The project follows the legal and economic status of newly arrived persons from residence permit to citizenship. One example is an investigation of how the finance requirement for family reunification is applied at Swedish migration courts. In the courts, certain behavior is disqualified when applying the requirement. Furthermore, different groups' payment of taxes and receipt of grants have been studied to see how long it takes for immigrants to reach self-sufficiency. It takes the longest for people with low education, which is consistent with the outcome for people born in Sweden. The results underline the importance of immigrants gaining early access to the labor market or education. We further note that Sweden is about to follow a European development direction that entails increased requirements to achieve legal inclusion in society. The project is currently investigating a comparison of Swedish and Danish rules for legal inclusion, and the perceived integration of Syrian migrants in the two countries.