Sweden visa, does it apply?

[Reznik]

Hello

I am a Portuguese woman living in Sweden for 4 years now and recently got married to a Swedish native man.

After dealing with all the burochratic paperwork the immigration service sent me a letter stating that i have a residence and work permit till September 2012.

Is this normal? I thought EU citizens didn't have time restrictions as long as they have work or money to live with.

Thank you for any explanations.

[acme4242]

Do you have Portuguese passport ?

EU citizens do not require either work permit, residence permit or visa
for another EU state.

Sweden do require EU citizens to register for a "residence certificate"
after 3 months residence. Its a minor thing.

Other than that, once you get your Swedish personal number for tax
there should be nothing else.
There are certain conditions on residence as you mentioned above,
but after 5 years you automatically obtain non-conditional residence rights
as an EU citizen.
Can Sep 2012 mark your 5 year residence ?

For more information see
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/policies/ci ... vement.pdf

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/policies/ci ... _ec_en.pdf

[Directive/2004/38/EC]

Reznik,

What are you doing in Sweden? Working? Studying?

Do you have just the letter? Do you also have a Swedish card or something in your passport?

[Reznik]

I'm going to try to answer all questions

I'm in Sweden working. I have Portuguese passport but i also have the Swedish personal tax number and of course i also pay my taxes here

So can i not worriy about this?

Thank you for your help.

[Directive/2004/38/EC]

If you are working in Sweden, you have ZERO to worry about.
This is for you: http://www.migrationsverket.se/info/147_en.html

Your present right to stay is based on you working, though there are other ways you could stay as well. Presently nothing depends on the existence (or not) of your husband, though I am sure it is nice that he exists!

After dealing with all the burochratic paperwork the immigration service sent me a letter stating that i have a residence and work permit till September 2012.

What paperwork were you doing with them, and when did you get this Residence Permit and letter?

[Reznik]

Your present right to stay is based on you working, though there are other ways you could stay as well. Presently nothing depends on the existence (or not) of your husband, though I am sure it is nice that he exists!

Ok, but lets imagine that i lose my job for some reason. Will it become an issue?

What paperwork were you doing with them, and when did you get this Residence Permit and letter?

The papers were about the change of surname and registration of census information in Skatteverket

[Directive/2004/38/EC]

Ok, but lets imagine that i lose my job for some reason. Will it become an issue?

On the basis of your rights alone as an EU citizen (again ignoring existence of your husband), you can work, or be looking for work, or be self-employed, or be a student, or be self-sufficient (i.e. no living on welfare). There are even some extra protection if you get laid off. Any of those are 100% fine. After you have been in Sweden for 5 years, at that point you have Permanent Residence and can remain forever even without doing any of these.

I suspect, but know nothing about Swedish law, that you also have the right to stay as your husband's wife.

The papers were about the change of surname and registration of census information in Skatteverket

Strange that they even mentioned your residence permit. They may be confused. I doubt it really matters. Your rights come from you doing one of the things mentioned above, not from whether some agency has its records straight or not.