Highlights: Sweden issues 23,000+ work permits in 2024
- The Swedish Migration Services issued around 23,000 work permits in the first ten months of 2024.
- This is the highest number of work permits to be issued by Sweden so far this year.
- Sweden issued 8,095 permits in October 2024, out of which 2,529 permits were for family reunification.
- The Swedish authorities plan on introducing stricter rules for Family Reunification permits.
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Total Sweden permits issued in 2024 so far
Sweden issued more than 23,000 work permits, which are 23,870 work permits from January to October 2024. This is recorded as the highest number of work permits this year. Swedish work permits are nearly 30% of the overall permits issued by the country. Around 80,336 work permits were granted for all the visa categories from January to August 2024. Following the work permit category, family reunification permit was the second most issued visa category, with nearly 25%, 20,595 permits.
You can refer to the table below to know more about the total Swedish permits issued in 2024 so far:
|
Type of Swedish Permit |
Number of permits issued till October 2024 |
|
Sweden Work Permit |
23,870 |
|
Family Reunification Permit |
20,595 |
|
Sweden Study Permit |
15,965 |
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Sweden issued 8,000+ Permits in October 2024
The total number of permits issued by the Swedish Migration Services was 8,095 in October 2024. Around 2,529, that is, 31.2% of the overall permits, were Family Reunification permits.
You can refer to the table below to know more about the total Swedish permits issued in October 2024:
|
Type of Swedish permit |
Total permits issued in October 2024 |
|
Family Reunification visa |
2529 |
|
Sweden Work permit |
2146 |
|
1500 |
|
|
Permits for EU/EES nationals |
765 |
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Sweden to implement stricter rules for Family Reunification Permits
The Swedish Government plans to implement strict visa conditions for Family Reunification visas. One of the most common changes that could be implemented to acquire a family reunification visa in Sweden is to increase the age limit to 21 years from the current 18-year limit to apply for the permit.
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