Notification to become a Swedish citizen for stateless children born in Sweden

You want to file a notification of citizenship for a child born in Sweden who has been stateless since birth.

The notification must be made by the child’s parent(s)/legal guardian(s). If the child has more than one parent/legal guardian, all their parents/legal guardians must approve the notification.

Children who have reached the age of 12 must give their consent to become a Swedish citizen.

Requirements to become a Swedish citizen

For a child to become a Swedish citizen by notification, these requirements must be met:

The child must be born in Sweden

The child must have been stateless since birth
It is not enough for the child’s citizenship status to be unknown.

The child must live in Sweden

The child must have one of the following:

a permanent residence permit
right of residence, a residence card or resident status.

The requirement for a permanent residence permit does not apply if the child has lived in Sweden for five years without interruption or for a total of ten years. In such a case, the child may have a temporary residence permit on one of these grounds:

they are a refugee or person eligible for subsidiary protection
they are a family member of someone in Sweden
there are impediments to enforcement
there are special or particularly distressing circumstances.

How long must I wait for a decision?

It is not possible to say exactly how long you will need to wait for a decision. There are many things that affect the waiting time, for example whether your application is complete to begin with or whether we need to request more information, or whether we need to check with other authorities when investigating your case.

Here we show statistics on how long it has taken for people who have applied for the same permit as you.

75% of applications receive a decision within:9 months

What does it cost to file a notification?

Citizenship notification fee for stateless children: SEK 175

You will not receive a refund if your notification is rejected.

The following people pay no fee for the processing of their notification:

stateless people who have received a refugee status declaration
stateless refugees who have received travel documents from the Swedish Migration Agency.

If the child has children of its own

If the child to whom the notification relates has their own children who live in Sweden, then under certain conditions, they can automatically become a Swedish citizen. For information on what conditions must be met, see the Automatic citizenship for children page.

The notification must be made by the child’s parent(s)/legal guardian(s). If the child has two parents/legal guardians, they must both sign the notification using their e-ID.

Children who have reached the age of 12 must sign with their own e-ID. If the child in question has reached the age of 12 but does not have an e-ID, you need to submit your notification via a paper form.

Requirements for using the e-service

To use the e-service, the following is necessary

the child’s parent(s)/legal guardian(s) must each have an e-ID
children who have reached the age of 12 must have an e-ID
the child’s parent(s)/legal guardian(s) must have an email address
the child’s parent(s)/legal guardian(s) must be able to pay by card.

E-service for citizenship

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If you cannot file your notification via the e-service

If you cannot file your notification via the e-service, you must fill in the form:

Anmälan om svenskt medborgarskap för statslöst barn som är fött i och bor i Sverige [Notification of Swedish citizenship for a stateless child who was born in and lives in Sweden] (319011, only in Swedish) Pdf, 735.8 kB.

Submit the notification

Send the notification to:

Migrationsverket
Medborgarskapsenheten
601 70 Norrköping

Pay the notification fee

If you are not applying or notifying online, you pay the fee to bankgiro number 5223-6999. The IBAN for the account is SE59 1200 0000 0128 1010 6894 and the BIC/SWIFT code is DABASESX (Danske Bank). In the box for messages to the recipient, you write the name and surname of the person the fee is for, as well as their personal identity number. If you are paying the fees of several people at the same time, write the personal identity number for each of them. If you are including children under 18 years of age in your application, you do not need to pay any fees on their behalf. Write on the application- or notification form when and how you paid the fee.

When you send in the application or notification, enclose the receipt of the application fee.

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Requirements to become a Swedish citizen

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What does it cost to file a notification?

If the child has children of its own

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