Employees
You want to apply for a work permit because you have found employment in Sweden. If your family will be accompanying you, they can apply at the same time.
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You want to apply for a work permit or a residence permit to work as an employee or self-employed person in Sweden, or as an accompanying family member.
Self-employed people
You want to apply for a residence permit to run your own business in Sweden. If your family will be accompanying you, they can apply at the same time.
Family of an employee or self-employed person who apply afterwards
You are a family member of a person who has applied for or been granted a residence permit as an employee or self-employed person. You now want to apply for a residence permit to live with this person in Sweden.
Students who have found work
You have a residence permit to study at a university or university college in Sweden, have gotten a job, and now want to apply for a work permit. Your family can apply at the same time as you.
EU Blue Cards
You want to apply for an EU Blue Card because you have been offered highly qualified employment in Sweden. If your family will be accompanying you, they can apply at the same time.
ICT permits
You want to apply for an ICT permit, because you are employed by a business outside the EU/EEA and are now going to work for the business in Sweden. If your family will be accompanying you, they can apply at the same time.
Researchers
You want to apply for a residence permit to conduct research in Sweden. If your family will be accompanying you, they can apply at the same time.
Athletes and coaches
You want to apply for a work permit because you have been awarded a contract with a sports club or sports association in Sweden. If your family will be accompanying you, they can apply at the same time.
Apply for a work permit after visiting an employer
You want to apply for a work permit because you have visited an employer in Sweden and been hired to a job in a profession in which there is labour shortage. If your family will be moving to Sweden to live with you here, they can apply at the same time.
Artists
You want to apply for a work permit to work as an artist, technician or other tour staff in Sweden. If your family will be accompanying you, they can apply at the same time.
Seafarers
You want to apply for a work permit to work as a seafarer on board a Swedish ship in domestic traffic. If your family will be accompanying you, they can apply at the same time.
Long-term resident in another EU country
You have long-term resident status in another EU country and want to move to Sweden to work.
News
2026-06-16
New median salary affects the salary requirement for work permits
Statistics Sweden (SCB) has now updated the median salary in Sweden. As of 16 June, the median salary is SEK 38,300, which means that you must have a salary/wages of at least SEK 34,470 (90 per cent of the median salary) a month in order to be granted a work permit.
2026-06-01
New rules for work permits now apply
New rules for work permits are now coming into effect in Sweden. The changes include a new salary requirement, a requirement for comprehensive health insurance, and minimum salary levels for seasonal work permits and ICT permits.
2026-05-25
New rules for researchers and doctoral students
The Swedish Parliament has decided on new rules for researchers and doctoral students. The rules mean, among other things, that doctoral students with a hosting agreement can receive a residence permit for research, that it will be easier to receive a permanent residence permit, and that you can apply for another permit in Sweden in more situations.
2026-04-17
New rules for work permits from 1 June 2026
From 1 June 2026, new rules for work permits will begin to apply in Sweden. The rules affect those who are applying for or extending a work permit for employment in Sweden.
2026-04-13
Easier to renew your permanent residence permit card
It will now be easier to renew your permanent residence permit card. You will automatically receive information and a request to book an appointment via My page well in advance of your current card expiring.
2026-01-26
It is now easier to log in to the Swedish Migration Agency's e-services
Starting Tuesday 27 January, it will be easier to log in to the Swedish Migration Agency's e-services and access more services. If you log in with a username and password, you no longer need a mobile phone number.
2025-12-04
More Afghans may be able to receive passports from their home country
The Swedish Migration Agency estimates that Afghan authorities are now able to issue national passports to their citizens within a reasonable time. This means that Afghan citizens with a residence permit in Sweden no longer automatically have the right to an alien’s passport. Instead, the Swedish Migration Agency will review each application for an alien’s passport individually.
2025-09-04
Children born in Sweden who have thus never entered Sweden, and whose parent has a research permit, an EU Blue Card or an ICT permit, can now obtain a residence permit without having to leave Sweden.