Residence Permit for Sweden

IMPORTANT: Please note that as of June 2011 all applicants have to make an appointment with the Embassy before visiting. More information regarding this can be found under the following link: Appointment system for the Embassy

The application should be handed in by the applicant to the Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi or to the Honorary Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City. If you chose to hand in your application at the Consulate in HCMC, and is granted residence in Sweden by the Migration Board, you will be asked to visit the Embassy in Hanoi in order to leave your biometric data before the Embassy can issue you a Residence Card. This will cause a delay in your departure for up to 3 weeks. If applying at the Embassy, the biometric data will be collected in connection with the application procedure.

On May 2011 an EU Regulation enters into force in Sweden which means that a residence permit card will replace the sticker in passports. For more information about this, please click on the following link: Introduction of reisdence cards and biometric data

Before handing in the application to the Embassy, or Consulate, the application fee must have been paid in Vietnamese Dong to the Embassy's account at the ANZ Bank or its branches

(The fee is non-refundable and can be checked in the Application fees list).

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 De 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 or Consulate:


1. two application forms, completed in Swedish or English, signed and dated by the applicant (including two appendix - Family details)

2. a valid passport

3. two photographs of passport style and size ( 35 x 45 mm) for all applicants, including minors.

4. copy of marriage certificate (if applicable), original must be presented

5. copy of divorce decree (if applicable), original must be presented 

6. copy of death certificate (if applicable), original must be presented 

7. decision on custody of children (if applicable), original must be presented 

8. copy of birth certificates of the applicant and the accompanying children (if applicable), original must be presented

9. household registration book, original must be presented

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

11. a copy of the referent's civic registration (personbevis), not older than 3 months

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.