Swedish citizenship can be obtained through marriage, legitimization, notification, or citizenship through marriage. If you don’t qualify for these methods, you can apply for Swedish citizenship after your 10th year of marriage. If you have lived in Sweden for several years, you can apply for Swedish citizenship. Children who can automatically become Swedish citizens through birth, adoption, or their parents getting married can also apply for Swedish citizenship. If you are married, live in a registered partnership, or are a cohabiting partner with a Swedish citizen, you can apply for Swedish citizenship after three years.
Swedish citizenship comes with certain rights and obligations, such as the right to vote and stand as candidates in elections to the Swedish Parliament (Riksdagen). Swedish citizens may be conscripted to National Service, can get a Swedish passport, and are entitled to consular assistance abroad. To apply for Swedish citizenship, you must first complete an application on the Swedish Migration Board’s website, which includes an original form of identification, an application form, and payment.
For foreign citizens living in Sweden, they can apply for citizenship after 5 years of permanent residency. The Swedish nationality law determines entitlement to Swedish citizenship, and children born to Swedish citizens can obtain Swedish citizenship at birth regardless of where they are born. If you are a citizen of a non-Nordic country and want to become a Swedish citizen, you must apply for Swedish citizenship through the Swedish Migration Agency.
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What are the marriage laws in Sweden?
You decide if you want to marry someone. You can marry anyone you want, as long as you and your spouse are both at least 18. You and your partner must both attend the wedding and agree to marry each other. You can only be married to one person. If you want to marry someone else, you must first get divorced. Everyone has the right to divorce. It is illegal to force someone to marry in Sweden. On July 1, 2020, a new crime was introduced in the Swedish Penal Code called child marriage.
How long does it take to bring your spouse to Sweden?
The time it takes to process your spouse visa depends on many things. It can take 16 months to process an application to move in with a spouse. Children over 18 can take 12 months, and children under 18 can take up to 13 months. Married couples can get Swedish citizenship faster. Our immigration lawyers can help you apply for residency in Sweden. Then you can get a Swedish passport.
What is the fastest way to get Swedish citizenship?
By marriage. If you’re married to or living with a Swedish national, you can apply for Swedish citizenship in three years. The couple must live together for at least two years before they can apply.
1. Moving to Sweden. A Swedish citizen can live, work, or study anywhere in Sweden. Temporary residents must renew their permits every three years. Citizens no longer have to go through this process. They just need to renew their passport. It’s done at a police station. Swedes just bring their expired passport. Sweden has good health care, low pollution, and a high standard of living, which makes its citizens happy.
Can I bring my unmarried partner to Sweden?
Future spouses or cohabiting partners: You may get a residence permit if you plan to marry or live with someone in Sweden. If your partner has a work or study permit in Sweden, you should apply for a family member residence permit. If you want to move to Sweden to be with your family, you may get a residence permit even if you don’t have a passport. This only applies to families with children who have lived together outside of Sweden. This only applies to you if you cannot get a passport or if the Swedish Migration Agency thinks your passport does not prove your identity. It also applies to the following:
A child moving to a parent in Sweden.
A parent moving to a child already living in Sweden.
A parent moving to a partner in Sweden with whom they have a child.
To get a residence permit, a DNA test must prove that the child and parent are related.
How long does it take for my husband to get his citizenship?
A. Spouses Residing in the United States A spouse of a U.S. citizen can become a U.S. citizen if they have lived in the United States for at least three years after becoming a lawful permanent resident. They must also have lived with their citizen spouse for at least three years. The spouse must meet certain criteria to qualify.
At least 18 years old at the time of filing; a LPR at the time of filing the naturalization application; the spouse of a U.S. citizen until the applicant takes the Oath of Allegiance; and living in marital union with the citizen spouse for at least 3 years before filing the naturalization application.The applicant must have been a U.S. citizen for at least 3 years. They must have lived in the United States as an LPR for at least 3 years before filing the application and up to the time of naturalization. They must have been in the United States for at least 18 months (548 days) out of the 3 years before filing the application.Live in the state or USCIS district where you live for at least 3 months before you file. Know how to read, write, and speak English. Know the basics of US history, government, and values. Be a good person for at least 3 years before you file until you become a citizen. The Constitution is good for the United States.
What is the hardest country to apply for citizenship?
Which countries are on this list? Qatar. Qatar is a wealthy country in the Persian Gulf. It has strict citizenship requirements. … Vatican City. … Liechtenstein. … Saudi Arabia. … Switzerland. … Japan. … China. It’s hard for foreigners to get citizenship in many countries, but it’s almost impossible in some. Learn more about the naturalization process in these countries.
