Starting from 20 June 2007 Gerry´s/ Fedex offices all over Pakistan will receive applications for Swedish student residence permits.> Address list to Gerry´s/Fedex Offices
• 2 sets of duly completed Application Forms (Form No. 105031 for main applicant and 135011 for co-applicants);• Fee deposit slip;• 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;• Original passport and identity card; • 2 copies of first two pages of the passport and 2 of national identity card;• Acceptance/admission letter from University/College in Sweden - original with two copies – original will be returned (the planned study should be full time – minimum 30 points);• Certificate of leave of absence/educational leave (where relevant) - original with a photo-copy;• 2 copies of your own bank statement (both the originals) showing that you have enough money to support yourself throughout the entire planned study period. (Proof that you can support yourself must be provided, e g in the form of some kind of documentation certifying your own bank assets, documentation certifying that you have received a scholarship or in some other similar manner). You are required to show that you will have SEK 7,300 per month at your disposal for 10 months/year; for a co-applicant the required amount will be SEK 3,500 per month and for each accompanying child you will need to show an amount of SEK 2,100 per month for 12 months/year; • Students applying for residence permit for less than one year, i.e. one or two semesters, will from February 1, 2007 need a health insurance covering costs up to 30,000 EURO for urgent and other kinds of health care, hospitalization and costs for trips back home for medical reasons.
* PKR 1,000 is charged by FedEx/Gerry´s.
Before you present your application you must deposit a non-refundable Residence Permit application fee of SEK 1,000 for main applicant, SEK 1,000 for co-applicant (spouse) and SEK 500 for each accompanying child, equivalent to Pakistani Rupees into the Embassy's bank account No: 13530027999203 at Habib Bank Limited, Super Market, School Road Branch, F-6 Markaz, Islamabad or at HBL’s any on-line branch in Pakistan.
The application receiving hours at FedEx/Gerry’s are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon, and for telephone enquiries (Embassy only) 2.00 to 3.00 p.m.
Basic information about application process, requirements and limited status of application can also be obtained through twenty4seven call centre (valid only for calls within Pakistan) by means of pre-recorded voice messages on an automatic answering machine, in English, Urdu or Dari, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week or through the call centre operator during office hours. Premium rate of Rs 10 + taxes per minute will be charged by the call centre. To access the call centre please dial the following numbers: For mobile phone users: 8864 For landline phone users: 090010422
Application forms are available at the Embassy as well as at FedEx/Gerry’s application centres free of charge. Forms can also be downloaded from the Embassy's website or can be hand collected from the Consulates in:Lahore: Consulate of Sweden, 5, FCC, Gulberg. Phone: 042-5753404-6Karachi: Consulate of Sweden, 5-6 Chartered Bank Chambers, I.I Chundrigar Road. Phone: 021-2415697
Embassy of Sweden P.O. Box 1100 House 4, Street 5, F-6/3 ISLAMABAD
Phone: 051-2828 712Fax: 051-2825 284
E-mail: ambassaden.islamabad-visum@foreign.ministry.seWebsite: www.swedenabroad.se/Islamabad