Appli­ca­tion fees for residence permits for students and their family members

Pay your fee

• You can pay with a debit card online at the same time you fill out an application. This also applies if you are applying to extend your permit. Remember that your debit card must be activated for online payment. Contact your bank if you want more information.
• If you have filed your application with a form instead of applying online, you can pay via bank transfer after you have submitted your application. You can also pay via bank transfer if you have applied online without paying the application fee and the Swedish Migration Agency has determined that you have to pay the fee. You can pay the fee via bank account number 5223-7005. The IBAN account number is SE6912000000012810106908 and the BIC/SWIFT code is DABASESX (Danske Bank). In the box “Message to payment recipient” you will write the first and last name of the person that the application fee is for as well as their national ID number and/or file number. If you are paying the fee for several people at the same time, you will provide all the national ID numbers and/or file numbers.
• If you apply at an embassy or a consulate-general, you will pay the fee when you submit your application. You will need to contact the relevant embassy or consulate-general for information on fees, as they do not follow the same regulations on fees that the Swedish Migration Agency does.

Remember that you will not be refunded the fee if your application is rejected.

Excep­tions

Most applicants for a residence permit for studies will pay an application fee to the Swedish Migration Agency when submitting their application. Accompanying family members must also pay an application fee. The fee for adults is 1,500 SEK, and 750 SEK for children.

Not everyone applying for a residence permit has to pay an application fee. The following persons can apply without paying a fee:

• students at the World Maritime University in Malmö
• citizens of Japan
• students who have received a scholarship for studies in Sweden from:
  Sida (Swedish International Development Agency)
  EU
  Swedish Institute (SI) External link, opens in new window.
  International Science Programme at the University of Uppsala External link, opens in new window.

In order for an exception to the application fee requirement to be applicable, the scholarship must consist of money for living expenses, and not only cover tuition fees. The scholarship must be paid out during the period for which you are applying for a residence permit. Note that it is the scholarship that causes an exception to the requirement. For example, if you are employed as a doctoral researcher with a salary funded by EU funds, you are not exempt from the requirement to pay an application fee because you receive a salary and not a scholarship.

If you have paid the wrong appli­ca­tion fee

You can get money back if you have paid the wrong application fee. For example, you may have accidentally paid the fee twice. If you have applied online or on paper, you must contact the Migration Agency to request the money back. If you have submitted an application to an embassy or consulate-general, you should contact them instead.

When you request a refund you should write

• your first name and surname
• your personal ID number or date of birth
• your address
• why you should get a refund
• which case number/control number the fee applies to
• which bank and account number the money should be transferred to.

You must also submit a bank statement or receipt that clearly shows that you have paid a fee to the Swedish Migration Agency. Send this in a letter to the Swedish Migration Agency, 601 70 Norrköping.