Traineeships/internships conducted via an international exchange programme
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Praktik genom internationellt utbyte as of 2025-02-25[1] Page name on Migrationsverket's Swedish site. |
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| Official name (English) | Traineeships/internships conducted via an international exchange programme as of 2025-02-03[2] Page name on Migrationsverket's English site. |
| Legal basis | Utlanningslag (2005:716) 5 kap. 10 § och 6 kap. 2 § tredje stycket (Lag 2026:295) as of 2026-08-22[2][3] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2025-02-03[2] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2025-02-03[2] 'If you are a citizen of a country outside the EU/EEA, you will in most cases need a permit to work in Sweden.' |
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| Minimum age | 18 as of 2025-02-03[2] 'You must be at least 18 years old.' |
| Criminal-record condition | Not established from a qualifying source |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 18 months as of 2025-02-03[2] 'You can be granted a residence permit for the time you are being offered a traineeship/internship … for one or more periods for a maximum of 18 months.' Identical ceiling to the higher-education traineeship route. |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the contract |
| Renewable | Not established from a qualifying source[2] Not stated. The eighteen-month ceiling is expressed across 'one or more periods', which implies successive grants rather than extension, but the page does not say so. |
| Maximum total duration | up to 18 months as of 2025-02-03[2] |
| Work rights | own activity only as of 2025-02-03[2] The traineeship offered through the exchange programme. A placement related to higher education goes to se-traineeship-higher-education even if arranged through an exchange organisation; one that is neither goes to se-employee. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2025-02-03[2] 'You must have a written offer of a traineeship/internship' and 'You must receive a salary/wages from your employer.' |
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| Labour-market test | No as of 2025-02-03[2] |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2025-02-03[2] Two counterparties, not one: the exchange organisation or the bilateral agreement supplies the route, and a Swedish employer supplies the paid placement. |
| Own means requirement | Recorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value[2][3] |
| Job-search route | No as of 2025-02-03[2] |
Process
| Where to apply from | Not established from a qualifying source[2] |
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| Observed processing time | Recorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value[2] |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2025-02-03[2] None stated. |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Not established from a qualifying source[2] Not mentioned on the page. |
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Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 3 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 3 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2025-02-03 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-22 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-22 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Praktik (Swedish-language traineeship hub)
Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2025-02-25 · Accessed 2026-08-22 - [2] Traineeships/internships conducted via an international exchange programme
Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2025-02-03 · Accessed 2026-08-22 - [3] Utlanningslag (2005:716), consolidated text, amended up to and including SFS 2026:1451
Sveriges riksdag / Regeringskansliet · statute · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-22