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Original name: Utlänningsförordning (2006:97).
Name: Foreigners Ordinance (2006:97).
Country: Sweden
Subject(s): Migrant workers
Type of legislation: Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Adopted on: 2006-02-23
Entry into force:
Published on: Svensk författningssamling, 2006-03-07, Vol. 3, No. 97, pp. 1-29
ISN: SWE-2006-R-73723
Link: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=73723&p_lang=en
Bibliography: Svensk författningssamling, 2006-03-07, Vol. 3, No. 97, pp. 1-29
Unofficial English Translation, Basic Text Unofficial English Translation, Basic Text Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Government Offices of Sweden, www.sweden.gov.se, Sweden, 36 pp. PDF PDF (consulted on 2013-10-02)
Ordinance online in Swedish, Basic Text Ordinance online in Swedish, Basic Text Regeringskansliets rättsdatabaser, Notisum AB, www.notisum.se, Sweden, 30 pp. PDF PDF (consulted on 2014-08-04)
Ordinance online in Swedish, Consolidated Text Ordinance online in Swedish, Consolidated Text Regeringskansliets rättsdatabaser, Regeringskansliets rättsdatabaser, http://rkrattsbaser.gov.se, Sweden, 47 pp. PDF of Ordinance as amended to Ordinance 2018:1388 PDF of Ordinance as amended to Ordinance 2018:1388 (consulted on 2018-09-11)
Abstract/Citation: The consolidation of the Ordinance includes a total of 69 amending texts through July 2018 (up to Ordinance 2018:1388). The consolidated text includes various amendments.

Contains 8 chapters concerning, inter alia:

Chapter 1: Contents and Definitions (ss. 1 to 5).
Chapter 2: Rules respecting travel documents (ss. 1 to 22).
Chapter 3: Rules respecting visa (ss. 1 to 12).
Chapter 4: Residence permit (ss. 1 to 26).
Chapter 5: Work permit (ss. 1 to 14).
Chapter 6: Control and enforcement measures (ss. 1 to 17).
Chapter 7: Duty to notify (ss. 1 to 18).
Chapter 8: Rules respecting expulsion, costs etc (ss. 1 to 13).

Repeals Ordinances Nos. 209 of 1999, 1999 of 1991 and 415 of 2000.
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