Easier for Highly Qualified Foreign Workers to Obtain EU Blue Card in Sweden

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Easier for Highly Qualified Foreign Workers to Obtain EU Blue Card in Sweden

Swedish government is expected to soon make it easier for highly qualified foreign workers to obtain EU Blue Card in Sweden.

The parliament and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden, Riksdag, has decided to implement the EU’s new Blue Card Directive in the Swedish law.

“The rules regarding highly qualified workers must be improved. Sweden must be an attractive country for highly qualified workers, and employers in highly qualified professional sectors must be sure that they can get the workers they need in time. This is an important part of the Government’s efforts to strengthen Sweden’s competitiveness,” says Minister for Migration Johan Forssell in a press release.

Easier for Highly Qualified Foreign Workers to Obtain EU Blue Card in Sweden
Sweden will lower the minimum salary requirement to be eligible for the document.

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If the new law on the EU Blue Card gets approved, Sweden will lower the minimum salary requirement to be eligible for the document. Under the new proposed rules, the salary requirement will be lowered from the current 1.5 times the gross average salary (€5,165) to 1.25 times (€4,304) the gross average salary.

Easier for Highly Qualified Foreign Workers to Obtain EU Blue Card in Sweden
“The rules regarding highly qualified workers must be improved,” says Minister for Migration Johan Forssell. Photo:
Utrikesdepartementet

In addition, the new rules aim to halve the required length of the employment contract from the current one year to six months and to permit EU Blue Card holders to switch from one job to another without having to apply for a new document.

Schengen.News reports that this change means that foreign highly qualified workers now are able to obtain Sweden’s EU Blue Card under more simplified rules and on more favorable conditions.

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Easier for Highly Qualified Foreign Workers to Obtain EU Blue Card in Sweden
The new rules aim to halve the required length of the employment contract from the current one year to six months.

By shortening the processing time, the Swedish authorities aim to make the country more attractive for highly qualified applicants and retain talent.

Easier for Highly Qualified Foreign Workers to Obtain EU Blue Card in Sweden, based on a press release from Swedish Migration.

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