The Government has listened to SULF

Today, the Swedish government presented a draft bill entitled Skärpta och tydligare krav på vandel för uppehållstillstånd in Applications for Residence Permits’ to the Council on Legislation, which scrutinises draft bills that the government intends to submit to the parliament. One of the proposals from the commission of inquiry that preceded the draft bill was that a permanent residence permit should be revoked if the holder resides abroad for more than one year, rather than the current two-year limit. This would have created major problems for some researchers, for example, those undertake an international postdoc and are therefore expected to work abroad for two years.

– To our delight, we can now see that the government has backtracked and is now proposing that doctoral candidates and researchers who have been granted a permanent residence permit will continue to be able to stay abroad for two years without losing their permanent resident status, as long as they notify the Migration Agency in advance, says Robert Andersson, Head of Negotiations at SULF. “This is yet another major success for SULF when it comes to migration.”