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Nystartsjobb eligibility provision changes on 1 October
SFS 2026:1749 updates the residence-permit references for newly arrived workers. Employers must distinguish the establishment-programme route from the six-month qualifying-history route.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 5 September 2026
An amended eligibility provision for nystartsjobb support takes effect on 1 October 2026Svenskforfattningssamling. SFS 2026:1749 replaces 6 § of the support ordinance
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One route covers a person assigned to the labour-market programme etableringsinsatser för vissa nyanlända invandrareSvenskforfattningssamling. The alternative route requires the person to be unemployed and registered as a jobseeker with Arbetsförmedlingen, together with a qualifying history before the application reaches the agency
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For that second route, at least six months of the preceding nine-month reference period must have been spent full-time in specified circumstancesSvenskforfattningssamling. The list includes unemployment or participation in a labour-market programme
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The second route also requires a qualifying residence permit or residence card to have been granted within the preceding 36 monthsSvenskforfattningssamling. The amended list includes permits under Article 23 of the EU Qualification Regulation, permits as a refugee or beneficiary of subsidiary protection under Article 24, and corresponding older provisions
Svenskforfattningssamling. It also names several family-related provisions in Chapter 5 of Utlänningslagen, permits under Chapter 12 section 18 or Chapters 21 and 22, and permits following resettlement
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A residence card granted as a family member of an EEA citizen following an application under Chapter 3 a section 10 is another listed basisSvenskforfattningssamling. For employers and advisers, the practical check is therefore which route applies, the relevant qualifying history where required, and the basis and timing of the worker’s residence documentation.
The legal basis is 6 § förordningen (2018:43) om stöd för nystartsjobb in the wording prescribed by SFS 2026:1749Svenskforfattningssamling, effective 1 October 2026
Svenskforfattningssamling.
Check which nystartsjobb route applies from 1 October, the six-month qualifying history where that route is used, and the basis and date of the worker's residence permit or residence card.