Required documents

If your visa application is to be considered, you must have the documents listed below. A number of other documents can be also required, depending on what type of visit you are planning.

General documents required from all applicants:

• A completed and signed Application for Schengen Visa form (The visa application form must be completed either in Swedish or in English).
  
  
• Photograph in line with ICAO guidelines.
  
  
• Visa Fee.
  
  
• A passport or some other valid travel document. This must: be valid for at least three months after your departure from the Schengen area, contain at least two empty pages, have been issued during the past ten years.
  
  
• Individual medical insurance covering the cost of emergency treatment and transport home for medical reasons. Read more under ‘Medical travel insurance’.
  
  
• Russian citizens: original* and full copy (copy of all pages with entries) of the applicant’s internal passport.
  
  Citizens of other countries: original* and copy of the document confirmig legal residecne in Russia, Armenia or Belarus (valid residence permit or long-term visa).
  
  
• Travel arrangements:
  
  Return ticket or reservation** or another document confirming the means of transport, e.g. a contract with a transport company or a copy of the driver’s registration certificate and driving license; documentation proving the right to use a motor vehicle or other means of transport, etc.
  
  Proof of accommodation (e.g. hotel reservation, lease, voucher)**. Not applicable if the purpose of the trip is to visit family or friends and the accommodation is planned with them.
  
  All reservations shall be valid at the time of the decision!
  
  
• Proof of financial means:
  
  Bank statements showing bank operations over the last three months and/or letter of sponsorship, copy of sponsor's passport, sponsor's bank statement showing bank transactions for the last three months if expenses are not paid for independently. If the inviting person will be paying for your support in Sweden – his/her bank statement showing bank operations over the last three months.
  
  In general, Sweden requires you to have SEK 450 per day/person. The required amount may be less if for instance you have paid for board and lodging in advance or live with friends or relatives.
  
  
• Extract from the Russian Pension and Social Insurance Fund for the last 10 years (Сведения о трудовой деятельности, предоставляемые из информационных ресурсов Фонда пенсионного и социального страхования Российской Федерации). The document should be digitally signed.

• Documents to be provided regarding the occupation of the applicant:
  
  
  • Employees:
    Letter from the employer, confirming:
    - the employee's position and salary,
    - date of employment and date of end of employment, if relevant, and
    - salary slips for the last 6 months.
    
    
  • Individual entrepreneurs:
    - Proof of economic activity (e.g. 3NDFL form), and
    - Extract from trade/fiscal registry or certificate for individual business.
    
    
  • Pupils/students:
    Proof of enrolment in school or university or a student ID (original* and copy).
    
    
  • Pensioners:
    Pension certificate (original* and copy).
    
    
  • Unemployed persons:
    - A document proving the applicant's ties to Russia (i.e. vital statistics certificate, if not shown in internal passport; proofof property ownership), and
    - A copy of the work booklet’s page with personal data and pages which show the holder’s job history at least during last three years, if applicable.

* the document must be shown in original upon submission

** if the reserved tickets or accommodation is not deemed sufficient, the applicant can be asked for a proof of payment thereof

In order to make it easier when submitting the visa application, you can prepare the following:

• The exact fee
• Copies of your foreign passport, where information about your identity and the validity of the passport is shown. Also make copies of your former Schengen visas
• Translations of official documents and letters to English or Swedish