You want to apply ICT permits

You want to apply for an ICT permit, because you are employed by a business outside the EU/EEA and are now going to work for the business in Sweden. If your family will be accompanying you, they can apply at the same time.

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If you are a citizen of a country outside the EU/EEA, you will in most cases need a permit to work in Sweden.

An ICT (Intra-Corporate Transfer) permit is a permit that you can be granted if you are a citizen of a country outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland, and are going to work as a manager, specialist, or trainee/intern at a business in Sweden that is established in Sweden and is a subsidiary of the business you are employed by outside the EU/EEA, or a subsidiary of a business within the same group.

If you already have an ICT permit in another EU country

If you already have an ICT permit in another EU country but are going to work in Sweden for longer than 90 days, you can apply for an ICT permit for long-term mobility. If, on the other hand, you are going to be on assignment in Sweden for less than 90 days during a 180-day period, you can enter and work in Sweden without applying for an ICT permit.

These requirements must be met in order for you to be granted an ICT permit:

You must have a valid passport

If this is the first time you are applying for an ICT permit, you must do so from outside Sweden

You must be outside Sweden when you apply for the permit for the first time. If you already have an ICT permit in another EU country and are going to work for the same group in Sweden, you can apply for an ICT permit for long-term mobility while you are in Sweden.

You must have an employment contract from the employer in your country of origin and a traineeship/internship agreement (if you are a trainee/intern)
You must have an employment contract from your employer outside the EU/EEA for your job in your country of origin. If you are a trainee/intern, you must also have an traineeship/internship agreement for your traineeship/internship in Sweden.

You must work for the business in Sweden as a manager, specialist, or trainee/intern for more than 90 days

You must have the right terms and conditions of employment
Your salary/wages and other terms and conditions of employment must be at least at the same level as for employees posted to Sweden.

Your employer must have taken out insurance for you
Your employer must have taken out health insurance, life insurance, industrial injuries insurance, and occupational pension insurance for you.

You must have, or have applied for, a comprehensive health insurance policy
If you will be staying in Sweden for less than one year, you will need comprehensive health insurance. The insurance must be valid for the entire time you will be in Sweden and cover the cost of urgent and other medical care, hospitalisation, and emergency dental care. It must also cover the cost of medical repatriation, if you need to return to your country of origin for health reasons.

If you are granted a permit for at least one year, you should register in Sweden’s population register. This will give you access to health and medical care and dental care.

You must have the right qualifications and experience
You must have the professional qualifications and experience required for your assignment as a manager or specialist, or have the education required for a traineeship/internship.

You must have been employed for at least three months, without interruption
At the time of the intra-business/group transfer.

You must be able to return to your original job after the transfer period
You must remain employed in your country of origin, so that you can return to your original job after the transfer period.

You must be able to prove your qualifications to practise the profession in Sweden
If the transfer relates to a regulated profession.

Your employment must enable you to support yourself financially

This means that you must work to at least such an extent that your salary or wages total at least SEK 13,000 a month.

Make sure that your employer has the correct information about you

Your employer needs information about your name, date of birth, citizenship, and email address. They will use this information when they start your application for an ICT permit.

It is important that you have access to the email address that you give to your employer until you have received a decision about your application. The Swedish Migration Agency will use this email address when we contact you.

Translate documents
All submitted documents should be in Swedish or English. If you have translated your documents, the translation should be certified. You must also include a copy of the document in its original language.

Plan which embassy to visit to present your passport
You may need to present your passport at an embassy before you can receive a decision. In the application, you must therefore state which embassy you want to visit.

Not all Swedish embassies and consulates-general handle migration cases, so it is important to check which one you should contact:

You must attach copies of these documents to your application

Make sure that the information on your submitted documents is clearly visible.

Correctly made copies of your passport

You can never be granted a permit for longer than your passport is valid.

Read more about what the passport copies must show

Employment contract from the employer in your country of origin and a traineeship/internship agreement (if you are a trainee/intern)
The employment contract and traineeship/internship agreement must state:

  • the employee’s name and address of the recipient
  • the employer's name and address outside the EEA
  • the date on which the employment outside the EEA commenced
  • the place where the work or traineeship/internship is to be carried out
  • a brief description of your work responsibilities
  • salary/wages and other salary/wage benefits
  • the worker’s professional title or job title (does not apply to trainees/interns).

