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iF YOU Read Brianne's story, A SINGLE MOM AND CHEF FROM CANADA, WE ARE HAPPY TO LET YOU KNOW SHE GOT HER (pERMANENT) RESIDENCY PERMIT! tHANKS SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO READ, SHARED, AND DONATED TO HER!
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Kriti Nayar
Jan 31, 2023
The Woman Behind the Case Number
Kriti, a skilled and experienced finance professional who speaks Swedish fluently, waited 23 months to get a negative decision from the...
Matt
Nov 30, 2022
The Swedish immigration debate continues to drop the ball
After all, foreign workers are human too The original article was published in Aftonbladet, 5 March 2021. Link to the Swedish version....
Grace McCallum
May 17, 2022
Finally facing my Waterloo with PUT Slipping Through my Fingers
A young women from Australia dreams of signing with Abba, and then does! So why is she deported?
Elaine
Sep 5, 2021
How Hard Can it Be to Follow the Rules? PT. III - The Cat Who Knew Too Much
If it wasn't for our cat getting lost, we would have never have known...
The union was fighting for us - without us. Then they deported us.
Ali
May 5, 2021
My "Anniversary Effect"
The Anniversary Effect is a psychological phenomena of of disturbing feelings, thoughts or memories that occur on or around a date that...
Ghassem
Feb 25, 2021
Spårbyte för vanligt folk. Vi är också människor.
Ghassem har kämpat emot en kompetensutvisning för över 3 år, för att fortsätta arbeta inom IT i Sverige.
Matt
Jan 29, 2021
Podcast: Matt comes out of the Kompetensutvisning Closet
The founder of Real People and The Dearly Deported comes out of the kompetensutvisning closet.
Brianne
Jan 12, 2021
Operation Maple Syrup - A Canadian Chef, Mother, and International Professional needs some help.
Brianne was a sambo, but her separation from her Swedish partner complicated her visa status and the ability to stay with her daughter.
Elaine
Dec 20, 2020
How hard can it be to follow the rules? Pt. II - The Rules Feel a Bit Dangerous.
Following the rules got me heart surgery. But even with a new job, we weren't out of danger from The Boss. Or, the union?
Elaine
Nov 8, 2020
How hard can it be to follow the rules? Pt. I: Perhaps ask "The Boss"?
There was a loud banging on the back door of the house...The Boss was on my porch demanding my husband go to work.
Kemi
Sep 23, 2020
The Linked-In issue: Kemi (continues) to survive kompetensutvisning during covid.
"While Sweden has not had a coronavirus lockdown, I’ve been ‘locked down’ here in Malmö since May 2020."
Matt
Aug 14, 2020
Matt's op-ed in Dagens Nyheter (in English)
"kompetensutvisning is a risk to the Swedish Model: rights are denied because they are foreigners."
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