Searching for Sweden

The winter months are long over as we quickly leave any trace of 2010 behind. With the early months of 2011 already in progress, my life is about to drastically change.

I am moving, once again, to another country: SWEDEN.

Why may you ask? Because I am in an international relationship with a Greek-Swedish, wonderful man. If you have not read about him, try you luck with this blog entitled “Love Is Lust But When Does Lust Become Love?”

Also, because I am an American citizen, it is very difficult to get a proper working visa anywhere else in the whole wide world. That’s right, if you are an American with no dual passport, no job sponsorship then you have no hope of ever moving to another country legally. Trust me. I’ve tried.

If you have visited my blog before, you know I have had battles with the Schengen Zone and living in Greece for nearly 3 years!

But how can you move to Sweden if you said Americans can’t move anywhere else? Because Sweden, has a co-habitation visa!! Lucky me that Sweden is so hard-assed that everyone is to stubborn to officially get married. So to make things fair, they have a co-habitation visa which allows anyone from any country to come reside and work in Sweden if they are in a legit and established relationship with a Swedish citizen!

Bingo. That’s my man! I had to go through a lot of paperwork and had documents sent from Sweden to prove Michael is a citizen. I met with the Swedish consulate in Seattle and went over all my paperwork…and we sent it! The only downfall is the application process can take anywhere from 6-8 months…and technically, I am leaving for Greece in 3 months! But if approved, I can pick up my visa at any Swedish Embassy in the world! So, I will try to keep everyone updated on this process!