(edit title) Acquiring long-term resident status Are the rules as strict as for citizenship? Options

[axiom]

Ok, you will get more rights. . But still you have come back to Sweden within year in order to retain long-term residence same as PUT?

No, it effectively gives similar cross border migration rights as an EU Citizen within the EU. You don't loose your PUT, what it is saying is that you are no longer just a PUT holder in Sweden but rather the EU on a whole. You loose it after 6yrs however that is not a must and it gives you enough time to acquire long term status in another country

Persons who have acquired long-term resident status will enjoy equal treatment with nationals as regards:

access to paid and unpaid employment, conditions of employment and working conditions (working hours, health and safety standards, holiday entitlements, remuneration and dismissal);
education and vocational training, recognition of qualifications and study grants;
welfare benefits (family allowances, retirement pensions, etc.) and sickness insurance;
social assistance (minimum income support or retirement pensions, free health care, etc.);
social benefits, tax relief and access to goods and services;
freedom of association and union membership and freedom to represent a union or association;
free access to the entire territory of the EU country concerned.
enhanced protection against expulsion

[axiom]

Yes, but you can register a right of residence in the new country, where you will immediately be classed as a permanent resident.

Actually, you are given a temporary residence permit which must be renewed in some cases, and after 5yrs you can then acquire permanent residence.

[rtharper]

My bad!

[Yorkshireman]

Yes, but you can register a right of residence in the new country, where you will immediately be classed as a permanent resident.

Not so.

Think of it like this ... when You get a Long Term Residence status you are then effectively treated as
an EU citizen. You have the same rights as EU citizen, which means You can freely travel and stay in any EU state (with some exceptions, UK is one if I remember correctly), for max 3 months without need of reporting your presence, and if you want to stay longer than 3 months, you register (just like EU citizens) Your Right to Reside. There they will look at the case and issue the temporary permits etc.

[indisk]

Work permits don't count: see http://www.migrationsverket.se/info/499_en.html

"If you have received a temporary work permit for a specific occupation, you will normally not be able to count the time." or from the Swedish version: "Du får i regel inte räkna tiden om du har fått ett tidsbegränsat arbetstillstånd för ett visst yrke."

According to migrationsverket, the standard Work and Residence permit has an end date on it, and so is treated as a temporary (or time-limited) work permit. So this time is not counted.

I know this because i applied for my citizenship and the application was rejected on these grounds. Better to wait it out. Though it does seem odd that they make it more difficult for working migrants who want to settle down.

[jan.petras]

So what are the steps for someone born in Europe already? Do I need a PUT or 5 years to pass for something?

I just packed my bags, moved to Sweden and that's it. Anything I should apply for (except the person number which I got and the notification that I'm staying more than 3 months from Migrationsverket).

I just figured I'll stay for 5 years and get citizenship. It's five years from the date of registration with Migrationsverket, right?

I'm not working, I'm a student. But still, the two years count as I am already an EU citizen. Right?