Visa and Rights
March 3, 2026

Residence permit in Sweden for entrepreneurs: what Migrationsverket requires

Disclaimer: This article was translated with the help of artificial intelligence. For the most accurate information, please refer to the original Ukrainian version.

We requested anonymized decisions regarding residence permit (uppehållstillstånd) applications for entrepreneurs from the Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) — including both approvals and rejections.

We have analyzed them and gathered all the insights into one document:

  1. The 6 criteria evaluated by the Migration Agency and how they are assessed.
  2. What "worked" in the approved decisions.
  3. Typical reasons for rejection (with examples from real cases).

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