EURES Targeted Mobility Scheme (TMS) Sweden for jobseekers

EURES Targeted Mobility Scheme (TMS) Sweden makes it easier to move and work in EU.

To take part in TMS Sweden, you must first contact a EURES Adviser to get mobility services such as:

  • Job search help.
  • Job matching and contact with potential employers.
  • Preparation for job interview, taking up a job abroad etc.
  • Information on labour market and living conditions in various EU countries.
  • Information about TMS Sweden and its conditions.

Contact information for EURES Advisers from all EU/EEA countries can be found on the EURES portal via Search for EURES Advisers (europa.eu).

If you fulfil certain conditions you can apply for financial support as a contribution to your costs connected to a job interview, relocation to new country of work, family relocation, language training, recognition of qualifications and supplementary trip allowance.

During the application process TMS Sweden contacts both involved EURES adviser and recruiting employer. No financial support can be granted until we receive written answers from them.

Please note, there is no legal entitlement to receive financial support. Applications can be rejected if the eligibility criteria are not met.

Basic conditions for jobseekers

  • 18 years or older.
  • Citizen and resident of an EU country, Norway, or Iceland.
  • Or have a status as “EU long-term resident” in an EU country (Denmark and Ireland not included).
    (To achieve this status, third-country nationals must have lived in the EU country where they apply for an uninterrupted period of five years and fulfil some further requirements, as defined in Directive 2003/109/EC).
  • Looking for work in other country than your country of residence (must be a mobility taking place with a change of country of residence).
  • Be in contact with a EURES Adviser and receive mobility services.
  • Not be moving back to work in country of origin, or country where you have previously, at some point, been resident, i.e., lived/worked/studied, so called return mobility.

Eligible work placements

  • Minimum 6 months employment (3-6 months for traineeships).
  • Working hours must be at least 50 percent of full-time work.
  • Must be publicly advertised as a job vacancy, published and open to several workers to apply for (transparency).
  • Must comply with national labour and social protection laws and ensure fair wages and work conditions, such as collective agreements or minimum wage.
  • Must ensure a salary and a written contract specifying the duration of the employment, working time, rights and obligations, remuneration and social security provisions.
  • Can also be a work-based traineeship.
    (Traineeships under TMS Sweden should comply with the European Quality Framework for Traineeships (QFT) and be managed by the project partners: Allianssi Youth Exchanges, Better Business international (BBi) or IFOA. Please contact one of them for more information about traineeship.)

Non-eligible work placements

  • Placements with European institutions and bodies and other international policy, economic, social, and scientific organisations as well as supra-national regulatory bodies and their agencies. Applies also to EEA networks, platforms, lobbies, or other similar organisations when their budget resources depend exclusively or mainly on EU funding.
  • Placements within sales and telemarketing, businesses with high staff turnover or with one or more days of unpaid trial work/training before employment or which offers only commission with no fixed wages.
  • Placements with employment in one country and actual work in another country (so called posted worker).
  • Work-based training offers whose completion is a mandatory requirement to access a profession in specific sectors (e.g. medicine, architecture, law, aircraft industry).
  • Free-lance or self-employed.
  • Internships and apprenticeships.
  • Babysitter, au pair or nanny.

You can apply to receive financial support to travel for a job interview if an employer in another EU country, Norway or Iceland invites you. You can also apply for an interview trip within your country of residence, if it is a recruitment towards a job in another EU country, Norway, or Iceland.

The allowance is a contribution towards travel, accommodation and subsistence costs depending on the distance and duration of the interview. If the actual costs are substantially lower than the allowance, it may be reduced accordingly.

You can only receive financial support for one interview trip. If deemed necessary, a second interview trip to the same employer may be authorized for short-listed candidates.

Specific conditions for job interview

  • Apply for the financial support well in advance, preferably 1 week before date of job interview. You cannot apply retroactively.
  • Not already receive financial support towards the costs of the job interview (paid travel, accommodation, meals, local transport) from the employer or other company/actor.
  • See also basic conditions and eligible/non-eligible work placements under Conditions and eligibility criteria.

See specific instructions and checklist on what documents need to be sent in with the application form below. A non-complete application will create delays in processing.

Job interview allowance application Pdf, 351 kB. (Pdf, 554 kB)

Bring the Confirmation of attendance form with you to the interview and ask the interviewing employer to fill in and sign the form, then send it to TMS.

Confirmation of attendance job interview Pdf, 526 kB.

You can apply for financial support for relocation/mobility if you have been offered a job in another EU country, Norway, or Iceland other than where you are resident.

The allowance is a contribution towards costs incurred with moving such as transport, travel insurance, accommodation, meals, and other costs.

The allowance is a flat rate, ranging from EUR 770-1800. It is either paid once or divided in 3 instalments, depending on which TMS project is used. Project used depends on the application and various other conditions and is decided by the TMS team.

Specific conditions for relocation

  • Apply for financial support well in advance, preferably 3 weeks before leaving your country of residence and before the starting date of your new job.
  • It cannot be applied for retroactively, i.e., after you have already travelled to your new country of work.
  • Receive an initial employment contract for at least 6 consecutive months from the company stated on the application form. You are expected to stay employed with the same company for at least 6 months.
  • Not receive paid travel nor accommodation from the employer or other company/actor. If you receive support, it is possible to choose not to accept this from the employer or other company/actor and apply for allowance from TMS Sweden instead.
  • Cross-border commuters (i.e. frontier workers) are excluded.
  • The country you are relocating to must be the country where you will be employed.

