How to Move to Sweden With Job Seeker Visa. Do you know that you can move to Sweden without a study offer or even a job offer? You can literally travel to Sweden to look for a job and when you get the job, you can easily apply for a work permit. Here’s everything you need to know about this incredible opportunity:
Sweden is one of the few European countries that allows you move without study or job offer. This type of visa is called Job Seekers Visa. You can also move to Sweden to start your own business. The visa is valid for 6-9 months. You can change to work permit, once you find a job within the time frame. It’s a straightforward application process if you meet all the requirements.
Key Features:
- Move to Sweden without a study or job offer.
- Job Seeker Visa valid for 6-9 months.
- Straightforward application process upon meeting requirements.
- Opportunity to start your own business in Sweden.
Requirements
- Valid Passport (with more than 6 months of validity at the time of application)
- Completed studies corresponding to an advanced level degree (For a degree to count as advanced level, it must correspond to a 60-credit Master’s degree, a 120-credit Master’s degree, a professional degree worth 60-330 credits, or a postgraduate/PhD-level degree.)
Note: In your application, you must enclose a letter of consent that gives the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) the right to contact higher education institutions in your home country to verify your educational documents.
- Health Insurance
- Bank statement of 13,000 SEK per month for up to the duration of visa you want. It simply means that, if you want to stay there for 6 months, you will need to have 13,000 x 6 = 78,000SEK (Approx 7,500 USD)
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How to Apply for Sweden Job Seekers Visa
In order to make an application, you need
- digital copies of the pages in your passport that show your personal data, photo, signature, passport number, issuing country, period of validity, entry stamps and if you have permission to live in countries other than your country of origin.
- digital copies of examination certificate
- digital copies of official transcript of academic record that shows the courses included in your education
- digital copies of bank statements or other documents showing that you have sufficient funds to support yourself during the period for which you are applying for a residence permit. If permission from a central bank or the equivalent is required to take out the money from your country, you must include such a permit
- digital copies of documents showing that you have comprehensive health insurance that is valid for care in Sweden
- digital copy of a signed letter of consent that gives the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) the right to contact higher education institutions in your home country to verify your educational documents.
- be able to pay any fee for the application by credit card or debit card.
Initiate your application process by visiting this link.
