Seafarer work permit

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

This route is for seafarers employed to do shipwork on board a Swedish ship in domestic traffic, in positions such as ship's officer, sailor, engineer officer or on-board service personnel.

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https://www.migrationsverket.se/en/you-want-to-apply/work/employee-or-self-employed/seafarers.html
You want to apply for a work permit to work as a seafarer on board a Swedish ship in domestic traffic.
https://www.migrationsverket.se/en/you-want-to-apply/work/employee-or-self-employed/seafarers.html
A seafarer is employed to work in shipwork on board a ship, in a position such as ship’s officer, sailor, engineer officer, or on-board service personnel.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

For the seafarer work permit, the Swedish employer starts the application by submitting the applicant's employment information (name, date of birth, citizenship and email address) to the Swedish Migration Agency.

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Swedish Migration Agency, seafarer work permit
Your employer in Sweden will start your application by submitting information about your employment to the Swedish Migration Agency. To do this, your employer needs information about your name, date of birth, citizenship and email address.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The ship must be registered in the Swedish Register of Ships and operate in domestic traffic; the seafarer must meet the qualification and certificate requirements of the Swedish Transport Agency; and the monthly salary must be at least SEK 34,470 (90 per cent of the current median salary).

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https://www.migrationsverket.se/en/you-want-to-apply/work/employee-or-self-employed/seafarers.html
The ship on which you are working must be registered in the Swedish Register of Ships and operate in domestic traffic in Sweden
https://www.migrationsverket.se/en/you-want-to-apply/work/employee-or-self-employed/seafarers.html
You must meet the requirements for qualifications and certificates specified in the rules of the Swedish Transport Agency.
https://www.migrationsverket.se/en/you-want-to-apply/work/employee-or-self-employed/seafarers.html
To meet the salary requirement, you must have a monthly salary/wages of at least SEK 34,470. This corresponds to 90 percent of the current median salary that Statistics Sweden publishes in June of each year.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

A granted residence permit carries the right to live and work in Sweden for as long as the permit is valid. Family members may apply for a residence permit at the same time as the seafarer. The official source does not state whether the holder may change employer.

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Limits of the record

The captured page does not state employer-change rules for seafarers, nor whether accompanying family members may work.

Migrationsverket, seafarers — If you are granted a residence permit
If you are granted a residence permit, you have the right to live and work in Sweden as long as the permit is valid.
Migrationsverket, seafarers — family applying at the same time
If any of your family members also want to apply for a residence permit, they can do so at the same time as you.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The work permit can be granted for a maximum of two years, not longer than the employment and never longer than the passport is valid. It can be extended. The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record

The page does not describe any longer-term or permanent residence direction.

https://www.migrationsverket.se/en/you-want-to-apply/work/employee-or-self-employed/seafarers.html
You can be granted a work permit for a maximum of two years, but not for longer than the duration of your employment. You can never be granted a permit for longer than your passport is valid.
https://www.migrationsverket.se/en/you-want-to-apply/work/employee-or-self-employed/seafarers.html
The permit can be extended.

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Seafarer work permit

What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

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