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Bringing a partner or child to Sweden, and what a baby born here needs.
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Förskola and school for newly arrived families in Sweden
The kommun has four months to offer a förskola place and the school has two to decide the year group. What the maxtaxa costs after 1 July 2026, and how to apply before the personnummer arrives.
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Inviting family to Sweden 2026: the visa, the forms, the money
Which permit a visit needs, the two invitation forms and the population-register extract you send from Sweden, the 700 kr a day and the 30 000 euro insurance your relative must show, what a visa costs, and how long a parent may actually stay.
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Marrying in Sweden as a foreigner: hindersprövning in 4 months
The free certificate from Skatteverket that has to come before any ceremony, what to submit when one of you is not registered in Sweden, the waiting times of 2, 7 and 8 weeks, who is allowed to marry you, and why a wedding is not a residence permit.
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Divorce and your Swedish residence permit: the three ways to stay
Your permit was granted because you live with someone. What Migrationsverket publishes about what happens when that ends, the three routes to an extended permit, the three-year line to permanent residence, and how the divorce itself works at the tingsrätt.
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Parental leave as a newcomer: 480 days, and what changes in 2027
How many parental benefit days you actually get, what a day pays in 2026, the 240-day income rule, the shorter allocation for a child who moved here, and the qualification requirement that starts on 1 January 2027.
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Bringing your parents to Sweden in 2026: what is actually possible
Migrationsverket's own words are that it is very difficult. Here is the exact test for an adult relative, the maintenance figures for 2026, the one-year visitor's permit that pensioner parents actually get, and what changed on 12 and 13 July 2026.
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Family reunification in Sweden: the October 2026 rules
The family-immigration changes took effect on 1 October 2026. Start with the sponsor’s permit category: the general family route and accompanying families of workers, students and researchers have different provisions.
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A baby born in Sweden in 2026: personnummer, permit, passport
The birth registers itself and a personnummer arrives in the post. The residence permit does not: it is at most two years, never longer than the child’s passport, and it is yours to apply for.
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