New citizenship statistics reveal impact of Sweden's security checks

The Migration Agency made a decision on 3,009 citizenship applications in April. An agency spokesperson wasn't immediately able to share the number of concluded citizenship cases in March, but via the Wayback Machine we found that it concluded 7,915 cases in February. "That's a reason for why we, compared to previous estimates, lowered the forecast for the number of concluded citizenship cases this year and the coming years. The security checks that were introduced on April 1st involve applicants, future and present, answering a detailed set of additional background questions, as well as having to verify their identity in person. The full extent to how waiting times will be affected by the new security checks is not yet clear.