agency’s service centres once you have arrived in Sweden.

If you present your passport digitally, but have also been called in for an interview, you need to book an appointment to visit an embassy or consulate-general. During this visit, you may also need to provide fingerprints and have your picture taken.

Read more about digital passport check

Present your passport and get fingerprinted at the embassy

If you are not offered a digital passport check, we will ask you to book an appointment to present your passport at the embassy or consulate-general you selected in your application.

If you need an entry visa to travel to Sweden, you may also be fingerprinted and photographed during the same visit.

You are waiting for a decision – You have applied for the first time

You receive our decision

As soon as we have made a decision, you will receive an email or letter stating whether you have been granted a work permit or if your application has been rejected. In some cases, the Swedish Migration Agency will invite you to an in-person meeting at which you will be informed of the decision. When you receive the decision, you can find out the reasons on which we based it. If you are granted a residence permit, you have the right to live and work in Sweden as long as the permit is valid. If your application is rejected and you are currently in Sweden, you must prepare to leave the country.

You have received a decision – Work

The employer starts the application

It is your employer who starts your application in the e-service.

The trade union is given the opportunity to comment

The employer sends information about the employment to the relevant trade union for the industry to which the employment relates. The trade union is given the opportunity to comment on the terms and conditions of employment.

You fill in your part of the application

Once the employer has completed their part, you will receive an email with a link to the e-service, where you must fill in your part of the application. You fill in the application and attach the necessary documents. In your application, you indicate which Swedish embassy or consulate-general you want to visit to present your passport. In certain cases, you may also be asked to come to the embassy for an interview.

Present a passport and provide fingerprints

Before we can make a decision about a work permit, you need to present your passport. You must also be fingerprinted and photographed. This information will later be used to produce a residence permit card for you, if you are granted a permit for a period of more than three months.

Digital passport check

In some cases, the Swedish Migration Agency will notify you that you must present your passport for a digital passport check via an app. If you are granted a work permit, you will be fingerprinted and photographed at one of the Swedish Migration Agency’s service centres once you have arrived in Sweden.

If you present your passport digitally, but have also been called in for an interview, you need to book an appointment to visit an embassy or consulate-general. During this visit, you may also need to provide fingerprints and have your picture taken.

Read more about digital passport check

Present your passport and get fingerprinted at the embassy

If you are not offered a digital passport check, we will ask you to book an appointment to present your passport at the embassy or consulate-general you selected in your application.

If you need an entry visa to travel to Sweden, you may also be fingerprinted and photographed during the same visit.

You are waiting for a desicion – You have applied for the first time

You receive our decision

As soon as we have made a decision, you will receive an email or letter stating whether you have been granted a work permit or if your application has been rejected. The decision will then be sent by post to your chosen embassy or representative. You may need to book an appointment at the embassy to pick it up. When you receive the decision, you can find out the reasons on which we based it. If you are granted a residence permit, you have the right to live and work in Sweden as long as the permit is valid. If your application is rejected and you are currently in Sweden, you must prepare to leave the country.

You have received a decision – Work

The employer starts the application

It is your employer who starts your application in the e-service.

The trade union is given the opportunity to comment

The employer sends information about the employment to the relevant trade union for the industry to which the employment relates. The trade union is given the opportunity to comment on the terms and conditions of employment.

You fill in your part of the application

Once the employer has completed their part, you will receive an email with a link to the e-service. You must then fill in your part of the application. You fill in the application and attach the necessary documents.

Your application for a work permit must be received by the Swedish Migration Agency no later than two weeks after the decision rejecting your application for asylum entered into force (became legally binding).

The Swedish Migration Agency reviews your application

The Swedish Migration Agency reviews your application. If we can immediately see that you do not meet the requirements for a work permit, we may already decide to reject your application.

We will contact you if we need more information.

If your application can be considered, we will issue a suspension decision. This means that you can remain in Sweden until your application has been examined.

You may need to present your passport

You may need to present your passport before we can make a decision. You only need to do this if we have not already checked it on a previous visit, or if you have received a new passport since you last presented it. Certain applicants will be offered the option of presenting their passport in a digital passport check conducted via an app. If you need to present your passport, we will contact you with information about how and when you can do so. You may also need to submit your passport for examination.

You are waiting for a decision – You have applied for the first time

You receive our decision

As soon as we have made a decision, you will receive an email or letter stating whether you have been granted a work permit or if your application has been rejected. The decision will then be sent to you and your representative (if any) by post. When you receive the decision, you can find out the reasons on which it is based.

A copy of the first page of the decision, which states whether you have been granted a work permit or your application has been rejected, will also be sent to your employer.

If you are granted a work permit it is valid for working for the employer and within the profession you specified when you applied. If your application is rejected, you must prepare to leave Sweden within 14 days. You need to do this even if you choose to appeal.

You have received a decision – Work

Your host family starts your application

It is your host family that starts your application in the e-service.

You fill in your part of the application

Once the host family has completed their part, you will receive an email with a link to the e-service, where you must fill in your part of the application. You fill in the application and attach the necessary documents.

