January 1,2023 update on living in Sweden

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Жыл бұрын

New year updates on my new life in Sweden as an American. Things have come to a bottle neck so hopefully a lot of good things will happen soon. I am waiting on Migrationsverket to approve my extended stay in Sweden which is the barrier to many other necessary things here in Sweden like getting my drivers license and personnummer.

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@annikaahlenbring4276 Жыл бұрын

Gott nytt 2023 och lyckat till!

@tompettersson3814 Жыл бұрын

Gott nytt år!

@kaiserkarl2 Жыл бұрын

Jäklar vad du kämpar på! så häftigt! hoppas att allt ordnar sig snart!

@becurious2000 Жыл бұрын

Tack! :)

@niclaslindman Жыл бұрын

Without a Swedish personal number not get much done here 👍

@mikaelkarlsson635 Жыл бұрын

A good update video. Seems a lot will move forward ones you get the citizenship approved. But you seem to be doing well anyway. I wish you a happy new year in 2023!

@gman2226 Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year Bro !!! God Bless and stay strong !!!

@lilly6766 Жыл бұрын

Happy new year and congratulations on the contract!

@arudegesture Жыл бұрын

As Oscar Wilde said: "The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy."😆 Anyway, I hope it all gets sorted out for you and that 2023 is a better year for all of us!

@becurious2000 Жыл бұрын

😂 well said!

@stiglarsson8405 Жыл бұрын

Gott nytt år! I think that the bottleneck is "personnummer", becuse everything in sweden is set up around personnummer. However.. if you sign a permanent employment contract (Tillsvidareanställning) you probably shall send a copy to Migrationsverket? The same when you get your swedish nurse legitimation? Becuse both says that you are here to work.. and there is shortiges of nurses and nurses assistent. In any way, I belive that one need to live here for three years befor one can get a permanent resident permit? And one have to live here for seven years to apply for citicenship.. its nice with dual citicenship, wich one is altso a EU citicenship! To that, there is not only bumps on the way, there is altso a few traps, and the first one is, dont get underpayd, and the second is, you have to take most of your payd vacation days of work! Becuse.. Migrationsverket could suspect, that your employment isnt legit!

@becurious2000 Жыл бұрын

Sorry for the late reply. Great information. My employer has initiated the process with migrationverket for my arbetstillstånd. Hopefully I will get an answer about my student / work extension soon… probably in the next few weeks. That will get me through August. I am hearing the arbetstilstånd takes 12 months. Seems strange it takes so long. I think that is very bad for business for the employers who are waiting, not just for the immigrant. The personnummer is definitely the bottle neck. I am not sure how long it takes to get a personnummer after I have gotten my UTkortförlängning. My plan is to go directly to Skatterverket with the decision from migrationverket immediately after receiving it. The reason I did not get a personnummer the first time was that my student visa was only 11 months. It needs to be 13 months to be qualified for a personnummer. Such a complicated process. Thanks again for the advice 😊

@greenmachinesweden Жыл бұрын

Don't give up. We need motivated nurces in Sweden. Happy new year🙂👍

@zpitzer Жыл бұрын

Don't give up, othters have done it. Gott nytt år.

@BenGreggSweden Жыл бұрын

Hang in there! I remember the long wait to get my Personnummer as well! Registered in June 2021 and finally got it in April 2022. So it may take a while longer, but have faith-it’ll happen! 😅

@becurious2000 Жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness that’s a long wait 😅

@Yaavie Жыл бұрын

Would be interesting to hear if you've had the opportunity to do any travelling in Sweden.

@becurious2000 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the idea 💡

@biah1801 Жыл бұрын

Rooting for you.

@cheese013 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting videos that you have! I’m also from Texas and just moved to Stockholm. I moved here to be with my wife’s family. I just went to Skatteverket to apply for a personal number (seems tricky to get anything done without this number). Really cool that you’re a nurse here, and best of luck to you with the nursing exam and extension

@becurious2000 Жыл бұрын

Welcome to Sweden! The personnummer is extremely hard to get if you have no family connection here. And just as you say, it is required for many things. Cool to chat with another Texan in Sweden 😀 Have you found good Mexican food there? That’s the thing I miss the most. I found a super good taco 🌮 place in göteborg.

@cheese013 Жыл бұрын

@@becurious2000 I have not found any good Mexican restaurants but thankfully I know many recipes (finding the ingredients is another thing though 😂) I’ll have to go to Göteborg and have good tacos if I ever miss Texas! yes very glad to meet you as well Brandon!

@becurious2000 Жыл бұрын

@@cheese013 yea finding the ingredients is really tough.

@pamelaclark7213 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations

@manuelatorrescas 4 ай бұрын

Hej! I've been watching your videos and now I started from the beginning watching every single video. It's very interesting the way you tell your story. I'm also a nurse, from Colombia, living in Sweden. I'm learning Swedish with SFI but it's going slow. I would like at some point work as an assistant nurse while I go through all the steps to get the license. Do you have some tips or suggestions to have good results with the job searching as you did. Thank you!

@becurious2000 4 ай бұрын

Awesome! I started with Facebook groups which I is how I found my first job in home health. Then after a year working I found the job at the hospital on their website. Having a really good CV is what got me the job I am told. So that is a good place to start.

@hansstromberg5330 Жыл бұрын

Welcome! We need you and your contributing to our (and yours) country.And please do not worry about the language. Since you are immersed in it, you´ll learn fast, once you start demanding people speak Swedish and not English to you Hans Strömberg, Stockholm

@becurious2000 Жыл бұрын

What a cool thought…. My country. Sounds nice. 😊 funny thing. I did two different DNA 🧬 test that both showed I have Swedish DNA on my fathers side. Guess I am getting back to some of my roots.

@hansericsson7058 Жыл бұрын

Gott nytt år och hoppas du övervinner svensk byråkrati

@emmyJoh Жыл бұрын

Du är inte den första amerikan, boende i Sverige, som jag hört sakna mexikansk mat. Det måste vara något alldeles extra! ☺️

@becurious2000 Жыл бұрын

Faktiskt har jag kom från Göteborg igår och jag hittade en underbar mexikanska restaurang där. Det var så gott

@emmyJoh Жыл бұрын

@@becurious2000 Det var roligt att höra. ☺️ Vilken restaurang var det? Jag bor i Göteborg, så därför blir jag nyfiken!

@simonjohansson1497 Жыл бұрын

If you got a card from USA or any other not EU country, you might have to write your sign.

@becurious2000 Жыл бұрын

Not sure I know what you mean regarding having to write a sign lol. Sorry, I am on the autism spectrum and sometimes misinterpret metaphors. Do you mean like "throw in the towel" and go back to the USA ? Haha.

@simonjohansson1497 Жыл бұрын

@@becurious2000 no i meant you need to sign the receipt if your not from eu, and its allowed but not for people living in Sweden

@becurious2000 Жыл бұрын

@@simonjohansson1497 ah ok. Haha! Sorry for my confusion. Yes. You are right.

@simonjohansson1497 Жыл бұрын

@@becurious2000 All the stuff thats hard for you now, all goes back to the number. When you get it you wont understand how USA dont have all the stuff you will get

@becurious2000 Жыл бұрын

@@simonjohansson1497 I look forward to that 😊

@BosisofSweden Жыл бұрын

When you are done with all that I actually think you should write a little something, maybe publish it like a handbook for immigrants but also write down all the obstacles and give it to somebody in Swedish politics. It all sounds stupidly complicated with the personal number and license. This is something we don't know and never endure since we get our personal numbers at birth.

@becurious2000 Жыл бұрын

That’s a fantastic suggestion