Visa for Visiting Friends or Relatives

• A passport or other travel document, including a copy, valid for at least a further three months after departing from Sweden.
  
  
• A completed application form for Schengen visa.
  
  
• One [1] photograph of passport size.
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• Appendix D: Family Appendix for applicant.
  
• Evidence of occupation/student status and Malaysian Immigration ID card (Proof of Malaysian status with an expiry date of at least 6 months after returning to Malaysia).
  
• 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.
  
  
• The referee in Sweden must also enclose proof of his/her own identity (personbevis) with the form. This can be requisitioned from the nearest local tax office or from the website of the Swedish National Tax Board. The referee must send the completed form and his/her proof of identity to you so that you can enclose them with your application.
  
  If the guarantor is not a citizen of Sweden a copy of his/her Swedish residence permit is also required as well as a copy of his/her passport.
  
  
• Employment certificate from the guarantor or other information (copy of bank-book, salary statement or the like) verifying that funds for the stay are available. Applicant has to provide financial proofs (bank statement, extract from bank book or the like).
  
  
• In cases where applicant has no reference in Sweden a letter from the employer has to be presented. It should be clear from the certificate that the applicant will still be employed after his/her return home. In these cases the applicant has to submit financial documentation such as extract from bank account, copy of the bank book or the like.

Your entry visa must be entered in your passport before your arrival in Sweden. All the application forms are to be found at the Swedish Migration Board.