"The European Commission has contacted Swedish authorities after citizens from Ireland were told that their EU passports were not sufficient proof of identity in citizenship applications. Several Irish citizens have contacted The Local to complain of the problem, which has arisen as a result of an order given to the Migration Agency by the Swedish government in January, telling them to increase the security checks in citizenship applications."
"Because Irish passports are usually applied for digitally and issued without an in-person visit to a passport office, Migration Agency case officers have been telling applicants since the summer that they need to provide additional proof of ID to applications for Swedish citizenship to be accepted. "We are aware of this issue," a spokesperson for the European Commission told The Local in a statement sent on Thursday. "We are in touch with the Swedish authorities to understand the matter and its relationship with EU law.""
Swedish authorities ordered the Migration Agency to increase security checks for citizenship applications. Irish citizens who hold digitally issued EU passports found those passports deemed insufficient identity proof for Swedish citizenship applications. Affected applicants approached the Irish Embassy in Stockholm and reported the refusals to the European Commission. The Migration Agency now accepts digitally applied UK and Australian passports and is conducting a global review of passport application processes to determine which are secure enough to serve as reliable identity proof. The agency aims to complete the review by the New Year.
Read at www.thelocal.se
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