(edit title) Question residence permit Questions about UT v. PUT Options

[merovingiane]

Hej guys,

I have few questions, I hope you would like to spend few mins to help a person in need

1) I am an American citizen and married to a Swedish citizen (natural-born Swede). We're applying for my residence permit so that I can move to Sweden and start to learn Swedish language and take my master's degree in Sweden. Is it true that I can only get UT instead of PUT since I haven't lived with my partner for a very long time? (2 months).

2) My partner told me one day -- half-jokingly -- that if he died (due to his high-risk employment) my UT will be cancelled and there is no way I can get a PUT, is this true? (In the US, death of petitioner doesn't revoke a green card). Does revocation means that I have to leave Sweden even I am a couple semesters short from graduating?

Thank you guys so so much!

[johnjohn]

You will get a UT at first although even this is not 100% as marriage is not the factor but the length and seriousness of your relationship as well as possibly age. Indeed in your death example UT can be canceled.

[Kibiri]

You will most probably get UT, and not PUT.

For the second question, it is a case by case thing - if they decide that you have no connection to Sweden anymore, they might not renew your permit. But if you are studying, then at worst you could easily change to a student residence permit.

On the other hand, if your spouse disappears after you get PUT, then you keep your PUT.

[olga118]

Regarding your first question I can only share my experience. Though my husband and I were married when I applied for Swedish residency we had never lived together in either USA or Sweden (We had known each other for 30 years, we had spend a lot of time together in the interim, 2nd marriage for both of us). I was told by my caseworker that, since we were already married, the application and questions regarding our relatonship were merely a formality and that there really was no question as to whether or not the permit would be issued. In fact it was issued within 5 weeks of my applying, though that isn't necessarily the norm.
I expect the others who replied know far more about the 2nd situation than I, though I have read that in different places but, really, why worry about that now?

[Yorkshireman]

My partner told me one day -- half-jokingly -- that if he died (due to his high-risk employment) my UT will be cancelled and there is no way I can get a PUT, is this true? (In ... (show full quote)

My partner told me one day -- half-jokingly -- that if he died (due to his high-risk employment) my UT will be cancelled and there is no way I can get a PUT, is this true? (In the US, death of petitioner doesn't revoke a green card). Does revocation means that I have to leave Sweden even I am a couple semesters short from graduating? ... (hide full quote)

I would be more concerned being the partner if the OP is more focussed on the status of the permit and completion of education, than the fact that the partner died!