"The main requirements for obtaining status as a naturalized citizen are as follows: Typical applicants will need to have been residents in Sweden for at least 8 years, up from 5 previously A monthly income of at least 20,000 Swedish crowns (roughly 1,900 or $2,200) Passing a basic language and culture test People with a criminal record, in Sweden or abroad, will have to reside in Sweden longer before they can apply The rules are planned to come into force on June 6"
"The residency requirement changes go in the opposite direction to relatively recent ones in Germany, where a required period of residency of typically eight years was reduced to five. The income requirement of 20,000 crowns per month is considerably less than the median wage in Sweden or the typical entry-level pay scale for full-time work in unskilled sectors, such as hospitality. Therefore, almost anyone working full time should qualify. Sweden doesn't have a fixed national minimum wage making a comparison against that figure impossible."
Sweden will tighten naturalization rules, increasing the residency requirement from five to eight years and introducing a monthly income threshold of 20,000 Swedish crowns. Applicants must pass a basic language and culture test. People with criminal records, domestically or abroad, will need longer residence before applying. The rules are scheduled to take effect on June 6 and will be implemented roughly three months before national elections. The changes reverse recent steps in some other countries and set an income level below Sweden’s median wage, meaning most full-time workers would meet the threshold. No national minimum wage complicates comparisons.
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