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Employment and academic status are not permanent, nor are visum based on those without conditions. Permanent residence was more akin to citizenship in that the
by belorn 4mo ago
Employment and academic status are not permanent, nor are visum based on those without conditions.
Permanent residence was more akin to citizenship in that they were permanent and mostly unconditional. The discussion in Sweden around them often came into a discussion around what the difference between citizenships and permanent residence, and if that difference was meaningful.
The practical difference between Permanent residence and citizenship was that:
Swedish citizenship allows a person to be elected into parliament, employed by the police or work in the military.
Swedish citizenship are treated by other countries as Swedish citizens according to international relationships.
Swedish citizens that live aboard can vote in Swedish elections
That was it. Without permanent residence people need to become citizens to get the same rights as citizenship, as all other form of visums has conditions and limits.
- foogazi 4mo agoThose are significant differences - I didn’t find anything saying Swedish born citizenship can be taken away. While permanent residency can be taken away due to moving away from Sweden or for criminal activity Only Swedish criminals can remain in Sweden - probably good for RoW
- belorn 4mo agoCitizens are mostly unconditional, so yes, Swedish citizenship are more permanent. There is discussion around revoking membership from people with double memberships, but it is in legal limbo since it may not be consistent with the constitution. Permanent Residency were not removed if you moved away. It was also not removed if a person did criminal activity. There was a bit weird middle ground where people retained their permanent residency status, but was expelled from the country due to serious crime.