Business visit – extra documents

If you apply for a visa to visit Sweden on business, you need the documents listed below.

You must have:

• The documents required by all visa applicants. Read more under ‘Required documents’.
  
  
• Business
  Official invitation from the inviting company containing the following information:
  - personal data of the person invited (full name as in the passport, date of birth);
  - purpose and duration of the visit;
  - nature of the business;
  - the full address of the company and contact persons;
  - name and position of the person signing the invitation;
  - person or entity who will bear the applicant’s travel and living costs.
  
  or
  
  Other proof of purpose of stay (e.g. information on participation in conference, entrance ticket to trade fair, business correspondence, program of the business trip).
  
  
• Drivers (international cargo and passengers):
  - Written request from the Russian national association of carriers (ASMAP or RAS) or the national association of carriers of the Member State stating the purpose, duration and frequency of trips.
  - Written request by companies registered in the Member State or in third countries providing for international road transportation, stating the purpose, itinerary, duration and frequency of the trips.
  
  - Documents concerning the transport company: registration number, as required by the national law of the Member State or of the Russian Federation, and, if applicable, contract between a company established in the Russian Federation or in a third country and its partner company established in the Member States.
  
  - Documents concerning the driver:
  - driver’s license;
  - transport truck driving certificate;
  - copy of registration certificates of truck and trailer or bus;
  - license or permit for carrying out long-distance transportation of cargo or passengers.
  
  
• Seafarers:
  - Full copy of the seaman's book
  - Copy of contract
  - Employment certificate from manning agency / crew management company.
  - Invitation from shipping agency in the EU as well as from the Russian sending agency.
  - The invitation letter from both mentioned agencies should be written on the company's official paper with stamp, signature, name and position of the authorized signatory, and should include the following detailed information:
  - complete identity of the seafarer (name, place and date of birth);
  - passport and Seafarer’s Identity Document numbers, with date of issue and validity;
  - sailor's position on the vessel (in case of a group of sailors, this information can be
  included in a list signed, sealed and attached to the invitation letter);
  - name of the vessel;
  - port and date of boarding;
  - duration of the contract;
  - itinerary that the seafarer will follow to arrive to the Member State of
  destination/transit.
  
  
• Journalists:
  - A certificate or other document issued by a professional organization proving that the person is a qualified journalist.
  - Letter from his/her employer stating that the purpose of the journey is to carry out journalistic work.