Sweden's Migration Agency has resumed processing citizenship cases after a freeze. In the first half of 2025, 20,974 applications were approved, down from 33,633 the previous year. The leading nationalities awarded citizenship included Syrians, Afghans, Indians, Eritreans, and Poles. The decrease is attributed to a pause earlier this spring for implementing new security checks, which halted naturalisation approvals for nearly two months. Although processing speed is increasing, the agency foresees challenges in processing capacity due to ongoing security checks.
In total, 20,974 citizenship applications were approved in the first half of 2025, down from 33,633 in the same period last year.
The top nationalities to be awarded Swedish citizenship between January and June 2025 were Syrians, Afghans, Indians, Eritreans, and Polish people.
A major reason behind the slowdown is a citizenship freeze earlier this spring, when the Migration Agency was unable to approve any citizenships by naturalisation.
The Migration Agency has also warned that it may not be able to process as many cases as previously estimated due to the security checks.
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