Issuing a policy Green card for traveling abroad by car Many people dream of moving to another country and starting a new life. The process of obtaining citizenship can be challenging. Each country has different rules for becoming a citizen. Some make it harder than others.
How many years to get permanent residency in Sweden?
If your application is approved, you automatically receive a permanent residence permit and have lived in Sweden for at least five years. If you are a non-EU citizen and have lived in Sweden for five years, you can become a long-term resident. This is not the same as a permanent residence permit. If you have been granted long-term resident status, you must also be granted a permanent residence permit. You don’t need to be examined again for a permanent residence permit after being granted long-term resident status. Long-term resident status means you can work, study, or start a business in most EU countries. If you have long-term resident status, you can live outside Sweden for up to 6 years if you stay in the EU and in countries covered by the directive. These countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. If you move to one of these countries, you can also become a long-term resident. To get long-term resident status in Sweden, you must:
Does a baby born in Sweden get citizenship?
Children born in Sweden are Swedish citizens. If the child’s parents are not EU citizens, they must apply for a residence permit for the child.
EU and EEA citizens. The Migration Agency also means citizens of the EEA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, which are also covered by EU freedom of movement. People from EU and EEA countries don’t need visas to live in Sweden.
If one parent is Swedish, the child is Swedish. A child born in Sweden is a Swedish citizen.
Can you stay in the country if you marry someone?
Staying in the UK after getting married. You don’t get to live in the UK just because you’re married to a British citizen. You have to apply to stay as the spouse of a settled person. As a visitor, you can’t switch to the spouse immigration route, even if you’re a visa national. If you came to the UK with a fiancé visa, you have six months to get married. You can’t work or use the NHS while you’re in the UK with a fiancé visa. But as soon as you get married, you can apply for long-term permission to stay. You can stay in the UK as the spouse of a British citizen. Once approved, you can stay for 2.5 years with the right to work, study, and access the NHS.
How to get a Sweden passport?
To become a Swedish citizen, you must live here for at least five years. Not all time in Sweden counts. It depends on the type of permit and why you’re here. All permanent residence permits count. Time-limited residence permits for doctoral studies can now be included if they lead to permanent residence. This is only if you intend to stay in Sweden after completing your studies. The Swedish Migration Agency also looks at what you did in Sweden. This includes whether you took steps to settle here. To become a citizen, non-Nordic citizens must have a permanent residence permit or right of residence. This also applies to EU/EEA citizens and their family members from countries outside the EU/EEA, as well as certain British citizens and relatives who lived in Sweden before Brexit. You can also count time you lived abroad if you were a state employee in Sweden and were posted to another country.
The rules about your plans for staying in Sweden after finishing your PhD have caused a lot of confusion and frustration. People thought you couldn’t get a residence permit if you said you wanted to settle in Sweden after your doctorate. This rule was changed in 2006. You could then say you wanted to live here after finishing your studies. To avoid confusion, SULF always recommends contacting the Swedish Migration Agency for the latest information.
Which is the toughest citizenship to get?
The hardest countries to get citizenship: Liechtenstein. … Bhutan. … Saudi Arabia. … Kuwait. … Switzerland. … China. … North Korea. … Japan. Japan has one of the world’s most powerful passports, but it is strict about naturalization. Qatar, Vatican City, Liechtenstein, Bhutan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Switzerland, China, North Korea, Japan. The Hardest Countries To Get Citizenship. 1. Qatar. Qatar is a wealthy country in the Persian Gulf. It has strict rules for becoming a citizen. To become a Qatari citizen, you must live in the country for 25 years. You must be able to speak Arabic, have a good record, and prove you can support yourself.
What is the 6 month rule in Sweden?
If you want to visit Sweden for more than 90 days, you can get a residence permit for up to six months. The permit will last as long as it takes.
When we receive your application. If you apply from abroad and have an interview at the embassy, your application is sent to the Swedish Migration Agency in Sweden, which processes and makes a decision. The embassy will contact you when the decision is ready.
When we receive your application in Sweden. If you applied online, you’ll get a receipt with info on your application and a link to a simplified service. When you finished your application, you had to make an appointment to submit fingerprints and be photographed. Show your passport at the visit. You must do this even if you previously had a residence permit. Your photo and fingerprints aren’t saved.
