{"id":171269,"date":"2026-05-29T05:40:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=171269"},"modified":"2026-05-29T05:40:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:40:50","slug":"migrationsverket-kor-overtid-tusentals-kan-slippa-nya-medborgarskapskraven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/the-migration-agency-is-working-overtime-thousands-may-be-exempt-from-the-new-citizenship-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"The Swedish Migration Agency is working overtime - thousands may be exempt from new citizenship requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Just days before the stricter citizenship requirements come into force, staff at the Migration Agency's citizenship units are working overtime and even on weekends. Questions are now growing about why the agency is rushing decisions at the last minute.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The press department of the Swedish Migration Agency confirms that staff at the agency's citizenship units have been ordered to work overtime, reveals <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verifiera.se\/beordrad-overtid-pa-migrationsverkets-medborgarskapsenhet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Verify<\/a><\/strong>. At the same time, screenshots from people who have been granted Swedish citizenship show that decisions were also taken on several public holidays in May, including May 3, 9 and 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The timing is significant because the new citizenship rules will come into force on 6 June, after which the requirements will include a longer period of residence, means of support, knowledge of Swedish and civics, and stricter checks on identity and conduct. Applications not decided before this date will be examined under the new rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sharp increase before the rule change<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Verifera's compilation, the number of citizenship decisions increased from 2,584 in January to 3,770 in April. This represents a 46% increase since the beginning of the year. Between January and April, the agency issued almost 13,000 citizenships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April, Syrians, Afghans, Eritreans, Indians and Pakistanis accounted for around a third of new Swedish citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>SD demands answers<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Migration policy spokesperson for the Sweden Democrats <strong>Ludvig Aspling<\/strong> sharply criticizes the data and calls for answers from the authority's management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dIf this is true, the authority has thus deviated from the normal rules of procedure to explicitly counteract the government's goal of impacting the new rules and is also acting directly contrary to the authority's mission from February. Who made the decision - Maria Mindhammar?\u201d<\/em> Aspling writes at <strong>X<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Finnish Immigration Service has been asked about the reason for the ordered overtime. No detailed explanation has yet been provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finnish Immigration Service orders overtime and makes citizenship decisions on weekends - just days before stricter requirements come into force<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":160103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,205],"tags":[834,4531,2334,1929],"class_list":["post-171269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-inrikes","category-nyheter","tag-asylaktivism","tag-ludvig-aspling","tag-medborgarskap","tag-migrationsverket"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}