Other ties to Sweden
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Annan anknytning till Sverige as of 2025-09-29[2] Page name on Migrationsverket's Swedish site. |
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| Official name (English) | Other ties to Sweden as of 2025-02-25[1] Page name on Migrationsverket's English site. |
| Legal basis | Utlanningslag (2005:716) 5 kap. 3 a § forsta stycket 5 (Lag 2026:1142) as of 2026-08-22[3][4] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-08-22[4] |
Who can apply
| Criminal-record condition | Not established from a qualifying source[4] |
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Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 2 years as of 2026-08-22[1][4] 'You can be granted a residence permit for a maximum of two years, but never for longer than your passport is valid' – 5 kap. 3 g § andra stycket. |
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| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-08-22[4] 5 kap. 3 g § tredje stycket. |
| Renewal duration | 2 years as of 2026-08-22[4] |
| Work rights | full as of 2025-02-25[1] The page carries a 'Can I work or study with this residence permit?' section; permits on ties carry both rights. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Yes as of 2026-08-22[4] Utlanningslag 5 kap. 3 g § fjarde stycket (Lag 2026:1142): a permanent permit may be granted when the current permit expires if the holder has had a time-limited permit for at least three years and the conditions in 3 § or 3 a § and the special requirements in 5 kap. 7 § – self-support and no doubt as to expected vandel – are met. The fifth paragraph shuts this off where the sponsor holds a time-limited permit under 2 b § or 6 § or 12 kap. 18 §, or refugee or subsidiary-protection status. |
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| Years to permanent residence on this route | 3 as of 2026-08-22[4] |
Requirements
| Who can sponsor | Not applicable[1][4] |
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| Eligible relations | Not applicable[1][4] No relation is in issue – see sponsor_statuses. The test is the applicant's own connection: Migrationsverket weighs how strong their ties to the country of origin are against their ties to Sweden, and says in terms that having started a family outside Sweden makes a permit harder to get. |
| Sponsor income requirement | Not applicable[4] 5 kap. 3 b § conditions a permit 'pa grund av anknytning till en person enligt 3 eller 3 a §' on that person's maintenance and housing. With no anknytningsperson there is nobody the test attaches to. |
| Sponsor accommodation requirement | Not applicable[4] Same reason. |
| Pre-entry language test | No as of 2026-08-22[1][4] No language condition, including on the Swedish-ancestry branch – descent is not tested by language. |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 4 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 4 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2025-02-25 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-22 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-22 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Other ties to Sweden
Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2025-02-25 · Accessed 2026-08-22 - [2] Bo med nagon (Swedish-language live-with hub)
Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2025-09-29 · Accessed 2026-08-22 - [3] SFSR amendment register for Utlanningslag (2005:716)
Regeringskansliet · gazette · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-22 - [4] Utlanningslag (2005:716), consolidated text, amended up to and including SFS 2026:1451
Sveriges riksdag / Regeringskansliet · statute · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-22