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Sweden has a pretty easy immigration path, is fairly friendly to immigrants, most natives speak English, and has a large tech community with not enough local ta
by mrmekon 13y ago
Sweden has a pretty easy immigration path, is fairly friendly to immigrants, most natives speak English, and has a large tech community with not enough local talent.
- 27182818284 13y agoHave you done work there? Your profile mentions Atlanta.
- mrmekon 13y agoI moved to Sweden from the U.S. about 3 months ago, and it was a very easy process (I already had a job lined up here). The hardest part is international interviews: they really want you to interview in person, and they really don't want to pay for international airfare to do it. The best way, if you can make it work financially, is to plan a 2-month "interview vacation" here.
- 27182818284 13y agoAwesome! Thanks for the reply!
- winter_blue 13y agoHow open is it to non-European immigrants?
- mrmekon 13y agoI moved here from the U.S. The process was fairly fast and simple, and as soon as you have a work permit you get all of the social benefits. It only takes 5 years to get citizenship, too. It's supposed to be fairly easy to bring a spouse (different or same sex), or even an "unmarried cohabitating partner" with you. They even offer work permits for self-employed workers, though that requires quite a bit of extra paperwork (you have to proof self-sufficiency). I heard you can start a business here and request something like a 2-year grace period before you have to proof you are self-sufficient.
- codemonkeymike 13y agoA friend of myne who recently moved to Sweden said it was quite easy to move there and get working papers. On the other hand though he said that most non Europeans/North Americans will have trouble getting working papers.
- winter_blue 13y ago> non Europeans/North Americans Did you mean: "non (Europeans/North Americans)" or "(non Europeans)/North Americans" ? If you meant the former, does that mean that Sweden extends special immigration benefits to people from the U.S./Canada?
- codemonkeymike 13y agoThe former, they are preferential to western Europeans and Americans/Canadians