The one step to take when the Migration Agency keeps you waiting
You do not always have to sit and wait for an answer. There is another way, but timing matters and you only get one chance.
Months without a decision can hold up a job, a move or a family's plans. Swedish law gives many applicants a way to press for an answer, but using it too early can waste the only request available while the case is open.
For most cases, Migration Agency guidance says the request can be made after six months. The threshold is four months for work permits and residence permits for long-term residents of another EU country, and 90 days for an EU Blue Card.
The applicant completes form 271011, signs it and sends it to the address on the form. The Agency then has four weeks to decide the underlying case or formally reject the request. This does not force approval. A rejection of the request can be appealed.
The right comes from Section 12 of Sweden's Administrative Procedure Act, which allows one written request during a case.
Citizenship uses a separate Swedish-only form, 301011, after six months. The general form explicitly says it must not be used for citizenship cases.
Before sending anything, check the application date, the case type and who must sign. The power lies in timing the one available request correctly.
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