The Philippines / Visa for visiting relatives

• Application form for Schengen visa
  > Application form
  
  
• Appendix D – Family Appendix
  > Appendix D
  
  
• Passport or other travel document with a validity of at least three months beyond the planned departure from Sweden. Photocopy of the first page of the passport as well as extensions and/or name changes.
  
  
• Previous passport if a new passport has been issued within the last year.
  
  
• Two colour photos not more than six months old, passport-seized (45 mm x 35 mm), full face and taken against a light background.
  
  
• Copy of paid medical travel insurance (for more information see the page:
  > General information about Schengen Visa)
  
  
• Proof of sufficient means if the applicant pays for the stay. The means may be shown by bank statement or copy of bank book.
  
  
• Documentation showing the relationship between the applicant and the referent, such as copy of house registration and/or civic registration paper (Birth Certificate authenticated by NSO on Security Paper or SECPA).
  
  
• Letter of employment if the applicant is working and granted leave from work.

The following documents should be provided by the referent and must not be more than 3 months old:

• Appendix E (Referent’s Appendix), which must be submitted in original
  > Appendix E
  
  
• Civic Registration (Personbevis) obtained from the Swedish National Tax Board (Skatteverket)
  > Skatteverket – Personbevis
  
  
• Passport copy of the first page together with copies of pages with entry or exit stamps to the Philippines.
  
  
• If there is a Filipino citizen in the same household as the reference person, the Filipino person's Civic Registration  must also be enclosed.
  
  
• If the reference person will be responsible for the costs during the stay, proof of sufficient means needs to be shown by bank statement, salary specification or pension specification.