Visiting Sweden
If you want to visit Sweden and you are a citizen in a country outside the EU, you may need to apply for a permit before the visit. Which permit you need to apply for depends on how long your stay in Sweden will be. If your stay in Sweden will be less than 90 days you may need to apply for a visa. If your stay in Sweden will be more than 90 days you need to apply for a visitor’s residence permit.
News
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Change for people residing in Serbia and Montenegro and want to apply for residence and work permit
As of 3 February 2025, residents of Serbia and Montenegro should contact the Embassy of Sweden in Skopje, North Macedonia for applications for residence and work permits.
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Changes for residents in Bosnia and Herzegovina applying for a Schengen visa
As of 16 January 2025, residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina will not be able to apply for a Schengen visa at the Embassy in Sarajevo.
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Changes for residents of Bulgaria applying for a Schengen visa
From January 2025 residents of Bulgaria can no longer apply for Schengen visas at the Embassy in Sofia.
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Citizens of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will from 2 December 2024 contact the Swedish Consulate General in Istanbul
Until now citizens of, or persons otherwise legally residing in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, have had their applications for residence- and work permit handled by the Swedish Embassy in Moscow. From December 2 2024 you will instead have your applications handled by the Swedish Consulate General in Istanbul.
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Residents of Serbia or Montenegro shall submit applications for Schengen visas through VFS Global in Belgrade from 9 January
The Embassy of Sweden in Belgrade will not handle applications for Schengen visas after 9 January 2025. If you are a resident of Serbia or Montenegro and want to apply for a Schengen visa you must instead submit your application at the visa application centre of the external service provider VFS Global in Belgrade.