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If you applied for residence or work permit in Sweden, starting from 1 November 2022, you would need to present your passport in original form before the decision is taken. In family reunification cases it will be enough to show your passport when you come to the embassy for an interview. Workers and students of certain countries, including Serbia and Montenegro, can show their passports using a mobile application.
It is now mandatory for applicants to present their passport in original before a decision is taken. This rule applies to all types of applications for work permit and resident permit, excluding family reunification cases and cases where an interview has already been requested by the Migration service of Sweden. Fingerprints may also be submitted during this procedure. You should not make contact or visit the Embassy before receiving an invitation to do so from the Swedish Migration Agency.
However, if you are a citizen of Serbia or Montenegro, you can also show your passport through the mobile application.
The Swedish Migration Agency is launching a pilot for digital passport check to make it easier to apply for a residence permit. Students and workers from 23 countries and territories are the first to be able to use the identification app Freja to show their passports.
The Digital Passport Check e-service has been developed so that visa-free students and workers can avoid time-consuming and sometimes expensive journeys to a Swedish mission abroad. It also saves money and time for the missions abroad, and is good for the environment.
The offer of a digital passport check is sent out in the form of an automated email within a couple of days of an online application for a work or study permit. The email contains a personalised link to the e-service that is valid for one week, and the short response time is important in order not to delay processing.
In connection with the launch, the Swedish Migration Agency will also send the offer to all persons - covered by the pilot - who have made an application in 2024 but have not yet shown their passport.
The passport check is done with the help of the app Freja eID Group AB, which offers functions for reviewing and transmitting passport information to Swedish authorities.
Around 19,000 workers and 5,000 students are expected to benefit from the new digital passport check service every year based on statistics on the 23 countries and territories in 2023.