It’s been over a month since Sweden abruptly changed its citizenship requirements and applicants have already started receiving rejection letters. Several of those rejected told The Local that they now planned to move elsewhere..
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A Swedish Migration Court has ruled that the Migration Agency was right to reject citizenship for an applicant who failed the new eight-year residency rule, despite having applied under the previous rules. The landmark c…
If your application for Swedish citizenship is at risk of getting rejected because it will be judged on the new rules which didn't exist when you applied, can you get a refund on the 1500 kronor application fee?
An initiative filed by the Green Party calling for a new bill adding transitional rules to the upcoming stricter citizenship law has been voted down by a parliamentary committee in what the Green Party have called "a ser…
Senior Green Party MP Annika Hirvonen has told The Local she wants to allow everyone who applied for Swedish citizenship before June 6th – including those whose application has already been rejected – to be assessed unde…
Many, perhaps most, of the 100,000 people in the queue when the new citizenship law came into force on June 6th will not meet the new requirements, meaning there's likely to be a wave of rejections. Here's what to do if…
Fewer than 100 Swedish citizenship applications – and only 20 through naturalisation – were approved in July, the month after new and stricter citizenship rules came into force.
The number of people awarded Swedish citizenship fell by more than half in June after new stricter rules came into force, new statistics from the Migration Agency have shown.
This week’s episode of Sweden in Focus Extra features an interview with Patrick Gallen, spokesman for the citizenship campaign group Fair Transition.
The Green Party is taking an unusual step to get a new vote on citizenship transitional rules to happen in parliament, as the deadline for the imposition of new rules approaches.
Sweden's opposition parties are united on introducing transitional rules for citizenship if they win next September's election.
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Richard JomshofSvensk politikerStatistics Sweden has released a report with data on which immigrant groups have become Swedish citizens after over a decade in the country – and how many have left again.
Payments between Nordic countries are still expensive, despite close economic ties, according to a new analysis from Nordic central banks.
A leading Swedish business organisation is urging the next government – whenever it is formed – to step up the work of attracting and retaining crucial international talent.
Following strong gains for the Moderate Party and the Sweden Democrats, a new poll has the right-wing side nearly four percentage points higher than their left-wing rivals.
Kristersson calls on speaker to force parliamentary vote to break Swedish government deadlock – and right-wing bloc takes clear lead over left wing in new poll. Here's the latest news.
As Sweden doesn't yet have a new government, outgoing Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson will present a caretaker budget in November. It will be completely devoid of election pledges and fresh policy initiatives – exc…
Sweden is expected to hike its interest rate – and the budget deadline is fast approaching, as well as the deadline for sending Christmas presents outside Europe. Here's that and everything else that changes in November.
This week's Sweden in Focus Extra podcast features an interview with Matilda Molander, head of the green and liberal Fores think tank.
A 60-year-old woman who was rejected for a job because of her age has been awarded 50,000 kronor in compensation.
Speaker to call party leaders after Centre Party fails to forge centrist government – and Swedish security firm pays out 50,000 kronor over age discrimination. Here's the latest news.