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Congrats Stefan, so happy for you that you got your official Swedish citizenship!!! You have definitely become more European over the years and I’m glad you can now stay in Sweden without worries or any limits of any kind. We love our neighbor Sweden here in Norway, and now you are officially a neighbor of us as well!🤩🤩
Congrats! I moved to Borlänge in 1997, am a dual citizen as well. Been in Buffalo where I’m from (born in Buffalo 1977-moved to Sweden in 97) since 2009 as my Swedish hubby and son wanted to live here for a bit. But we are moving back when hubby retires. Wish it were sooner. I miss Sweden so much. I feel just like you about Sweden. It’s home.
How exciting! I’m happy for you. A good friend is taking her exam today for French citizenship and I have my permanent residents card. It was lovely to hear your feelings of belonging from the beginning. I knew that I belonged in France even before I arrived. BTW, my.father was Swedish and the other side of the family came from the UK. I was the first born in America and knew that I belonged in Europe at a very early age.
Congratulations on becoming a Swedish citizen! As a native Swede, it’s been very interesting and exciting to learn what it’s like for people who grew up in other countries to share their experiences with living in Sweden and its culture. I’m looking forward to seeing future content on your website. And again, congratulations for becoming a citizen!
Stort grattis till dig! Har följt dig i stort sett sedan du började dela med dig av din resa på YouTube så det är kul att se att du rotat dig och känner dig hemma i vårt avlånga och ibland lite märkliga land. Det måste vara en enorm lättnad att ha ett Svenskt medborgarskap då det definitivt gör livet lite lättare för dig i och med att du inte behöver krångla med uppehålls- och arbetstillstånd framöver.
How exciting, congratulations Stefan! 🎉🙌🏻😊🇸🇪 I’m a Swede who was living in WA state when you first started uploading articles about Sweden. I remember I thought it was really interesting that we basically switched places, so I was intrigued to follow your journey. 😊 Since then I have seen your website grow bigger and bigger. Thank you for all the great content you’ve created throughout the years. And once again congrats on gaining your Swedish citizenship! 🤩🤩
MAJOR CONGRATS!!! 🎉 You are inspiring! I am a fellow American starting my immigration journey to Sweden too and I also lived in Germany when I was young! It took you only 7 years from 2017-2024 to get your dual citizenship! If you could please do some articles on the nitty gritty of the process you went through and new challenges with filing American taxes for dual citizenship, that would be tremendously helpful!
I’m glad to be one of the early ‘congratulators’ here. I’ve followed your articles from the beginning and was wondering when this might happen. I can fully relate to your experience, albeit in a much more rural way. My family history is split nearly 50/50 to German and Swedish, yet the DNA does not lie when it says that I am about 72% Nordic, with most of that being Swedish, and only 25% German. My first trip to Sweden was in 1971 when I was 20. It took me 40 years to get back here. Three years ago I made the jump and purchased a farm three hours north of Stockholm and fifteen minutes west of E4. There was no mistake in doing this. I never got over my first trip to Sweden and it only took me 50 years to ‘come home.’ I have never felt as ‘at home’ in the US as I do here in Sweden. I look forward to this very same day for myself. I have long believed that we are born with relatives, but sometimes it take a long time to find out ‘family.’ The ideal is that they be one and the same, yet it is rarely the case. I’ve also come to believe that we may be born in a particular place, but finding our home may take a while………it took me 70 years. I am in the process of shipping all of my tools, equipment, household things and my three Volvo Amazons over. I know I will have arrived when I drive out of the lane that leads to the 307 in one of the Amazons. Again, welcome home. To everyone reading this, may you also have the courage to take the leap of faith if it means moving to a new continent.
Oh my goodness, congratulations Stefan!!! Having been a follower of yours since you started making articles this is so awesome to see. You’re living the dream and have genuinely inspired me to do the same. I’m currently in the process of getting Argentine citizenship after being born and raised in the US and have my eyes set on Sweden (or maybe Spain) next! Keep it up!
Congratulations Stefan! I understand why you feel at home here hearing this story. Didn’t know about your ancestry. You’re a good source of info on sweden and life here for potential expats wanting to move here or study here. I’m a native Swede but like perusal your articles for the outside perspective and comparisons on the good and the bad aspects of living here.
I actually became teary eyed when I saw you had finally received your citizenship. What a JOB it was get to this point. Sweden should be very lucky to have someone like you being an upstanding, contributing person adds to the country. I grew up in Goteborg, met my husband, from Minneapolis in Chamonix, moved to NYC where he worked, married in Sweden a year later and live in Rhode Island since many years. Unfortunately when I received my US citizenship Sweden didn’t allow dual passports, but I still feel Swedish to the core.
