Sweden's Migration Agency has lowered its forecast for the number of first-time work permit applications after a 'downward trend' due in part to the 'underestimated' effects of the work permit salary threshold and the economic situation..
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Sweden's Migration Agency will next week publish a list of the jobs which could potentially be exempted from a new salary threshold for work permits, but it stresses that there's little chance of these exemptions coming…
The leader of Sweden's Centre Party has said that scrapping the salary threshold for Swedish work permits would be 'one of the first decisions' that would be taken if a centrist government takes power in Sweden.
Sweden's government has decided to exempt only 27 professions from the new higher salary threshold for a work permit, choosing to follow the most restrictive recommendation made by the Migration Agency back in March.
Sweden's Migration Agency has submitted three different lists of jobs that could potentially be exempted from the upcoming higher salary threshold for a work permit, with either 21, 55, or 81 jobs exempted, depending on…
Sweden's parliament is set to vote on Wednesday afternoon to impose in a new minimum salary for work permits set at 90 percent of Sweden's median wage, with the new requirement in force from June 1st.
Sweden's government has asked the Migration Agency to start from the premise that "the need for exemptions is limited" when drawing up its list of professions that should be excused the new higher salary threshold for a…
Sweden's government has finalised the text of a new law which will see the minimum eligible salary for a work permit hiked to 33,390 kronor a month from next June, but as yet there is no timetable on when it will be vote…
This week's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra for Membership+ subscribers features an interview with the official tasked with improving the Migration Agency's handling of work permits, Hanna Geurtsen.
The Swedish Migration Agency has rated two professional categories – cooks and pantry chefs, and cleaners – as high risk for work permits, as part of a list of 152 jobs put forward for possible exemption under a future n…
Statistics Sweden has released new median salary figures, which pushes up the work permit salary threshold for all new applicants with immediate effect – just two weeks after it went up by more than 3,700 kronor.
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