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If you are planning to work, study or move to Sweden to live with someone, you can now visit the embassy in Islamabad

On 9 April, the Swedish Migration Agency will resume its residence and work permit activities in Pakistan. Applicants needing to submit biometric data, have their passport checked or be interviewed after submitting an application can once again do so at the embassy in Islamabad. This does not apply to those who are applying for a Schengen visa to visit Sweden for a short stay.

Map of Pakistan with a mark where Islamabad is.Zoom image

Beginning 9 April, those who have applied for a residence permit to come to Sweden to live with someone, to work, or for studies will be able to have their application processed at the Embassy of Sweden in Islamabad.

The previous requirement to travel to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia is being withdrawn.

This applies to Pakistani citizens and individuals with resident status in Pakistan who have been instructed by the Swedish Migration Agency to contact a Swedish embassy for an interview, passport check and/or to be fingerprinted and photographed.

For short-stay Schengen visas

If you want to submit an application for a Schengen visa for a short visit to Sweden of up to 90 days, you are still required to submit your application to VFS Global in Bangkok, Yangon, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Manila, Cebu, Jakarta, Bali, Phnom Penh, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Tokyo or Seoul.

Once your application has been submitted to VFS Global, it will be sent to the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok for processing and a decision.

VFS Global External link.

The Swedish Migration Agency is currently reviewing the conditions for handling Schengen visa applications in Pakistan and will provide information about this as soon as it is available.

No, they cannot. Only individuals who have applied for a residence or work permit to work, study or move to Sweden to live with someone may visit the Embassy of Sweden.

This also applies if you submitted an application for a residence permit to visit Sweden for longer than 90 days.

It is not yet possible to submit an application for a Schengen visa for a short visit to Sweden in Islamabad, i.e. a visa for up to 90 days (see below).

If you have been instructed to book an appointment for an investigation and have already contacted the Embassy of Sweden in either Islamabad or Addis Ababa, you should not contact the embassy or the Swedish Migration Agency again.

You will automatically receive an email from the embassy in Islamabad with information about the time and date when your investigation will be carried out. When you are notified of the date and time of the investigation, you must reply to the embassy's email to confirm the appointment offered.

Once activities resume in Pakistan, your case will be transferred automatically from the Embassy of Sweden in Addis Ababa to the embassy in Islamabad.

No, it will not. All offers of interview appointments that we send out are made in sequential order, i.e. in the order in which the request to book an appointment was received by the Embassy of Sweden in Islamabad or the Embassy of Sweden in Addis Ababa.

If your application was previously being processed by the Embassy of Sweden in Addis Ababa, it will be transferred to the other embassy automatically. There is therefore no need to contact us again.

However, it may take time for the embassy to go through all the requests that have already been received.

Yes, you do. When you are notified of the date and time, you must confirm that you accept the offered time and will attend the appointment.

If you have just submitted your residence or work permit application, you should wait for a request to book an appointment from the Swedish Migration Agency before contacting the Embassy of Sweden in Islamabad. For more information about the application process, please visit the embassy's website. The website contains information about how to book an appointment and how to contact the embassy.

Going to Sweden? – Sweden Abroad External link.

When booking an appointment, you must state your case or control number together with the full names and personal details of co-applicants, if there are several of you applying together. We also need to know which languages you speak.

If you are a Pakistani citizen or have permanent resident status in Pakistan and want to apply for a residence permit based on studies, or work, or to live with someone, but do not want to use the Swedish Migration Agency's e-service, you can book an appointment at the Embassy of Sweden in Islamabad to submit your application.

Going to Sweden? – Sweden Abroad External link.

From 9 April, residence permit cards will be sent to the Embassy of Sweden in Islamabad.

We will contact you when it is time to collect your card.

It is still not possible to submit an application for a Schengen visa for a short stay in Sweden at the embassy in Islamabad.

The Swedish Migration Agency is currently reviewing the conditions for how Schengen visa applications from Pakistan will be handled in the future.

Pakistani citizens and individuals with resident status in Pakistan who wish to apply for a Schengen visa for a short visit to Sweden (up to 90 days) should continue to submit their application to VFS Global in Bangkok, Yangon, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Manila, Cebu, Jakarta, Bali, Phnom Penh, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Tokyo or Seoul.

VFS Global External link.

The Swedish Migration Agency is responsible for considering applications from people who want to live in Sweden, seek protection or become Swedish citizens. Our work is based on Swedish laws and international conventions, with a focus on legal certainty and effective reception and return.