Au Pair Permit
🇸🇪 Sweden visas · Work
What it is
Residence permit to live with a Swedish host family as an au pair while studying Swedish.
Key facts
- Category
- Work
- Duration
- Length per Migrationsverket.
- Processing time
- Migrationsverket publishes only past-average waiting-time statistics, not a decision deadline.
- Maximum validity
- 1 year
- Extendable
- No
- Path to permanent residence
- No
- Dependants
- No
- Work allowance
- 25 hours per week
- Age
- 18 to 29
- How to apply
- Mixed
- Health insurance
- Required
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
Key requirements
- Placement with a Swedish host family
- Study Swedish during the stay
- Comprehensive health insurance
Working on this visa
Childcare and light housework for a maximum of 25 hours a week; work plus Swedish studies must not exceed 40 hours a week. You may change host family without a new application while the permit is valid.
Bringing family
Family cannot accompany an au pair. The Aliens Act's family-member provision in 5 b kap. covers only research permits (1, 2 and 7 §§), not the au pair permit under 6 §.
Money you must show
At least 10% of the price base amount per month, pre-tax
Facts checked against the official source. Last updated 2 August 2026.