Your questions answered on Sweden's new work permit rules
Episode description
This week: Halloween, Nato, cable damage in the Baltic Sea, popular TV shows, and we answer readers' questions on Sweden's new salary requirement for work permit holders.
Host Paul O’Mahony in Stockholm is joined from Malmö by The Local’s Emma Löfgren and Becky Waterton.
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Here are links to stories we discuss this week:
Halloween
All Saints
Nato & Baltic security
- Turkish president sends Sweden’s Nato application to parliament
- Swedish government: ‘External force’ damaged cable between Sweden and Estonia
Swedish TV series
- Are Swedes funny? Explaining the many types of Swedish jokes– includes regular panelist Richard Orange‘s opinion on På spåret.
- Swedish reality TV show brings Swedish-Americans back ‘home’
Work permits
- ‘We’re losing the life we built in Sweden’: Work permit holders dread uncertain future
- Who will fill Sweden’s labour gap when immigrants leave?
- Reader question: Can I meet Sweden’s new work permit threshold by working multiple jobs?
- What counts as salary under Sweden's new work permit threshold?
Correction: A previous version of the podcast incorrectly stated that OB-tillägg can never be counted as salary. It can, if it is regular and mentioned in your employment contract. We apologise for the confusion.
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