Receipt showing that you have paid the application fee

Degree certificate/register extract from your university, if you are a trainee/intern

Copy of your current ICT permit
If you have an ICT permit in another EU country.

Documents showing that you have or have applied for comprehensive health insurance
It must state the insurance company with which you have taken out the insurance and the period during which the insurance is valid. The health insurance must cover the entire period for which you are applying for a permit, if it is less than one year. If you apply for a permit for longer than one year, the insurance needs to be valid for at least three months, to ensure that it will cover the time it takes for you to get listed in the Swedish Population Register and become covered by the Swedish health insurance system.

Documents proving that you are qualified to practise the profession
If the application relates to a regulated profession.

A representative can apply for you, if you grant them power of attorney. In that case, the person who applies for you must attach a copy of the power of attorney to your application.

Power of attorney (107011) Pdf, 1.1 MB.

Read more about power of attorney

Documents to attach if your family is applying with you

Correctly made copies of each family member’s passport

Your family member can never be granted a residence permit for longer than their passport is valid.

Read more about what the passport copies must show

Documents showing your relationship

If you are married: marriage certificate, marriage record, or similar document.

If you are cohabiting partners: documents showing that you have lived together, such as population registration certificates, a joint rental contract, or proof of the joint purchase of a home.

Documents showing that you meet the maintenance requirement

You can act as your partner's representative and apply on their behalf. To do this, you must have a power of attorney and attach it to the application.

Power of attorney (107011) Pdf, 1.1 MB.

Read more about power of attorney

Birth record or birth certificate stating the names of the child’s parents

Sole custody decision
If you have sole custody of your child, you must attach a court decision to this effect. If the other parent is deceased, you must submit a death certificate.

Consent that the child may move to Sweden
If a child has two parents/legal guardians and the child’s other parent/legal guardian will be remaining in their country of origin, you must attach a statement of consent from the other parent/legal guardian to the application. You must also attach a copy of the other parent or legal guardian’s passport or other identity document.

Consent for a child to settle in Sweden (217011) Pdf, 1.1 MB.

Adoption documents, if your child is adopted

Other rules apply if you are a citizen of the EU/EEA or Switzerland, or if you have long-term resident status in another EU country.

EU/EEA citizens with right of residence

If you are an EU/EEA citizen, you have the right to live in another EU/EEA country if you fulfil the requirements for right of residence through work, your own company, your studies, or by having sufficient funds to support yourself. If you have right of residence, you do not need to apply for a residence permit to live in Sweden.

EU/EEA citizens

Swiss citizens

If you are a citizen of Switzerland, you can move to Sweden to work, study, start your own business, or live on your own funds. If you want to remain in Sweden for longer than three months, you must apply for a residence permit for Swiss citizens.

You want to apply – Swiss citizens

If you have long-term resident status in another EU country

If you have long-term resident status in another EU country, you can move to Sweden to work, study or live on your own funds. If you plan to stay longer than three months, you need to apply for a residence permit for long-term residents.

You want to apply – Long-term residents in another EU country

If any of your family members also want to apply for a residence permit, they can do so at the same time as you. “Family members” are considered to include spouses, registered partners, cohabiting partners, and children under the age of 18.

If anyone in your family decides later that they want to move to Sweden to join you, they must submit their own application afterwards.

You want to apply – Family of an employee or self-employed person who apply afterwards

If your family is granted residence permits, your adult family members and children who will turn at least 16 during the current year are permitted to work.

You must be able to financially support your family

If your family applies together with you, you are subject to a maintenance requirement. This means that you must have an income that allows you to financially support yourself and your family.

To meet the maintenance requirement, you must have an income that can cover housing costs and living expenses for yourself and your family members.

In the first instance, the Swedish Migration Agency looks at your income from salary/wages, but if this is insufficient, it is also possible to count income from business activities or personal wealth.

