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.
In addition to citizens of Mali, the catchment area of the embassy in Bamako also includes citizens of Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea-Conakry, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Niger. When the embassy in Bamako closes, the same migration case-related referrals will apply to all these citizens.
Cases concerning residence and work permits
If you want to apply for a work permit, a residence permit for studies, or a residence permit to live with a family member in Sweden, you can instead turn to the embassies in Rabat, Morocco or Abuja, Nigeria.
If you have been in contact with the embassy in Bamako and are waiting for a residence permit card to be able to move to Sweden, you will be contacted to get information about your card.
Schengen visa applications
If you live in Mali or one of the other countries that are part of the Bamako embassy’s catchment area and want to apply for an Schengen visa to visit Sweden, you have already been referred to one of VFS Global’s offices in the catchment area of Sweden’s embassy in Nairobi. VFS has offices in:
- Kenya (Nairobi)
- Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)
- Nigeria (Abuja, Lagos)
- South Africa (Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town)
- Tanzania (Dar es Salaam)
- Zambia (Lusaka)
- Zimbabwe (Harare)
- Uganda (Kampala)
VFS Global is an external service provider that receives applications for Schengen visas, but it is the Embassy of Sweden in Nairobi that makes decisions on applications for Schengen visas from Sub-Saharan Africa.
Read more about VFS Global. 
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