You have received a decision Your application for a residence card has been rejectedYou have received a decisionYour application for a residence card has been rejected

If your application for a residence card has been rejected, this means that you do not have the right to stay in Sweden. If the Swedish Migration Agency rejects your application while you are in Sweden, you will have a certain amount of time to leave the territories of the Member States and the Schengen area. The decision will state how long you have to leave Sweden. If you stay longer than the deadline specified in the decision, you will be in the country illegally.

It is your responsibility to make sure you know what applies to you, so that you leave Sweden within the deadline stated in the decision.

If you have appealed the decision, you have the right to remain in Sweden while your appeal is being examined.

Once the decision has become final and can no longer be appealed, you must leave the territories of the Member States and the Schengen area.

If you do not leave the territories of the Member States and the Schengen area within the deadline stated in the decision, you will be in the country illegally. You may then be subject to a re-entry ban. A re-entry ban means that you are prohibited from entering Sweden or any other Schengen country for at least one year.

Supervision or detention

If the Swedish Migration Agency considers that there is a risk that you will abscond or otherwise fail to cooperate about leaving the country, you may receive a supervision or detention decision. Being placed under supervision means that you must register with the Swedish Migration Agency or the police at certain times while waiting to start your return journey. If you are placed in detention, you will stay in a locked accommodation until your return journey.

Supervision and detention

Your case can be handed over to the police

If you abscond or fail to leave the country voluntarily, the Swedish Migration Agency may hand over the matter to the police, who can enforce the decision by force.

You need to plan your trip yourself and arrange for your passport and anything else you need in order to travel home. Keep in mind that you are not allowed to buy a trip with a stopover in another Schengen country.

If you have questions about your return journey, you can contact the Swedish Migration Agency.

The Swedish Migration Agency receives information that you have left the Schengen area

In most cases, the Swedish Migration Agency will be informed that you have left the Schengen area, as its decision to reject your application will be registered in the Schengen Information System (SIS). This means that the information will be available to authorities in Sweden and in other countries that have access to this system. If you leave Sweden in accordance with the decision, the information in SIS will be deleted.