We moved here for our master's programmes... Sweden was our dream study location, explains Berrak, holding the couple's five-month-old baby.
Based on an EU directive, long-term resident is a status that may be granted to non-EU citizens who have lived in Sweden for five years.
I was in touch with my union and they suggested that we could apply for long-term residency status instead of permanent, so we did that in July.
They fully expected the Migration Agency to approve their application... Mert had been working continuously for Uppsala University since 2019.
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