ICT permits
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | ICT-tillstånd as of 2025-02-25[4] Page name on Migrationsverket's Swedish site. |
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| Official name (English) | ICT permits as of 2025-01-29[2] Page name on Migrationsverket's English site. |
| Legal basis | Utlanningslag (2005:716) 6 b kap. (Lag 2018:67, senast andrad genom Lag 2026:457) as of 2026-08-22[5][6] 6 b kap. was inserted by Lag 2018:67 transposing Directive 2014/66/EU. Amendment search against the SFSR register: 6 b kap. was last touched by 2026:295 (1, 2 §§) and 2026:457 (15 §); before those, 2022:303 and 2020:598. Nothing later. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-08-22[6] 6 b kap. 1 §: an 'uppehalls- och arbetstillstand for foretagsintern forflyttning av personal' – one combined title. |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-08-22[2][6] 6 b kap. 3 §: no ICT permit for someone resident within EU territory, an EES or Swiss citizen, a pending research applicant, a worker posted from an EES state or Switzerland, a holder of a Swedish study permit, or someone hired out by one company to work under another's supervision. |
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| Criminal-record condition | Not established from a qualifying source[6] |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 3 years as of 2026-08-22[2][6] |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the assignment |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-08-22[2][6] 6 b kap. 11 §: extendable up to the ceiling in 10 §. |
| Maximum total duration | up to 3 years as of 2026-08-22[2][6] 6 b kap. 10 § andra stycket: three years combined for managers and specialists, ONE year for trainees. The field holds the higher figure because it governs the route's two larger categories; the trainee ceiling is stated here rather than dropped. Migrationsverket: once the maximum is reached the holder must leave the EU/EEA before a new ICT permit can be sought. |
| Work rights | employment only as of 2026-08-22[2][6] The permit exists for the intra-corporate transfer: the holder stays employed by the sending company outside the EEA and works for the host company in Sweden as manager, specialist or trainee. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Yes as of 2026-08-22[6] Utlanningslag 5 kap. 5 § forsta stycket 4 counts a Swedish ICT permit toward the four-of-seven-years permanent permit. Worth reading against 6 b kap. 10 §: the route's own three-year ceiling means four years cannot be reached on ICT permits alone, so the counting matters only in combination with other permits. |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2026-08-22[2][6] 6 b kap. 1 §: an employment contract with the sending company outside the EEA and Switzerland, plus – for trainees – a traineeship agreement for the Swedish placement. The applicant must also have been employed by that company for at least three uninterrupted months before the transfer, and must be able to be moved back to a third-country unit of the same group afterwards. |
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| Labour-market test | No as of 2026-08-22[6] 6 b kap. contains no labour-market condition of any kind. |
| Qualification requirement | degree, equivalent experience, regulated profession as of 2026-08-22[2][6] 6 b kap. 1 § forsta stycket 5: the professional qualifications and experience required for the assignment as manager or specialist, OR the university degree required for the traineeship. Regulated professions need proof of Swedish authorisation (andra stycket). |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2026-08-22[2][6] The route is defined by the corporate relationship – sending company outside the EEA, host company in Sweden, same company or group. 6 b kap. 1 § tredje stycket 2 refuses the permit if the host company was set up mainly to facilitate entry. |
| Job-search route | No as of 2025-01-29[2] |
Process
| Where to apply from | from abroad only as of 2025-01-29[2] 'You must be outside Sweden when you apply for the permit for the first time.' The one in-country case is long-term mobility: a holder of another EU state's ICT permit moving to work for the same group in Sweden may apply from here. |
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| Observed processing time | Recorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value[2] |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2025-01-29[2] |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, registered partner, unmarried partner, minor child as of 2025-01-29[2] Migrationsverket: 'Family members are considered to include spouses, registered partners, cohabiting partners, and children under the age of 18.' Narrower than the under-21 rule that applies to ordinary work permits – recorded as stated, not harmonised. |
| Family may apply at the same time | Yes as of 2025-01-29[2] |
| Family members' work rights | full as of 2025-01-29[2] |
| Additional means per family member |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 6 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 6 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2025-01-29 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-22 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-22 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Employees – apply for a work permit in Sweden
Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2025-02-25 · Accessed 2026-08-22 - [2] ICT permits
Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2025-01-29 · Accessed 2026-08-22 - [3] Maintenance requirement for the person in Sweden
Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2026-03-18 · Accessed 2026-08-22 - [4] Anstalld eller egen foretagare (Swedish-language work hub)
Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2025-02-25 · Accessed 2026-08-22 - [5] SFSR amendment register for Utlanningslag (2005:716)
Regeringskansliet · gazette · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-22 - [6] Utlanningslag (2005:716), consolidated text, amended up to and including SFS 2026:1451
Sveriges riksdag / Regeringskansliet · statute · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-22