In your application, you indicate which Swedish embassy or consulate-general you want to visit to present your passport.

Present a passport and provide fingerprints

Before we can make a decision about a residence permit, you need to present your passport. You must also be fingerprinted and photographed. This information will later be used to produce a residence permit card for you, if you are granted a permit for a period of more than three months.

Digital passport check

In some cases, the Swedish Migration Agency will notify you that you must present your passport for a digital passport check via an app. If you are granted a residence permit, you will be fingerprinted and photographed at one of the Swedish Migration Agency’s service centres once you have arrived in Sweden.

Read more about digital passport check

Present your passport and get fingerprinted at the embassy

If you are not offered a digital passport check, we will ask you to book an appointment to present your passport at the embassy or consulate-general you selected in your application.

If you need an entry visa to travel to Sweden, you may also be fingerprinted and photographed during the same visit.

You are waiting for a decision – You have applied for the first time

You receive our decision

As soon as we have made a decision, you will receive an email or letter stating whether you have been granted a residence permit or if your application has been rejected. The decision will then be sent by post to your chosen embassy or representative. You may need to book an appointment at the embassy to pick it up. When you receive the decision, you can find out the reasons on which we based it. If you are granted a residence permit, you have the right to work as an au pair in Sweden as long as the permit is valid. If your application is rejected and you are currently in Sweden, you must prepare to leave the country.

You have received a decision – Work

The trade union is given the opportunity to comment

The employer sends information about the employment to the relevant trade union for the industry to which the employment relates. The trade union is given the opportunity to comment on the terms and conditions of employment.

You fill in your part of the application

Once the employer has completed their part, you will receive an email with a link to the e-service, where you must fill in your part of the application. You fill in the application and attach the necessary documents. In your application, you indicate which Swedish embassy or consulate-general you want to visit to present your passport. In certain cases, you may also be asked to come to the embassy for an interview.

If you are a representative and apply for several employees at the same time, keep in mind that you need to fill in the application with the correct information about each individual employee.

Present a passport and provide fingerprints

Before we can make a decision about a seasonal work permit, you need to present your passport. You must also be fingerprinted and photographed. This information will later be used to produce a residence permit card for you, if you are granted a permit for a period of more than three months.

Digital passport check

In some cases, the Swedish Migration Agency will notify you that you must present your passport for a digital passport check via an app. If you are granted a seasonal work permit, you will be fingerprinted and photographed at one of the Swedish Migration Agency’s service centres once you have arrived in Sweden.

If you present your passport digitally, but have also been called in for an interview, you need to book an appointment to visit an embassy or consulate-general. During this visit, you may also need to provide fingerprints and have your picture taken.

Read more about digital passport check

Present your passport and get fingerprinted at the embassy

If you are not offered a digital passport check, we will ask you to book an appointment to present your passport at the embassy or consulate-general you selected in your application.

If you need an entry visa to travel to Sweden, you may also be fingerprinted and photographed during the same visit.

You are waiting for a decision – You have applied for the first time

You receive our decision

As soon as we have made a decision, you will receive an email or letter stating whether you have been granted a seasonal work permit or if your application has been rejected. The decision will then be sent by post to your chosen embassy or representative. You may need to book an appointment at the embassy to pick it up. When you receive the decision, you can find out the reasons on which we based it. If you are granted a residence permit, you have the right to live and work in Sweden as long as the permit is valid. If your application is rejected and you are currently in Sweden, you must prepare to leave the country.

You have received a decision – Work

The trade union is given the opportunity to comment

The client sends information about the employment to the relevant trade union for the industry to which the employment relates. The trade union is given the opportunity to comment on the terms and conditions of employment.

You visit a Swedish embassy or consulate-general

To create an e-service user account, you must visit a Swedish embassy or consulate-general. You must bring a valid ID, a mobile phone, the certificate of incorporation for the Swedish branch of the business from the Swedish Companies Registration Office, and a power of attorney from the employer stating that you are authorised to represent the business.

You fill in your part of the application

Once the client has completed their part, you will receive an email with a link to the e-service. In your capacity as a representative, you must then fill in your part of the application. You log in, fill in the application, and attach the necessary documents. In your application, you indicate which Swedish embassy or consulate-general the employee wants to visit to present their passport. In some cases, they may also be asked to come to the embassy for an interview.

Only once you have completed and submitted your part of the application will it be registered with the Swedish Migration Agency.

Present a passport and provide fingerprints

Before we can make a decision regarding an application for a work permit, the employee must present their passport, if they have not done so before. If a passport control is necessary, the Swedish Migration Agency will contact the embassy that was selected in the application, and you in your capacity as the employee’s representative. If the employee needs an entry visa to travel to Sweden, they may also be fingerprinted and photographed. This information will later be used to produce a residence permit card, if they are granted a permit for a period of more than three months.

You are waiting for a decision – You have applied for the first time

The Swedish Migration Agency completes its processing of the case

Once the employee has presented their passport, we complete our processing of the application case.