Please note, you may be obliged to reimburse the received allowance if you do not start your new job, or if you leave your job before 6 months. This is in case you do not have duly motivated and lawful reasons to do so. If that happens, please inform TMS Sweden immediately.

See instructions and checklist on what documents need to be sent in with the application form below. If a complete application is sent on time, it can be possible to pay in advance, i.e. before relocation. A non-complete application will create delays in processing.

Relocation Mobility allowance application Pdf, 347 kB.

When you, as the recruited candidate, been offered a job and applied for a relocation/mobility allowance through TMS Sweden, you can also apply for financial support for your family. This if your family, spouse and dependent children, are relocating and settling with you in your new country of work.

You need to provide proof of residency for all relocating family members, both in country of residence before relocation as well as in country of destination.

The financial support is a flat rate per family ranging from EUR 770-1540. It is either paid once or divided in 2 instalments, depending on which TMS project is used. Project used is depending on the application and various conditions and is decided by the TMS team.

Specific conditions for family

  • Can only be applied for by you, the recruited candidate, who also should have applied for relocation/mobility allowance through TMS Sweden.
  • Apply well in advance, preferably 3 weeks before the family travels from country of origin.
  • Cannot be applied for retroactively, i.e., you cannot apply after the family have travelled to the new country of destination.
  • Not receive paid travel nor accommodation for the family from employer or another company/actor.

See instructions and checklist on what documents need to be sent in with the application form below. A non-complete application will create delays in processing.

Family Mobility allowance application Pdf, 329 kB.

If you are recruited or pre-selected for a job in another EU country, Norway, or Iceland, and have a need to improve your language skills, you can apply for financial support to attend a shorter language course.

If you are not yet recruited nor pre-selected, you can apply to attend a language course if you have good chances of finding a job within sectors of hard to fill vacancies. You then need to receive help from EURES/TMS staff to find a job.

Specific conditions for language course

  • The complete language course application including course offer must be sent well in advance, at least 3 weeks before course start.
  • May take place in your country of residence before you relocate, and/or in your new country of work but should start within two months after taking up duty.
  • Be short and intensive, up to 16 weeks.
  • Offer good learning to reasonable costs.
  • You are not already receiving a language course paid for by the employer or other company/actor.

The financial support consists of reimbursement of actual declared costs up to max. EUR 2 200 per jobseeker. Reimbursement after completion of the course and presentation of documentary evidence: course certificate, invoice(s) and receipt(s).

An advance payment of 50 percent of the total amount of the course cost can also be applied for. The balance will be paid after completion of the course. If the course is not completed, you will have to reimburse any advance payment.

TMS Sweden needs to authorize your application before the start of the course. You may be requested to find another language course provider if the language course offer sent cannot be validated by TMS Sweden, for example if costs are not reasonable. Lessons taken prior to the written approval, might not be reimbursed.

See instructions and checklist on what documents need to be sent in with the application form below. A non-complete application will create delays in processing.

Language course allowance application Pdf, 377 kB.

If you are recruited, or short-listed/pre-selected for a job in another EU country, Norway or Iceland and you have a need to have your academic and/or professional qualifications recognised, you can apply for financial support towards the costs incurred with the recognition. This to perform your duties and be in conformity with legal requirements in the country of work.

If you are not yet recruited nor pre-selected, you may still be eligible if a recognition process can substantially increase your chances of finding a job within sectors of hard to fill vacancies. You then need to receive help from EURES/TMS staff to find a job.

The support consists of a flat rate of a maximum of EUR 440.

Conditions

  • You can apply after an official recognition process has been initiated, i.e. after submission of a recognition request to a competent certification body in new country of work.
  • It is not possible to claim reimbursement for certified copies and/or translations if there is no official recognition process.
  • You are not already receiving recognition of qualifications paid for by your employer or other company/actor.

See instructions and checklist on what documents need to be sent in with the application form below. A non-complete application will create delays in processing.

Recognition allowance application Pdf, 384 kB.

This allowance can help you cope with extraordinary expenses when travelling/moving to another EU country, Norway, or Iceland. Reimbursement of excess costs based on documentary evidence such as receipts, up to max EUR 550.

Conditions

  • You must have been granted either an interview and/or a relocation allowance through TMS Sweden, and your travelling/settlement costs to the new country exceed the allowance granted.
  • Apply within a month after being granted an interview and/or a relocation allowance
  • You have specific mobility needs, and fulfil at least one of the points below:
    • Having a disability. The allowance contributes to cover extra costs for transportation of a wheelchair, guide-dog, travel cost of accompaniment or other well justified needs.
    • Facing economic difficulties due to disadvantaged social/economic background. (e.g., long-term unemployed, receiving welfare, etc.)
      The allowance contributes to cover high travel and/or settlement costs such as accommodation during first month in country of destination or other well justified needs.
    • Having significant geographical distance between your country of residence and your country of destination (i.e. the outermost regions/peripheral regions of Europe or regions located in opposite peripheral areas in EEA). The allowance contributes to reduce long-haul travel costs.

See instructions and checklist on what documents need to be sent in with the application form below. A non-complete application will create delays in processing.

Supplementary trip allowance application Pdf, 320 kB.

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