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Swiss residence permit — student

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Which citizenship, status or regional agreement creates the person's right to move/reside?

The right comes from Swiss citizenship: a citizen of Switzerland can move to Sweden to work, study, start their own business or live on their own funds, and has the right to start working or studying on arrival without waiting for the residence-permit decision.

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  • The captured page does not name the underlying legal instrument (the EU–Swiss agreement on free movement of persons).

Under which circumstances can the person reside: worker, self-employed, student, jobseeker, self-funded person or another recognised basis?

On this route the Swiss citizen resides as a student: they must attach a certificate of admission to a course or programme at least at upper secondary level (Swedish for Immigrants courses do not qualify), comprehensive private health insurance and an assurance of sufficient funds; students may work alongside their studies.

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What entry, registration or residence-document formalities remain?

A residence permit is needed for stays longer than three months. Before a decision, the passport or national ID card may need to be presented at a Swedish embassy or consulate-general (outside Sweden) or a National Government Service Centre (in Sweden). Each family member, including children, completes their own application form (147011), and applying costs nothing.

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Which non-member-country family members can accompany or join, and what broad rights do they receive?

For a studying Swiss citizen, family members are the partner (spouse, cohabiting or registered partner) and their or the partner’s children to whom they have a maintenance obligation; other relatives may get a permit for the same period if there is a maintenance obligation or shared household. Family members can start working or studying on arrival without waiting for a decision.

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When do permanent/long-term rights arise and what continuity, absence or retention conditions matter?

A Swiss student is granted a permit for the duration of studies, but for a maximum of one year at a time, and the permit can be extended. The official source does not state when permanent or long-term rights arise or any continuity, absence or retention conditions.

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  • The captured page does not state when permanent or long-term rights arise, nor any continuity, absence or retention conditions.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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