Sports, cultural and other types of visits – extra documents

If you apply for a visa to visit Sweden for a sporting or cultural purpose, you need to submit the documents listed below.

You must have:

• The documents required by all visa applicants. Read more under ‘Required documents’
  
  
• Sports (participants in international sports events and accompanying persons in their professional capacity):
  - Written request from the host organization (competent authority, national sport federation or national Olympic committee), including information on the role of the persons
• Culture (participants in scientific, cultural and artistic activities):
  - Written request from the host organization in the Member State on participation in such activities
• Study (pupils, students, post-graduate students and accompanying teachers):
  - Written request or certificate of enrolment or student card by the host university, academy, institute, college or school or certificate of the courses to be attended in the Member State.
  
  Scholarship recipients from the Sverker Åström Foundation:
  - CV
  - Decision on scholarship
  - Study plan/implementation plan
• Medical reasons (persons travelling for medical reasons and their companions):
  - Official document from the Russian health institution confirming the need for medical treatment and, if applicable, for the patient to be accompanied, as well as proof that sufficient financial means are available to pay for the treatment.
  - Proof of deposit to meet the expenses of the medical treatment, if applicable.
• Owners of property in the territory of the Member States and their close relatives:
  - Relevant national document (e.g. recent extract from the real estate register, copy of the purchase contract/deed of sale, etc.) proving that the applicant owns the property in question.
  - In cases of close relatives, proof of the relationship
• Other visits. For other purpose of visits please check Harmonised List or contact the Embassy by email: visa.moscow@gov.se