Residence permit family re-unification – Afghan citizens

• 2 sets of correctly and fully completed Application Forms
(Form No. 115021 for adults and Form No. 113021 for children under 18);
• Original passport and Tazkira (will be returned);
• 2 copies of 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th pages of the passport and 2 of Tazkira; (in family passports the copies of 5th, 6th and 7th pages of the passport and in new passports copy of the last page is also required).
• Two passport size photographs. The photos must be: full face (facing the camera directly with your eyes looking straight at the camera), colour with a light background, no more than six months old and a good likeness of you, bareheaded, unless you have special religious reasons;
• 2 sets of photocopies of the Marriage Certificate both the original and the translation; (in case of family ties with husband/wife). the marriage must be registered with the authorities
• Your reference person's latest proof of identity (personbevis), and; in case your reference is not a Swedish citizen, his/her first and complete decision of residence permit.

Note: The marriage certificate, Tazkira and any other documents in Dari or Pashto, must be translated into English and legalised/attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Afghanistan, Kabul.

You will receive the date and time of your interview after the application is submitted. After the interview has taken place, your application will be forwarded to the Swedish Migration Board for a decision.

Application fee SEK 1500 for main applicant, SEK 750 each for children under 18, equivalent to Pakistani Rupees to be paid by Demand Draft (DD/Banker’s Cheque of Habib Bank Limited) favouring “Embassy of Sweden, Islamabad”

Forms can be downloaded from the Embassy's website or can be hand collected from the Consulates in:

Lahore:  Consulate of Sweden, 5, FCC, Gulberg. Phone: 042 3576 3972

Karachi: Consulate of Sweden, 5-6 Chartered Bank Chambers, I.I Chundrigar Road. Phone: 021 3241 4884
                    
Embassy of Sweden  
P.O. Box 1100   
House 4, Street 5
F-6/3  Islamabad

Phone: 051-2072600
Fax:     051-2825 284

E-mail: ambassaden.islamabad-visum@foreign.ministry.se

Website: www.swedenabroad.se/Islamabad