Athlete or Coach Work Permit
🇸🇪 Sweden visas · Work
What it is
Work permit to work as an athlete or coach for a Swedish sports club or organisation.
Key facts
- Category
- Work
- Duration
- Length per Migrationsverket.
- Processing time
- Migrationsverket publishes only past-average waiting-time statistics, not a decision deadline.
- Maximum validity
- 2 years
- Extendable
- Yes
- Path to permanent residence
- Indirect route
- Dependants
- Yes
- How to apply
- Mixed
Standard figures for this route. Some applicants pay a reduced fee or none at all, so confirm your own case on the official page.
Fees
- Application fee (main)
- SEK 1,500
- Application fee (exempt: citizens of Japan pay no application fee)
- SEK 0
Key requirements
- Job offer as an athlete or coach
- Terms of employment meeting Swedish requirements
Working on this visa
Salary before tax must be at least one third of the price base amount at the time of application. You must play or coach in a listed division or league, and the Swedish Sports Confederation must certify the employment.
Bringing family
Family = spouse, registered partner, cohabiting partner and children under 21 (over 21 if dependent on you); they may apply at the same time and a maintenance requirement applies. Citizens of Japan do not pay an application fee.
Money you must show
2025 amount left after rent, single adult; family cases
Facts checked against the official source. Last updated 2 August 2026.