Visa for visiting friends or relatives

The following documents are required:

• A passport or other travel document, including copy, valid for at least 90 days after expiration of visa. (For non-Chinese applicants a valid Chinese residence permit must be provided as well.)
  
  
• Two passport size photos. The photos must be: Full face (facing the camera directly with your eyes looking straight at the camera); In colour with a white background; No more than six months old and resemble you; You must be bareheaded, unless you have special religious reasons.
  
  
• A completed Schengen Visa application form that can be downloaded in the right margin.
  
  
• A completed form "Referee's Appendix – Appendix E" to be filled in by the person inviting you.
  
  
• A completed form "Family Appendix for applicants - Appendix D".
  
  
• For Chinese citizens who wish to visit relatives in Sweden we need Hukou in original, with a photocopy of all the pages. In case your kinship is not shown in the hukou, you are requried to enclose a Notary Certificate stating your kinship in original.
  
  
• Proof of identity of the inviting person in Sweden (personbevis), maximum 3 months old. This can be requisitioned from the nearest local tax office or from the website of the Swedish National Tax Board. The referee must send the completed form (Appendix E) and his/her proof of identity to you so that you can enclose them with your application.
  
  If the person inviting is not a Swedish citizen, a copy of his/her Swedish residence permit is also required.
  
  
• One photo copy of the identity page of the reference person's passport.
  
  
• If the inviting person in Sweden also is economic guarantor, an employment certificate from her/him or other information (copy of bank-book, salary statement or the like) verifying that funds for the stay are available must be provided. If costs for the visit are to be borne by applicant, financial proofs have to be submitted (bank statement);
  
  
• If the applicant has a job, a letter from the employer has to be presented. It should be clear from the letter that the applicant has been granted leave and for how long, i.e. will still be employed after his/her return home. The letter should be signed and stamped and the address, tel number and fax number t your employer should be clear.
  
  
• If the applicant is a student and the time of travel to Sweden is within the school-semester, a letter from the school/university is required where it is certified that he/she is granted leave from his/her studies and for how long. The letter should be signed and stamped and the address, phone and fax number to your school/department of university should be clear.
  
  
• Medical insurance covering at least 30,000 Euro valid during the entire duration of stay in the Schengen area, both original and a copy; Please note! The original Insurance Certificate must be shown to passport control when entering Schengen! You can otherwise risk being denied entrance.
  Please note! The original Insurance Certificate must be shown to passport control when entering Schengen or you can be denied entrance!
  
  
• If the applicant is under 18 years old, a written permission from her/his parents is required.
  
  
• If the Consulate General finds it necessary, you may be asked to provide additional documents or information.

All documents should be submitted in either English or Swedish.

Additional information:

You have to appear in person at the Consulate General when applying.

Presentation of the above-mentioned documents doesn't automatically mean that a visa will be granted.

The application fee is currently 60€ in local currency (eqivalent to 570 RMB). If the visa application is denied, the application fee will not be refunded.

The application procedure takes 5 working days (if the application is complete when handed in at the Consulate General).

If you intend to reside for a longer period in Sweden you should apply for a residence permit instead, and use the special application form for residence permits.