Grattis till medborgarskapet Stefan! 😄🇸🇪🎉 Så glad för Din skull. Du gör så intressanta articler. Jag är född och uppvuxen i Sverige. Har familj som utvandrat till USA och en och två generationer USA-födda släktingar. Så intressant att ta del av dina articler för att förstå kulturella skillnader och olika synsätt. 👍🏼 Lycka till med allt!
Congrats, I got mine back in 2011 after living and working in Sweden as an eget företag freelancer with uppehållsrätt. I applied for citizenship, but they told me I had to apply for uppehållstillstånd before I could apply for citizenship. After messing me around for several months they finally granted my uppehållstillstånd. A week later they issued my citizenship. 2024 marks 20 years in Sweden.
Hurrah for you, Stefan! I am so happy for you. I am a 74 year old American woman who has been living in Sweden for 26 years with my Swedish husband. (I grew up in San Diego, California) When Trump was elected president I said “That’s it!” and immediately applied for Swedish citizenship. (I already had a permanent residence visa for Germany where I had lived for ten years prior to moving to Sweden. So we also share a connection to Germany, although I lived on the west coast in Husum, approximately an hour north of Hamburg. Do you still speak German? I do because we have a German Goddaughter) I received mine in FIVE days, which astonished both my husband and myself. That is a little shorter time than you, but I had been here for 20 years by then 😂. I’m sincerely happy for you! It really is a “lättnad” — I feel much safer. Plus, it sure makes traveling in the EU easier. At the time I lived in Trosa and the community held a little formal ceremony for me and five others (all the same family and Kurdish refugees) to officially welcome us as new citizens. Naturally this included “fika”! My first response was tears of joy, then I contacted family and friends in the US and offered them sanctuary if they felt they needed it. I knew that they would ignore my offer, but I felt better for sincerely offering it. Also, I have followed your website for several years and truly appreciate your experiences and insights!
Congrats! I remember perusal your website when I was still in my home country. Since then I moved to Germany and now I’m in Canada. I’m waiting for permanent residency. It is so stressful to live on temporary visas. Especially considering that my native passport is a useless piece of paper and I can’t even visit my native country anymore.
Äntligen, Stefan. Grattis! Trodde nästan inte att du skulle få-igenom något, det gick lite för länge där ett tag (klabb med dokumentationen, (pretty common in Sweden unfortunately).. kan man ju tycka. But in the end all the papers were finally ready. Congrats my YT friend’ Yes. Best of luck’ //Richie.
Welcome brother and enjoy! You look more swedish than me and more believeable to be swedish too so you’ll fit right in. I’m half swedish from my mother’s side and born & raised in Stockholm but my persian genes from my father are more dominant lookswise which can make swedes surprised when I tell them I’m swedish. It’s not all about looks though, but more importantly how you feel about yourself. Culturally I’m definitely swedish and proud of that too. Anyways congratulations!
Hi Leila, Just came across your information article which is very informative, I have one question, currently I am in Sweden on a study permit so If I change my permit status to work permit provided I get a job then from the day I get my work permit I have to continuously be in Sweden for 5 years to be eligible for Swedish citizenship and passport right?
How do you live in Sweden when you don’t have citizenship? I’m planning on moving somewhere in Scandinavia after college but I always hear that you have to live there in order to get a citizenship, but I thought you needed a citizenship to live in that country, no? If I got a stable job in Sweden or went to university there, would that allow me to live there? Please elaborate, this article already helped a lot but I’m still confused a bit 🙏
To be polite, most Swedish men adore and marry Asian women. Asian women in Sweden can obtain Swedish citizenship by marrying a Swedish man and adopting his surname; they have an easier time finding work and encounter no prejudice as other ethnicities such as Arabs, Muslims, and Africans do. So fortune is on their side. No offense to my Asian friends; I adore Asian folks; I’m simply stating the facts. Thailand and the Philippines have the largest Asian populations in Sweden. I’ve seen several Chinese over the years, but Swedish men only tend to marry spouses from Thailand and the Philippines because they believe they will take care of them as they are older; they are seeking for submissive housewives. In my opinion Asian women from Japan, china and South Korea are much more empowered and educated and deserve better countries.
Ngl, we need to stop letting these forginers and immigrants come over here and get citizenship. We hand them out like candy 🍬. swedish citizenship doesn’t mean anything. Every other talibans got one now. That there isn’t a rule we’re you got to at least lived in the country for 10 years baffles me 😧.