Your earliest application date
You can apply no earlier than 2 months before your permit expires. Enter the end date and you'll see the day.
Förlängningskoll is not the Migration Agency. We can't see your case and we don't submit anything for you.
If you hold a work permit as an employee
When can you apply to extend, and what salary do you need?
Enter your permit's end date, the date it was granted and your monthly salary. You'll see the earliest day you can apply, and whether SEK 30,640 or SEK 34,470 is likely to apply. Your salary and dates are not stored.
Source: Swedish Migration Agency: salary requirement (opens in a new tab)Last checked 18 October 2026
Which salary level applies
SEK 30,640 or SEK 34,470 a month? It depends on when your permit was granted and when you apply. We show which rule decides, with a link to Migrationsverket.
The paperwork
Insurance, payslips and your employment contract. Tick off what you have. Your ticks stay in this tab.
Is this the Migration Agency?
No. Förlängningskoll is a small independent tool. We can't see your case and we don't submit anything for you. We read Migrationsverket's pages and show the date we last checked them. If you're unsure about your case, ask your employer or an adviser.
What the pages say
Each sentence comes from a source, with the date we last read it. “To be verified” means the wording is not settled.
The new salary requirement is a monthly salary of at least SEK 34,470. That is 90 percent of the median wage SEK 38,300, published by Statistics Sweden on 16 June 2026.
Swedish Migration Agency: salary requirement (opens in a new tab)Last checked 18 October 2026
During the transition, the maintenance requirement is a monthly salary of at least SEK 30,640. That is 80 percent of the same median wage.
Swedish Migration Agency: maintenance requirement (opens in a new tab)Last checked 18 October 2026
If your current permit was granted before 1 June 2026, the older level can apply during the transition. If it was granted after 1 June 2026, the new salary requirement applies already.
The transition rule covers permits granted before 1 June 2026. If yours was granted on 1 June 2026, the new salary requirement likely applies.
Swedish Migration Agency: salary requirement (opens in a new tab)Government bill 2025/26:87, new rules for labour immigration (opens in a new tab)Last checked 18 October 2026
Salary, insurance and the other terms of employment must have been met for the whole time you have held a work permit. They must have been at least in line with a collective agreement or with what is usual in the occupation or industry.
Swedish Migration Agency: extend a work permit (opens in a new tab)Last checked 18 October 2026
To extend the permit, you must have been covered by sickness insurance, life insurance, work-injury insurance (TFA) and occupational pension insurance for the whole time you have held the permit.
Swedish Migration Agency: employee insurance (opens in a new tab)Last checked 18 October 2026
You can apply no earlier than 2 months before the permit expires. You need to apply before it expires.
Swedish Migration Agency: extend a work permit (opens in a new tab)Last checked 18 October 2026
The application is registered only once you have filled in and submitted your part. It is not enough that the employer has completed their part.
Swedish Migration Agency: extend a work permit (opens in a new tab)Last checked 18 October 2026
Salary means money paid regularly for work done. Recurring unsocial-hours pay and overtime count if they are written into the employment contract. Benefits, such as free food and lodging, do not count.
Swedish Migration Agency: extension, for employers (opens in a new tab)Last checked 18 October 2026
Your result
After you calculate, the earliest date, salary level and next steps show up here.
The paperwork
Insurance, payslips and your employment contract. Tick off what you have. Your ticks stay in this tab.
Rules for an extension
Three pages, arranged by your situation. Each rule has a link to Migrationsverket and the date we last read it.
When you can apply to extend
The earliest day is 2 months before the end date. The application is registered when you submit your part, not when the employer starts.
Read the guideWhich salary is required
SEK 30,640 or SEK 34,470. Which level is likely to apply depends on when the permit was granted and when you apply.
Read the guideInsurance and paperwork
Sickness, life, work-injury and occupational pension insurance had to cover the whole permit. Here is what to ask your employer for.
Read the guide