An ICT permit is valid for expatriates who work for a company outside the EU and are transferred to the Swedish branch of that company. Only third-country nationals need to apply. This authorization applies only to employees in managerial or specialist positions. You can only credit taxed income from legal employment. This means that you must have a work permit or be exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. If you apply for an extended residence permit too late, you do not have the right to work pending a decision and therefore do not fulfil the maintenance obligation. You cannot credit unreported income or income from an occupation for which you are not licensed. The residence permit contains information about the type of authorisation you have and the validity of your card as well as your personal data. A residence card is only valid for three years, but if you have a long-term residence permit in the EU, your residence permit is valid for five years. You fill in the form Ansökan om ställning som varaktigt bosatt, 138011 (only in Swedish) and send it to the Swedish Migration Service. Note that everyone, including a cohabiting husband/wife/partner or accompanying children, must submit their own application. Each person applying for long-term resident status in Sweden is assessed individually.
If you do not apply for or obtain long-term resident status in Sweden, your family members can continue to live with you in Sweden on the basis of the residence permit they already have as family members. If this residence permit needs to be extended, the rules will vary depending on the type of residence permit you have. Applying for long-term resident status can therefore be an alternative way to obtain a permanent residence permit if you have been living in Sweden for five years but for some reason do not meet the conditions for obtaining a permanent residence permit or citizenship. SULF will continue to work on this issue in order to make changes, as we hope. However, this requires legislative changes or new precedents. Many people who had already applied were rejected and must instead reapply 14 days before their current licence expires. SULF expects this to cause problems, as anyone leaving Sweden during the interval between two residence permits will not be allowed to return. This makes it difficult for people to attend conferences or make other trips abroad. However, if you meet the criteria for long-term resident status, you can apply for long-term residence instead. This can be done during the period during which you have a valid temporary resident permit. In this way, you can have your residence permit converted into a permanent residence permit. You can read more about this under the question “Can I apply for long-term resident status?” Previously, you could apply for a permanent residence permit once you had resided for four years with a permit that serves as the basis for a permanent residence permit (regardless of the expiry date of your current residence permit).
In April 2019, the Swedish Migration Agency published a new interpretation of the rules and now stipulates that applications must only be submitted 14 days before the expiry of the current residence permit. As far as SULF is known, there is no clear definition of long-term self-sufficiency. The Swedish Migration Agency carries out an assessment on a case-by-case basis. However, these should not be sporadic or short-term temporary jobs. A new precedent may be needed here so that we can learn more about these requirements. Please note that the EU countries, Denmark and Ireland, are not covered by long-term resident status; Therefore, you are not entitled to obtain a residence permit in these countries simply because you are a long-term resident of Sweden. If you are married, in a couple or child of a Swedish resident, you can apply for a residence visa. For spouses and partners (meaning you are not legally married but have been in a “marriage-like” relationship for a long time), here is Sweden`s spouse/fiancé visa procedure. If you have long-term resident status, you can stay outside Sweden for up to 6 years if you are in the EU and the countries covered.
These countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. In the event of a more permanent move to one of these countries, you can also transfer your long-term resident there. If you are a citizen of a non-EU country and have lived in Sweden for five years without interruption, you can obtain long-term resident status in Sweden. It is not the same as a permanent residence permit, but if you get long-term resident status, you also have a legal right to a permanent residence permit, so no further investigation should be conducted to meet the conditions for a permanent residence permit following a decision on long-term resident status. Long-term residence also gives you more rights to work, study or start your own business in most other EU countries. If you have long-term resident status, you can stay outside Sweden if you stay in the EU and covered countries for up to 6 years. These countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. In the event of a more permanent move to one of these countries, you can also transfer your long-term resident there. Your permanent residence permit is valid as long as you reside in Sweden.
Please note that you may lose your long-term resident status in Sweden if you are away from the country for six years. A third-country national must have resided in Sweden for five years under a residence permit or for other reasons legally established in Sweden. Other reasons may be secondary residence rights (uppehållskort). If the applicant has a permit or other legally regulated grounds and meets the conditions for five years of legal residence in Sweden, it is possible to apply for a long-term residence permit before the expiry of the current permit. If you are a citizen of a country outside the EU and have lived in Sweden continuously for five years, you can obtain long-term resident status in Sweden. This status means that you have certain rights that an EU citizen has and that you are more likely to work, study or start your own business in another EU country. Unfortunately, the fact that Swiss nationals cannot obtain a residence permit for doctoral studies means that after four years they cannot apply for a settlement permit like other non-EU/EEA citizens. However, after five years, you can apply for long-term resident status. If you do not yet have a permanent residence permit, if you obtain long-term resident status in Sweden, you will also receive a decision on a permanent residence permit. You do not have to apply separately for a settlement permit if you are applying for long-term resident status. If you obtain both long-term resident status and a permanent residence permit, you will receive two cards: a residence permit card and an EU long-term resident card.
As a non-EU/EEA citizen, you need a job offer to be eligible for a work permit, which you need to enter Sweden. It is not possible to enter or work in Sweden until you have obtained a work permit. If you do not get long-term resident status, you can appeal the decision within three weeks of receiving it. Learning how to get permanent or temporary residency in Sweden differs depending on your country of origin. If you are an EU citizen, you have a right of residence and do not need a residence permit. However, EU citizens must continue to register with the Swedish tax authorities as having moved to Sweden. This allows you to get a person number that you need if you live in Sweden long-term. Perhaps the most important reason of all is that unemployment benefits can be taken into account to qualify for long-term resident status, which entitles them to a permanent residence permit.
You can read more about this elsewhere on this page. If you obtain long-term resident status, you will receive a residence permit card. The card is proof that you have long-term resident status in Sweden and contains, among other things, a photo of you and your fingerprints. You should therefore go to the Swedish Migration Agency to have your picture taken and fingerprinted as soon as possible. You must do this even if you previously had a residence permit card. This is because the Swedish Migration Agency does not store your photo or fingerprints.