The following types of income count

  • taxed income from the employment for which you are applying or have been granted a permit
  • parental benefits or sickness benefits, provided that you have ongoing employment and your parental leave or sick leave is not assessed to be longer than 18 months
  • income from business activities
  • assets.
Amount of income

Your income after tax must be high enough so that after paying your monthly rent, you still have a certain amount of money left over that can cover the costs of food, clothing, hygiene, telephone, and insuring everyone in your household, among other things.

For 2025, the amount you must have left after paying your rent is:

  • SEK 6,186 for a single adult
  • SEK 10,219 for cohabiting spouses or cohabiting partners
  • SEK 3,306 for children 0–6 years of age
  • SEK 3,967 for children 7–10 years of age
  • SEK 4,629 for children 11–14 years of age
  • SEK 5,290 for children 15 years of age or older.

If you have a child with whom you do not live and you pay maintenance to the child’s other parent, your salary/wages must also be sufficient to cover their maintenance allowance.

Housing costs

The housing costs that your wages must be sufficient to cover each month depend on the type of home in which you live:

  • If you live in a rented flat, you must include both the rent and the cost of heating in this calculation, if the latter is not included in the rent.
  • If you live in a tenant-owner flat, you must include any fees paid to the tenant-owner association and the interest on any home loans in your calculation. You must also include necessary operating costs (such as water and heating), if these are not included in the monthly fee.
  • If you live in a freestanding house, you must include the interest rate for any home loans and necessary operating costs (such as water and heating) in your calculation.

Amortisation of home loans is not included in the cost of housing. You also do not have to include the cost of electricity in your calculation, as this cost is included in the so-called “standard amount”.

You should count your entire actual housing cost. If you and your family are moving to Sweden together, you may not yet have arranged your housing when you apply for a residence permit. The Swedish Migration Agency then assumes a so-called standard cost for housing a family of your size in the town or city where your workplace in Sweden is located.

What income does not count?

You may not count income from

  • a family member
  • unemployment insurance (unemployment benefits) or an activity allowance
  • various forms of grants or scholarships
  • subsidised employment (for example, when the Swedish Social Insurance Agency or the Swedish Public Employment Service pays all or part of the salary/wages)
  • undeclared work or employment without the legal right to work.

Managers

A manager is a person who has a leadership position and who primarily manages the business’s administration and works under and is guided by its board of directors, shareholders or equivalent parties. For example, managers are people who head a host business or a department of the host business, who supervise and control the work that is performed, and who have the authority to hire, fire, and make other personnel-related decisions.

Specialists

A specialist is a person who has specialised knowledge that is important to a business’s areas of operation, technology, or management. A specialist has a high level of qualification and suitable professional experience for a type of work or activity that demands special skills. This may include a requirement to have an officially approved professional affiliation.

Trainee/intern

A trainee is a person who has a university degree or higher education qualification and who is transferred internally for career development purposes or to acquire training in business technology or business practises and receives a salary/wages during the period of their transfer.

You can get an ICT permit for the period for which you are offered work, but for a maximum of three years. You can never be granted a permit for longer than your passport is valid.

If you have an ICT permit in another EU country, you can get an ICT permit for long-term mobility for the same period as your current permit is valid.

You cannot be granted an ICT permit or an ICT permit for long-term mobility if you have reached the maximum allowed period of intra-corporate transfer. The maximum period is three years for managers or specialists and one year for trainees/interns.

If you have reached the maximum period for an ICT permit, you must leave the EU/EEA area and apply for a new ICT permit.

Employees/self-employed people: SEK 2,000.
Adult family members: SEK 1,500
Children: SEK 750

It is not possible to say exactly how long you will need to wait for a decision. There are many things that affect the waiting time, for example whether your application is complete to begin with or whether we need to request more information, or whether we need to check with other authorities when investigating your case.

Here we show statistics on how long it has taken for people who have applied for the same permit as you.

Complete applications

75% of applications receive a decision within:1 months

Incomplete applications

75% of applications receive a decision within:2 months

If you are applying for an ICT permit for the first time, you must wait for a decision to be made before travelling to Sweden.

If you have an ICT permit in another EU country, you can enter Sweden and work while you wait for a decision, provided that your current permit is still valid, or that the 90-day deadline has not passed. The time limit is 90 days in any 180-day period.

News

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