Facts

What happens to my application?
When you have submitted your application you will be summoned to the embassy or consulate. The embassy or consulate normally conducts a personal interview and then passes the case on to the Migration Board in Sweden.

The Migration Board will send a letter to the person who is a relative in Sweden in which we confirm that we have received your application. The letter will also state that he/she shall answer a questionnaire that is avaliable at our website. He or she must answer the questions in writing and send the form back to the Migration Board.

Who decides?
It is the Migration Board that decides if you will be granted a residence permit. When the decision has been made it is sent to the embassy or consulate where you submitted your application. You will be notified of the decision by the embassy or the consulate.

The permit must be entered into your passport before you enter Sweden. You cannot enter Sweden and wait for a decision.

For further information please contact the Embassy or Consulate.

You may also contact:
The Migration Board
601 70 Norrköping
Sweden
Phone: +46-771-23 52 35
Fax: +46-11-10 81 55
Web:www.migrationsverket.se

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Residence Permit for Sweden

The application should be handed in by the applicant to the Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi. All decisions are made by the Migration Board in Sweden. Neither the Embassy nor anyone else can influence the decision of the Migration Board.

A fee is being collected in the local currency dong (VND) when handing in an application at the Embassy in Hanoi. Please check the fee at the Embassy.

Please note that the Vietnamese documents 4 - 10 should be certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, (40 Tran Phu Street, Hanoi), or the External Relations Service in Ho Chi Minh City (6, Bvd Alexander Rhodes, HCMC). In addition, a notarised English translation of each document should be handed in (two copies per each applicant).

Please make sure that you have the following documents ready before visiting the Embassy.
All documents must be provided in two copies:

1. Two application forms, properly filled out in either Swedish or English and duly signed by the applicant

2. A valid passport or ID-card

3. Two, recently taken, passport sized photos

4. Marriage certificate (if applicable)

5. Divorce decree (if applicable)

6. Death certificate (if applicable)

7. Decision on custody of children (if applicable)

8. Birth certificates of the applicant and the accompanying children (if applicable),
birth certificate of the reference person in Sweden
(if next of kin)

9. Household registration book

10. Statement of mother/father allowing the child/children to move to Sweden (if applicable)

11. A recent copy of Extract of the Population Register, ‘Personbevis’, of the reference person in Sweden.

12. If the marriage is registered in Sweden, please show documentation of this.

The Embassy reserves the right to ask for further documentation should this be required.

No other person than the applicant will be admitted to the interview.

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