Stockholm view Photo: Ola Ericson
The Embassy cooperates with an external service provider - VFS Global. Visa applications can be submitted in 20 cities in Russia. VFS Global charge a service fee per application, which is an extra fee above the visa fee.
You present your application to one of VFS Global’s offices who forwards your documents to the Embassy. When the decision is ready, you collect your passport and your visa at VFS Global.
At VFS Global website you can find the nearest visa application centre, opening hours and other practical information.
Beware of Non-official VFS Global Sites!
There are several companies and private travel agencies offering visa related services. The Embassy cooperates only with VFS Global. We do not take any responsibility for information provided by private travel agencies or other non-official websites. The use of services other than VFS Global is solely at the discretion of the Customer and at his or her risk.
The official VFS Global website
Applications accepted directly at the Embassy
The following applicants can apply for a visa directly at the Embassy:
All above applicants are asked to send an e-mail to visa.moscow@gov.se, prior to their visit.
Residents of Donbas and Crimea
Residents of Donbas and Crimea must apply for a visa at the Embassy of Sweden in Kyiv, regardless of the travel document they hold.
Please note that holders of Ukrainian biometric passports do not need a visa to travel to the Schengen area as well as in the territories of Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Romania.
Apply for a Schengen visa to Sweden through another EU Embassy
In countries where there is no Swedish Embassy, or the Embassy cannot issue Schengen visas, Sweden has so-called representation agreements with another EU state that can receive your application. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, most representation agreements have been temporarily suspended. If you live in a country where you cannot turn to another EU Embassy to apply for a visa to Sweden, you have the right to apply via any Swedish Embassy that processes visas.
It is possible to apply for a Schengen visa to Sweden here:
-Latvian Embassy in Astana, for residents of Kazakhstan
-Lithuanian Embassy in Almaty, for residents of Kazakhstan
-German Embassy in Yerevan, for residents of Armenia
-German Embassy in Tashkent, for residents of Uzbekistan
-German Embassy in Dushanbe, for residents of Tajikistan
