Sweden - Apply for a Visa

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Procedure

1. Get in touch with your nearest Swedish embassy or consulate.
2. Complete and submit an application along with all other required documents.
3. You will normally receive a response within two weeks, but processing times can vary at embassies or consulate's.

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Required Documents

Submit the following documents along With your application:

• Two passport photographs in which you are looking straight ahead and which are not more than six months old
• Family details Appendix to your application, no. 239011
• Appendix A form, no. 210021
• An invitation a letter from the company or the organisation arranging the conference
• Other documents which the embassy may require.

The invitation must contain information about you, for example:

• Your personal data
• The reason for your visit to Sweden
• How long you intend to be in Sweden
• Who will be responsible for supporting you financially during the time you are in Sweden

Office Locations & Contacts

The Swedish Migration Board
Addresses and opening hours
Telephone number: +46 771-235 235
Fax: 011-10 81 55
From Sweden: 0771-235 235
Telephone hours: MondayFriday 08.0016.00
Email
Website

Find your closest embassy

Eligibility

If you are planning to visit Sweden and other Schengen countries, you must have

• a passport which is valid for at least three months after the final date of the visa
• an invitation from the company or the organisation arranging the conference
• money for your keep and for the journey home. Sweden requires that you have SEK 450 for each day spent in Sweden. In certain circumstances, this amount may be lower, for example in the case of a young child, if the cost of food and accommodation is paid in advance or if you are going to stay with relatives or friends. You must be able to demonstrate that you have sufficient funds for your keep with the help, for example, of bank statements or a document in which the person inviting you to Sweden promises to meet all expenses during the visit
• individual medical travel insurance which covers the costs which could arise as a result of emergency medical assistance, emergency hospitalisation or medical repatriation. The insurance should cover costs of at least EUR 30,000 and be valid in all the Schengen country.

Fees

Entry visa fees:

• Adult: 60 Euros
• Child aged 6-12: 35 Euros
• Child aged 0-5: No fee

Exceptions from visa fees and lower fees - More Details

Validity

A visa is time-limited and is valid for a maximum of 90 days in any six-month period. This means that if you have spent 90 days in the Schengen zone, you must leave the area for 90 days before you can be granted a new Schengen visa.

If you have special grounds, you may be granted a visa for a longer period - up to a maximum of one year - a so called D-visa. Special grounds can for example be that you need to travel to Sweden to visit your children for a period of time that exceeds 90 days in half a year. A D-visa gives you the right to move freely within the Schengen area.

Documents to Use

• Application for Schengen Visa Form no. 119031 (PDF)
• Questionnaire for visa applicants Appendix A Form no. 210021 (PDF)
• Family details Appendix to your application Form no. 239011 (PDF)

Sample Documents

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Processing Time

You will normally receive a response within two weeks, but processing times can vary at embassies or consulate's. During the June-August holiday period, the processing time could be longer. If you need current information about this, contact the Swedish embassy or consulate-general which will process your application.

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Instructions

Swedish embassies and consulates

Documents that must be submitted may differ from country to country. It is therefore important that you check what applies in your case. The requirements may change depending on the current circumstances. You will find more information on the website of the relevant embassy.

Special agreement for certain countries

Special rules apply for citizens of Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldavia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia and the Ukraine due to the Visa Facilitation Agreement concluded between these countries and the EU. To know more, get in touch with the embassies and consulates of the EU Member States in these eight countries.

Where to send your application for a visa:

Visa applications must be submitted to a Swedish embassy or consulate-general. In certain countries, Sweden is represented by another Schengen country. There are also countries where Sweden does not have its own mission and is not represented by another country. If this is the case, anyone wishing to hand in a visa application must travel to the nearest country where there is a Swedish embassy or consulate-general.

If you intend to hand in your visa application at another Schengen country's mission abroad, you should contact the mission in advance. In such cases, it is this country's documentary requirements which will apply. The documents should also be translated into the language of that country.

To apply for a visa, you must fill in the form Application for Schengen Visa.

Required Information

You must clearly state in your application the answers to these questions:

• Why you are visiting Sweden
• How long you intend to stay in Sweden
• How you will support yourself during your time in Sweden
• The type of passport you hold and for how long it is valid
• Where you intend to travel following your visit to Sweden
• If you have a permit to enter the country you intend to travel to after your stay in Sweden

Need for the Document

Following is a procedure on how you can apply for a visa in Sweden.

Information which might help

Approval or denial of your application:

In most cases, the embassy or consulate makes the decision. Sometimes it will make certain checks with the other Schengen countries. If the mission abroad is uncertain how to assess your application, the application may be sent on to the Migration Board in Sweden which will make the decision.

A lot of visa applicants obtain favorable outcomes. Your application may be rejected if the decision-making authority judges that you are unlikely to leave the Schengen zone after your visit and that the purpose of your visit is not as specified in your application. You may also be rejected if you are listed in the SIS computer system (Schengen Information System), where Member States register people who are not permitted to enter the Schengen zone.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

• The Swedish Migration Board - Website:

http://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Private-individuals/Visiting-Sweden/Visiting-on-business-and-for-conferences.html

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