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Sweden Work Permit (arbetstillstånd) and EU Blue Card
Document Checklist
Pass
Valid passport
Required: Original passport whose validity covers the requested permit period; a copy of the biographical-page spread is submitted via the e-service. The permit is not granted for longer than the passport is valid.
Cost: Already issued by the applicant's home country
The original passport is presented at the Swedish embassy or consulate-general at the biometric appointment. The copy in the e-service must be correctly made (clear, full spread).
Anställningsavtal
Signed employment contract
Required: Contract signed by both employer and employee, stating role, gross monthly salary, working hours, duration, insurance arrangements, and the start date in Sweden. Employment terms must be at least on par with the relevant Swedish collective agreement (kollektivavtal) or, where no collective agreement applies, with what is customary within the occupation or industry (branschpraxis).
Where to get: Issued by the Swedish employer
Cost: Already issued
Freelance and pure consulting arrangements do not satisfy the work-permit eligibility test — the contract must show a regular dependent employment relationship with a Swedish employer.
Anställningserbjudande i e-tjänsten
Employer offer of employment in the e-service
Required: Online employment-information form completed and submitted by the employer through Migrationsverket's employer e-service before the employee receives the link to submit the applicant portion.
Where to get: Migrationsverket employer e-service
Cost: No fee for the offer-of-employment form itself
The application registers with Migrationsverket only after both the employer portion and the employee portion are submitted.
Yttrande från facklig organisation
Trade-union opinion on terms of employment
Required: The employer must give the relevant trade-union organisation an opportunity to comment on the offered terms of employment. Unions connected to Migrationsverket's digital system submit their opinion through the system; other unions use a paper form.
Where to get: Relevant union for the occupation or industry covered by the role
Cost: No fee charged by Migrationsverket
Migrationsverket processes the application even where the union does not respond, but documented union notification is required as part of the application record.
Försäkringsbevis
Employer insurance attestation
Required: Evidence that the employer has taken out health, life, industrial-injury (arbetsskadeförsäkring), and occupational-pension (tjänstepension) insurance for the employee, in place from the day the employee starts work.
Where to get: Issued by the insurance provider chosen by the employer
Cost: Premium paid by the employer
Failure to maintain the required insurance after the permit is granted is grounds for permit revocation.
Underlag som styrker betalningsförmåga
Evidence of ability to pay salary (higher-investigation industries)
Required: For roles in nine higher-investigation industries (cleaning, hotel and restaurant, construction, trade, agriculture and forestry, automotive, service, staffing, personal-assistance), the employer must show capacity to pay the offered salary for at least three months.
Where to get: Issued by the employer (accounting records, bank statements, audited financials)
Cost: No external fee — internal employer documentation
Decisions in these sectors face elevated documentary scrutiny. The employer must be able to demonstrate this capacity at the application stage and on audit.
Intyg om heltäckande sjukförsäkring
Comprehensive health insurance (heltäckande sjukförsäkring)
Required: Held policy or evidence that a policy has been applied for. Applies to applicants whose decision is issued on or after 1 June 2026 and whose stay in Sweden is at most one year.
Where to get: Private health-insurance provider
Cost: Premium varies by provider and applicant profile
Stays longer than one year fall under Folkbokföring at Skatteverket on arrival and the resulting access to the Swedish healthcare system via Försäkringskassan; the private-insurance requirement does not apply in that case.
Översättning av handlingar
Certified translations of non-Swedish or non-English supporting documents
Required: Translations of any supporting document (qualifications, civil-status records, supporting letters) issued in a language other than Swedish or English.
Where to get: Certified translator (auktoriserad translator) — the certification must be visible on the translation
Cost: Varies by translator and document volume
Migrationsverket accepts only translations carrying a recognised certification mark. Plain agency translations without certification are routinely rejected.
Vigselbevis / sambointyg / födelseattest
Family supporting documents (where family applies simultaneously)
Required: Marriage certificate, cohabitation evidence, or birth certificates for accompanying children, translated and certified where issued in a language other than Swedish or English. Maintenance attestation (försörjningsintyg) demonstrating the work-permit holder's capacity to support the family after housing costs are deducted.
Where to get: Civil-registry authorities in the family member's home country; financial documents from the employer or the work-permit holder's bank
Cost: Civil-registry fees vary by country; translation costs vary by translator
Family-member applications follow the same e-service workflow with a per-person application fee.
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