Moving to Sweden with NON-EU citizen

Hi

Me (an EU citizen) and my partner (a NON-EU citizen) have been thinking of moving to Sweden but we are unsure what we need to be able to prove or the situation we need to be in in order to do this.

We are currently living and working in vietnam (his home country), however I am unsure if he can come with me to sweden when I do not have a job there....

Do I need to first move to sweden and find work for him to be able to join me? Or could we both move to sweden together while I look for work there? We have some savings, but not enough to live off for more than a year.

The other issue is we are not married, but are common law spouses. However if I Was to leave and go to sweden prior to obtain work would this result in us loosing this status?

I've tried looking on the migration page for sweden, but I am getting confused about rights of residence, permanent residence, the need for maintenance as an EU citizen and generally most of it! Any advice on this situation would be great.

dxl331 wrote:Hi

Me (an EU citizen) and my partner (a NON-EU citizen) have been thinking of moving to Sweden but we are unsure what we need to be able to prove or the situation we need to be in in order to do this.

We are currently living and working in vietnam (his home country), however I am unsure if he can come with me to sweden when I do not have a job there....

Do I need to first move to sweden and find work for him to be able to join me? Or could we both move to sweden together while I look for work there? We have some savings, but not enough to live off for more than a year.

The other issue is we are not married, but are common law spouses. However if I Was to leave and go to sweden prior to obtain work would this result in us loosing this status?

I've tried looking on the migration page for sweden, but I am getting confused about rights of residence, permanent residence, the need for maintenance as an EU citizen and generally most of it! Any advice on this situation would be great.

You can move into an EU country together or EU national can go ahead.

A temporary separation for such a purpose does not invalidate your relationship status;
under EU law there is no requirement for a couple in a relationship (whether married or unmarried) to cohabit all of the time.

As an EU citizen you have the right to go to any EU country (with family) by virtue of Directive 2004/38/EC.
Viva free movement!

For the first 3 months in a country you do not have to be exercising treaty rights as a qualified person (eg working, self-employed, studying, self-sufficient).
That means you can just go there.

To enter the country your partner would need an entry visa unless Vietnam is a visa-free country in relation to Sweden.
You need to check that.

If you need an entry visa for non-EEA partner, apply via Sweden embassy website for a Schengen visa.
Or (possibly) see https://www.vfsglobal.se/vietnam/English/index.html

As you are an unmarried couple you would have to show you are in a durable relationship 'akin to marriage' & (typically) have been together for 2 years or more (or have a child).

Note: An unmarried partner is treated as an extended family member not a direct family member.
But they are still free to travel & live with you in EU.

After 3 months (if not before), the EEA national (sponsor) will need to be working or otherwise exercising treaty rights in the country.
The non-EEA (as an extended family member) will need to apply for & obtain a RC.

Here is background on EU free movement to get you up to speed:
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/policies/ci ... nt_low.pdf

This may help regarding entry & other details:
https://eumovement.wordpress.com/2008/0 ... ficiaries/

Re extended family:
https://eumovement.wordpress.com/2008/0 ... ficiaries/

Here is a guide to exercising treaty rights by living in Scandinavia / Sweden:
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/ ... inder.html

Thanks so much!

This has been very helpful and has cleared up a lot of issues that had been on my mind.

I think though that for sweden we don't need to prove evidence for a period as long as two years... Though I may be wrong about this, will need to double check.

Again thanks for the great reply

dxl331 wrote:Thanks so much!

This has been very helpful and has cleared up a lot of issues that had been on my mind.

I think though that for sweden we don't need to prove evidence for a period as long as two years... Though I may be wrong about this, will need to double check.

Again thanks for the great reply

You are right.

For Sweden, you dont have to prove a period of two years although the longer, the better. If you can prove that you are in a cohabiting relationship akin to marriage for a period of at least 6 months, you should be fine.

Hi,

I am EU citizen moving to Sweden with my girlfriend who is from Brazil. I got a job already in sweden and her intention is to study and work there. She will be applying for residence card and personal number once in sweden. We will stay there for more than 1 year.

What health insurance should she have? Will she have an access to the public health care in Sweden once registered there? She will have to have private insurance when arriving to sweden, is that right? But to have private insurance for whole year is expensive.

Thanks for any advice...

Regards.