Apply for a visitor’s permit

If you already have an ongoing application for residence permit in Sweden, check the Swedish Migration Agency’s recommendations before you decide to apply for a visitor's permit.

Apply online

Applications for visitor's permits are regsitered online, on the Migration Agency website.

For information regarding required documentation when applying, visit the Swedish Migration Agency's website.

Most people must pay a fee when applying for a visitor's permit. Information about fees can be found on the Swedish Migration Agency’s website. You will be required to pay the application fee when using the e-service to register the application online.

When you conclude the application in the e-service, you will be directed to a page where you book an appointment for a personal visit at a Swedish Embassy. If you are resident within the Schengen area, you can choose to visit the Embassy of Sweden in Rome, Athens, Berlin, Madrid or Paris.

To show that you are resident within the Schengen area, you are required to show a valid Schengen residence permit (or reciept of ongoing renewal of that permit)

When you visit the Embassy:

You need to bring the following documents:

• Your passport/travel document. The Embassy will carry out a passport check (if your passport lacks the signature of the holder, it must be signed in front of competent authorities of the issuing country)
• Your Schengen residence permit (or the receipt of ongoing renewal of that permit)
• If the Swedish Migration Agency has requested you to show other documents, you need to bring those as well

Interview

In some cases, a short interview is required. The interview will be conducted in connection with passport check.

Photo & fingerprints

Applicants who cannot enter Sweden without a Swedish residence permit card, will register photo and fingerprints during the visit at the Embassy. 

If you have a valid Schengen residence permit, you can register photo and fingerprints when in Sweden, if granted the visitor's permit. 

Who decides my case?

The Migration Agency in Sweden will decide in your application.

How long does it take to get a decision?

You can check the handling times on the Swedish Migration Agency’s website.

If your application is denied?

If you are not granted the permit, you have the possibility to appeal against the decision. Instructions on how to appeal are found in the decision. Information on the Swedish Migration Agency’s website.

If you are granted the permit?

If you have been granted a visitor’s permit, you will receive a residence permit card.

If you need your Swedish residence permit card to enter Sweden, and you therefore already had your biometrics registered during your personal visit at the Embassy, the card will automatically be delivered to the Embassy. You will be informed by email when the card is ready to be collected. It is also possible to ask the Embassy to send the residence permit card to be collected at one of the Swedish Consulates in Italy. 

If you haven’t had your fingerprints and photograph registered yet, but you can enter Sweden without a visa (e.g. you have a valid residence permit in Italy), you can book an appointment with the Swedish Migration Agency.

More information about residence permit cards.