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> You're not getting an employment contract, for example, to work in Burger King in Stockholm because it wouldn't pass the labour market needs test.

As far as I know there isn't any labour market test in Sweden anymore. The unions only gets to comment on whether the contract is similar to that of the collective agreement for the sector.

http://www.nordiclabourjournal.org/i-fokus/in-focus-2013/soc...

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Are you saying a poor American can go work at Burger King in Sweden? That's revelatory.

Yes, you can get a work permit as for example a dishwasher at a restaurant (In theory at Burger King, but maybe they wouldn't hire unqualified migrants for image reasons). You can also bring your family and kids. I think you don't have the right to some things for the first year though. But as long as you are paid the normal wage and benefits you can get permanent residency after four years, and citizenship after another five.

This is the best document I could find: https://portal.research.lu.se/portal/files/40268826/Labor_Mi...

This entirely depends on if the employer is willing to initiate the application for the permit for you to fulfil the role. See the authority on this here (in English for obvious reasons)[0].

Edit: "Authority on this" as in Migrationsverket is the entity that receives the application and ultimately decides to grant/deny it.

[0] - https://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Private-individuals/...

Come over here, please. :)

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