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El Salvador → Sweden: Work permit for employees

What you need before you submit, checked against official requirements, not guesswork.

Checked by our automated verification on 20 Oct 2026: every source on this page resolves and the data is structurally complete. This does not confirm a person re-read the source text for accuracy.

Required documents

7 items

Identity

Financial

  • Enough money to support family members coming with you

    Required

    If your spouse, partner or children apply with you, you must show enough money left over each month after rent to support them too. The exact amounts (for example per adult or per child, by age) are set by Migrationsverket and reviewed regularly, so check the current figures before you apply.

    Source: Swedish Migration Agency, Apply for a work permit in Sweden (employees)

  • Salary meeting the pay requirement

    Required

    Your salary must be at least SEK 34,470 a month, which is 90% of the Swedish median salary (from June 2026). Some exempt occupations only need 75% of the median salary instead. This figure is set by the Swedish government and reviewed regularly, so check the current amount before you apply.

    Source: Swedish Migration Agency, Apply for a work permit in Sweden (employees)

Purpose of travel

Insurance

Other

  • Documents for family members joining you

    Required

    If your spouse, registered or cohabiting partner, or children under 18 apply with you, send their passports, your marriage certificate or proof of cohabitation, birth certificates for children showing the parents' names, and custody or consent documents if they apply.

    Source: Swedish Migration Agency, Apply for a work permit in Sweden (employees)

Why applications on this route get refused

  • Salary below the required amount

    A job offer paying less than the current salary threshold does not meet the pay requirement for a work permit.

    How to avoid it: Check the current threshold on migrationsverket.se and confirm your contracted salary meets or exceeds it before you apply.

  • Employer insurance not shown

    Without proof of health, life, industrial injury and occupational pension insurance from your employer, the application doesn't meet the requirements.

    How to avoid it: Ask your employer to confirm in writing, or attach the insurance documentation, before you submit.

  • Employment contract not signed by both parties

    An employment contract that isn't signed by both you and your employer doesn't meet the documentation requirement.

    How to avoid it: Make sure both signatures are on the contract before you attach it to your application.

Sources

Check your documents against this list before you pay the Sweden application fee.

Answer a few questions, add what you have, and get a report of what is missing or needs fixing. Documents you add are read on your device, never uploaded.

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Every report is personal: a document check is built from one person's own answers and documents, so two people on this route can get different results. Run your own check rather than relying on a friend's or relative's; each person is responsible for their own application.