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Apply for a Visa

If you want to visit Sweden and you are a citizen of a country outside the EU, you may need to apply for a visa. The Embassy of Sweden in Amman is handling visa applications for citizens and persons legally residing in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.

Applying for a visa via VFS Global in Amman

The Embassy cooperates with VFS Global Amman to improve the service available to those applying for a visa. This means that you apply for a visa and collect the decision at VFS Global in Amman.

Please visit their website for more information:

https://visa.vfsglobal.com/jor/en/swe/. You can contact them directly by phone:  06-4001004 (Please note, you must include 06 in the beginning of the number).

VFS Global will charge a service fee per application. 

For the required documents and applications please visit the embassy website:

https://www.swedenabroad.se/en/embassies/jordan-amman/

Applications must be made in person at VFS Global. You don’t need to visit the Embassy at all.

Applying for a visa via VFS Global in Beirut

The Embassy cooperates with VFS Global Beirut to improve the service available to those applying for a visa. This means that you apply for a visa and collect the decision at VFS Global in Beirut.

Please visit their website for more information:

https://visa.vfsglobal.com/lbn/en/swe/ You can contact them by phone: 9611743643.

VFS Global will charge a service fee per application.

Applications must be made in person at VFS Global. You don’t need to visit the Embassy at all.

Applying at the Embassy in Amman

If you cannot or do not wish to apply via the VFS Global (Swedish Visa Application Centre), you present your application forms and other documents in person at the Swedish embassy. You have to make an appointment, and the processing period will be longer. How to proceed:

1. Prepare the documentation

Check which documents and personal information you need. You must for instance have arranged for a passport and medical travel insurance and have booked an air ticket (although we advise you to delay payment until your visa has been granted), and you must also have an invitation from the person you will be visiting in Sweden.

Read more under ‘Required documents’.

2. Make an appointment

To make an appointment at the Embassy of Sweden, you send an e-mail to bokningar.amman@gov.se .You need to mention name of all applicants, planned entry date in Schengen and the purpose of the visit. The embassy have a limited number of appointments on Mondays only.

3. Pay the application fee

Read more about Fees under our page regarding fees.

4. Visit the embassy

Bring the completed application form and all the required documents to the embassy at the appointed time. If you do not have all the documents with you, there is a risk that your application will be rejected.  During the visit, you may be required to answer some additional questions. Furthermore, applicants (from 12 years of age) must have his or her biometric information taken (ten fingerprints and a photograph). The application fee should be paid in cash in Jordan dinars when you visit the embassy. 

All family members who apply at the same time – including children – must visit the embassy.

You can find the address of the embassy under Contact at our website - Contact - Sweden Abroad 

5. Wait for the decision

You can usually collect the decision and your passport within 14 days.