Sweden eases EU Blue Card process from 1st Jan 2025. Apply Now!

Highlights: Sweden to streamline the EU Blue Card Process from Jan 2025

• Sweden plans to ease the EU Blue Card process for skilled foreign workers from 1st Jan 2025.
• The salary requirements for the EU Blue Card will be lowered to €4,304 for foreign nationals.
• The new rule for the EU Blue Card will also decrease the required length of the employment contract from 1 year to 6 months.
• The Swedish government also decided to shorten the processing time of the EU Blue Card from 90 to 30 days.

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New Rules to be Implemented for the EU Blue Card

Sweden plans to introduce new rules to ease the procedure for foreign professionals to obtain an EU Blue Card. The new rules are expected to become effective from January 1, 2025.

 

The new EU Blue Card changes that will be implemented in 2025 are as follows:

• Reduce the minimum salary requirement from 1.5 times (€5,165) to 1.25 (€4,304) times the average wage.
• Reduces the length of the employment contract from one year to six months.
• The current EU Blue Card holders can switch from one job to another without applying for a new document.
• The holders of an EU Blue Card issued by another EU member state can work in Sweden for up to 90 days within 180 days.

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Sweden reduced the processing time for the EU Blue Card 

As per the Swedish authority, the Swedish government has planned to shorten the processing time of the EU Blue Card. The processing time of EU Blue Card for highly qualified foreign nationals will be reduced from 90 to 30 days. According to recent data, in 2023, 89037 EU Blue Cards were issued to foreign nationals.

 

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