How to apply

If you are applying online, are granted a residence permit and do not need a visa to enter Sweden, you do not normally have to visit the Embassy. Regardless of how you apply, your residence permit must have been granted before you leave for Sweden.

Applying online 

How to proceed (for applications on paper forms, see further down):

1. Prepare the documentation Check which documents and personal data you need. The Swedish Migration Board gives priority to applications that are completed in full, and you get a decision sooner.

Read more under ‘Required documents’ and on the Swedish Migration Board website.

The Swedish Migration Board website

2. ApplyingFollow the Swedish Migration Board’s instructions. You attach documents electronically and pay the application fee using a VISA card or a MasterCard. Family members use the same online application if they apply at the same time as you. The online application goes directly to the Swedish Migration Board for processing followed by a decision.

Online application on the Swedish Migration Board website

3. Wait for the decision When the Swedish Migration Board has reached its decision, you will be informed of this by email. You get the actual decision by visiting the Embassy. Bring your passport when collecting the decision.

4. Arrange for a residence permit card If you are granted a residence permit for more than three months, you will be issued with a residence permit card.

If you need a visa to enter Sweden Visit the Embassy to be photographed and fingerprinted for the residence permit card. You can do so either while waiting for a decision or after you have been granted a residence permit. To visit the Migration reception you need to make an appointment on e-mail.

You can find the address of the Embassy under ‘Contact’.

It can take up to four weeks for the residence permit card to be prepared and delivered to the Embassy. Once the card has arrived at the Embassy you can collect it by appoitment only, please e-mail for an appointment. You must bring your passport with you. If you want to know whether your card has reached the Embassy, you can contact us by telephone, during our phone hours, Monday-Thursday between 3.00 - 4.00 p.m., or by email

If you do not need a visa to enter Sweden If you have been granted a residence permit and do not require a visa, you travel to Sweden and arrange for the card there. Contact the Swedish Migration Board for photographing and fingerprinting.

Applying on a paper form

If you cannot or do not want to apply online, you can fill in a paper form that you submit in person to the Embassy. How to proceed:

1. Prepare the documentation Check which documents and personal data you need. The Swedish Migration Board gives priority to applications that are completed in full, and you get a decision sooner.

Read more under ‘Required documents’ and on the Swedish Migration Board website.

The Swedish Migration Board website

2. Pay the application fee The application fee must be paid by the applicant to the Embassy account (9030006358003), at any Stanbic Bank Branch.

Each applicant must fill out one payment slip, stating full name, date of birth and nationality.

Once a payment has been made the pink return slip is to be submitted to the Embassy together with the application.

Read more under ‘Fees’ .

3. Present the application at the Embassy, to submit your application at the Embassy you need an appointment. Please the Migration section e-mail for an appointment 

Once the application has been submitted, registered and the biometrics of the applicant has been taken, the application will be sent to the Swedish Migration Board for a decision to be established.

You can find the address of the Embassy under ‘Contact’ in the menu on the left.

4. Wait for the decision The Swedish Migration Board informs the Embassy of its decision. The Embassy then contacts you on the phonenumber provided in the application. Bring your passport when collecting the decision.

5. Arrange for a residence permit card If you are granted a permit for more than three months, you will receive a residence permit card. You arrange for the card in the same way as described above under ‘Applying online’.