From the autumn semester, exchange students from non-EU countries may only work 15 hours a week alongside their studies. The rules take effect on Thursday, 11 June.
The new rules also raise requirements for study results and require students to report their address to the Swedish Migration Agency. Exceptions apply in June, July and August as well as for work at the higher education institution. Kay Nguyen, 29, from Canada studies sociology at Uppsala University and has worked at a student nation during the spring. He will apply for a new student visa ahead of autumn and says the rules hit responsible students. – I love to work and lose part of what makes it fun for me to be here, he says. Migration Minister Johan Forssell (M) states that Sweden has had problems with fraud where people have come here to work instead of studying. The rules are introduced after an SVT investigation last winter that showed agencies selling fake documents.
