Features · Decision to Doorstep · Published 12 August 2026
How Sweden counts travel against citizenship residence
DailySweden
Updated 11:01 · 2 min read
A holiday, a family visit and a work trip may each feel too short to matter to a Swedish citizenship application. Migrationsverket does not only look at the length of one absence, however. It also looks at how travel accumulates within a year, which can move the date on which an applicant completes the required habitual residence.
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