In August of last year, we welcomed our new Head of Immigration, Emma Sörensson to the team. Emma’s role and her expertise is a part of a new strategic change to meet client’s needs. She began her career in labour immigration at the Swedish Migration in 2011 and has worked in various roles both in … Continue reading From Process Specialist at the Swedish Migration Agency to Head of Immigration at Human Entrance- Meet our Colleague Emma
At a press conference on Friday 12 May 2023, Minister for Migration, Maria Malmer Stenergard, together with the Director-General of the Swedish Migration Agency, Mikael Ribbenvik, presented a suggestion for a new model for the work permit process. The changes are due to be presented to the Government in September and expected to be implemented … Continue reading New Model for Labour Migrants to Favor Highly Qualified Professions
Citizens of India make up a large part of the international work force in Sweden. In 2022, the Swedish Migration Agency issued 5,029 work permits to Indian citizens. We sat down with our colleague Kunjal Mehta, Immigration Consultant, to talk about her life as an Indian in Sweden. When did you come to Sweden and … Continue reading From India to Sweden- Meet our Colleague Kunjal
As of November 1st, 2022, the Swedish Migration Agency is increasing controls made in conjunction with work permit applications. It will now be required that the applicant must personally show a valid passport to the Migration Agency (MA) and/or a Swedish Embassy/Consulate before a decision can be made. The current routine of simply attaching a … Continue reading New Routines for Passport Controls in Conjuction with Work Permit Applications
Our newest company car is now parked in our Malmö office, which marks the fulfillment of one our long-term sustainability goals. In 2019, we made the commitment to replace all company cars with electric or hybrid vehicles by 2025. By the third quarter of 2022, we are delighted to say that we can check this … Continue reading Reducing our CO2 Footprint
We hope you have enjoyed the summer! While our team has savored the first real vacation period since the pandemic, we have also been busy working on some exciting updates to our Home Search Service. As usual, during the summer, we see that landlords and many letting agents are prioritizing vacations, therefore, response times can … Continue reading Pleasant Home Findings
More Information On Newly Introduced Immigration Rules The Swedish Migration Agency has released information regarding a new visa available for situations when an employee has an expired work permit with an extension pending and needs to leave the country for a work-related trip. The “D-visa” allows the permit-holder to re-enter Sweden, however, depending on the … Continue reading More Information On Newly Introduced Immigration Rules
With tightened restrictions rolling out on an already strenuous Swedish housing market, we recently decided to implement an in-house Housing Team. The team is fully operational and dedicated to facilitating a higher quality home-finding service. We strongly believe having an in-house team will significantly improve and streamline our home search service. The team will have … Continue reading Introducing Our New Housing Team
In July 2021, the Swedish Migration Agency implemented changes to the permanent residency (PUT) requirements. In our handling of such applications over the last year, we have found these changes have had a negative impact on families with children between the ages of 18-21. Under the new regulations, a dependant to a main applicant (the person employed by … Continue reading Critical PUT Changes Affecting Families with Adult Children
Webinar: New & Updated Labour Immigration Rules Tuesday, May 17th at 11.00-11.45 CEST As you know, the Swedish parliament recently voted and approved the government’s proposal for stricter labour immigration rules, with the aim to combat exploitation of labour migrants and attract and maintain international competence.We would like to invite you to a webinar to review … Continue reading Join Our Labour Immigration Webinar, May 17th at 11.00 CEST!
On April 20th, the Swedish parliament voted and approved the government’s proposal for stricter labour immigration rules. The goal is to combat exploitation of labour migrants and attract and maintain international competence. The proposal includes the following points: A new type of residence permit for certain categories of highly qualified and educated people, allowing entry to Sweden, for … Continue reading New & Updated Labour Immigration Rules
As the crisis in Ukraine continues to worsen, Human Entrance has taken the decision to join many other companies in providing direct support towards the crisis’ humanitarian needs. Starting today 10th March to 10th April, Human Entrance will donate 5% of service fees on initiations received during this period, to charity. We feel this is … Continue reading Supporting the needs in Ukraine