Required documents for Visa for visiting friends or relatives

When applying for a visa to visit friends or relatives in Sweden, you must submit all of the following documents:
 

• Application for Schengen Visa, completed, signed and dated.
  
  
• Family details - appendix to your application.
  
  
• Travel plan, signed and dated.
  
  
• Passport or other travel document, valid for at least a further three months after the end of the trip. Including copies of all pages of the passport that are not blank and copies of previous Schengen visas (if in another passport).
  
  
• One (1) photograph of passport style and size (35 x 45 mm) for all applicants, including minors. Your photograph must not be older than six (6) months and must be:
  – colour photo
  – recent and of true likeness
  – showing full face
  – taken without headgear
  – head coverings and hats are only acceptable due to religious beliefs, and even then, may not cover any portion of the applicant's face
  – taken against a plain, evenly lit and white background.
  
  Photographs that do not meet these standards will be rejected and may cause delay in processing the application.
  
  
• Invitation form: the person you are visiting in Sweden, relative or friend, has to fill in this form. It should be signed and dated.
  
  
• The reference person in Sweden must enclose a population registration certificate (personbevis) no more than three (3) months old. This can be requisitioned from the nearest local tax office or from the website of the Swedish National Tax Board (Skatteverket). The reference person must send the completed form and his/her proof of identity to you so that you can enclose them with your application.
  
  
• The reference person must also enclose a copy of his/her Swedish passport/ID-card/driving license or passport and Swedish residence permit.
  
  
• A copy of employment or student certificate showing that you have been given leave from your job/studies durig the period you intend to visit Sweden.
  
  
• Documents showing means of support during the trip to Sweden. A bank statement in English verifying that funds for the stay are available, it has to show transactions for the last six (6) months. If the reference person will sponsor the stay, then they are also required to submit their bank statement for the last six (6) months.
  
  
• If the person in Sweden is ill or pregnant, the Embassy needs a recent medical certificate from the doctor or midwife.
  
  
• If the applicant is a minor, a consent for travel in English signed by both parents is needed and copies of their signed passports.
  

* Please note that you have to bring the passport or other travel document in original when submitting your application at the Embassy. Iraqi citizens also have to show their original Iraqi ID card.

* All documents in Arabic must be translated into English.  No specific translator/agency is preferred by the Embassy however the Embassy will only accept translations made by authorized translators. Please note that the applicant is responsible for that the translation is correct. The Embassy is not responsible for information given by translators/agencies regarding the application process.

* All documents enclosed with the application must be in A4-format.

* More information and documents might be required by the Embassy.

* Please note that the fee must be paid in cash (Jordanian Dinars) at the time of application and it is not refundable. 

• If you are granted a visa, then you are required to hand in a valid, personal travel insurance which covers costs for
  – emergency treatment by a doctor
  – urgent ambulance transportation
  – transportation back to applicant's home country if required for medical reasons.
  
  The insurance must cover at least 30,000 Euro and be valid in all Schengen states and cover the total length of stay.
  

Your entry visa must be entered in your passport before your arrival in Sweden.