We will contact you if we need more information.

You receive our decision

Once we have made our decision, an email will be sent to the email address you registered in the e-service. If you have a Swedish address, the decision will then be sent to you by post. In certain cases, you need to book an appointment at the embassy to pick it up. When you receive the decision, you can find out the reasons on which we based it.

You have received a decision – Work

Present a passport and provide fingerprints

Before we can make a decision about a residence permit for a working holiday you need to present your passport. You must also be fingerprinted and photographed. This information will later be used to produce a residence permit card for you, if you are granted a permit for a period of more than three months.

Digital passport check

In some cases, the Swedish Migration Agency will notify you that you must present your passport for a digital passport check via an app. If you are granted a work permit/residence permit, you will be fingerprinted and photographed at one of the Swedish Migration Agency’s service centres once you have arrived in Sweden.

Read more absolut digital passport check

Present your passport and get fingerprinted at the embassy

If you are not offered a digital passport check, we will ask you to book an appointment to present your passport at the embassy or consulate-general you selected in your application.

If you need an entry visa to travel to Sweden, you may also be fingerprinted and photographed during the same visit.

You are waiting for a decision – You have applied for the first time

You receive our decision

As soon as we have made a decision, you will receive an email or letter stating whether you have been granted a residence permit for a working holiday or if your application has been rejected. The decision will then be sent by post to your chosen embassy or representative. You may need to book an appointment at the embassy to pick it up. When you receive the decision, you can find out the reasons on which we based it. If you are granted a residence permit, you have the right to live and work in Sweden as long as the permit is valid. If your application is rejected and you are currently in Sweden, you must prepare to leave the country.

You have received a decision – Work

The employer starts the application

It is your employer who starts your application in the e-service.

You fill in your part of the application

Once the employer has completed their part, you will receive an email with a link to the e-service, where you must fill in your part of the application. You fill in the application and attach the necessary documents. In your application, you indicate which Swedish embassy or consulate-general you want to visit to present your passport.

Present a passport and provide fingerprints

Before we can make a decision about a residence permit, you need to present your passport. You must also be fingerprinted and photographed. This information will later be used to produce a residence permit card for you, if you are granted a permit for a period of more than three months.

Digital passport check

In some cases, the Swedish Migration Agency will notify you that you must present your passport for a digital passport check via an app. If you are granted a residence permit, you will be fingerprinted and photographed at one of the Swedish Migration Agency’s service centres once you have arrived in Sweden.

If you present your passport digitally, but have also been called in for an interview, you need to book an appointment to visit an embassy or consulate-general. During this visit, you may also need to provide fingerprints and have your picture taken.

Read more about digital passport check

Present your passport and get fingerprinted at the embassy

If you are not offered a digital passport check, we will ask you to book an appointment to present your passport at the embassy or consulate-general you selected in your application.

If you need an entry visa to travel to Sweden, you may also be fingerprinted and photographed during the same visit.

You are waiting for a decision – You have applied for the first time

You receive our decision

As soon as we have made a decision, you will receive an email or letter stating whether you have been granted a residence permit or if your application has been rejected. The decision will then be sent by post to your chosen embassy or representative. You may need to book an appointment at the embassy to pick it up. When you receive the decision, you can find out the reasons on which we based it. If you are granted a residence permit, you have the right to practice in Sweden as long as the permit is valid. If your application is rejected and you are currently in Sweden, you must prepare to leave the country.

You have received a decision – Work

The Swedish Migration Agency reviews your application

The Swedish Migration Agency reviews your application. If we can immediately see that you do not meet the requirements for a work permit, we may already decide to reject your application.

We will contact you if we need more information.

Present a passport and provide fingerprints

Before we can make a decision about a permit, you need to present your passport. You must also be fingerprinted and photographed. This information will later be used to produce a residence permit card for you, if you are granted a permit for a period of more than three months.

Digital passport check

In some cases, the Swedish Migration Agency will notify you that you must present your passport for a digital passport check via an app. If you are granted a work permit/residence permit, you will be fingerprinted and photographed at one of the Swedish Migration Agency’s service centres once you have arrived in Sweden.

If you present your passport digitally, but have also been called in for an interview, you need to book an appointment to visit an embassy or consulate-general. During this visit, you may also need to provide fingerprints and have your picture taken.

Read more about digital passport check

Present your passport and get fingerprinted at the embassy

If you are not offered a digital passport check, we will ask you to book an appointment to present your passport at the embassy or consulate-general you selected in your application.

If you need an entry visa to travel to Sweden, you may also be fingerprinted and photographed during the same visit.

You are waiting for a decision – You have applied for the first time

You receive our decision

As soon as we have made a decision, you will receive an email or letter stating whether you have been granted a residence permit or if your application has been rejected. The decision will then be sent by post to your chosen embassy or representative. You may need to book an appointment at the embassy to pick it up. When you receive the decision, you can find out the reasons on which we based it.

You have received a decision – Work