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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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.
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If you live in Lebanon and want to apply for a visa, you need to continue to contact the Swedish embassy in another country
The embassy office in Beirut is still not processing visa applications.
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If you have previously contacted the embassy in Bamako, you should now turn to the embassies in Rabat and Abuja instead
The Government has decided that the embassy in Bamako will be closed and the chancellery will close on 30 September 2024. As a result, the Swedish Migration Agency will also close all migration activities at the embassy in September.
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Pakistani citizens must go to other countries for migration matters
The Embassy of Sweden in Islamabad is unable to receive external visitors and is therefore unable to handle cases that require a visit to the embassy.