Coordination number in Ghana

Coordination number for a Swedish child* born in Ghana

Please read the information below carefully before visiting the Honorary Consulate/Embassy.

Swedish children that are born outside of Sweden and have not been residing in Sweden must obtain a coordination number “Samordningsnummer” (Personal Identity Number), before a passport can be issued. The coordination number is issued by The Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket). It is the Embassy that request for the number to be issued. This is done when the parents wishes to apply for the first passport for the child.

The child must be presented to the Consulate in Accra or at the Embassy in Abuja together with, at least, one parent.

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Step 1: Ensure all relevant documents are prepared for the visit.
Step 2: Book an appointment and visit the Consulate or the Embassy for application. The child and at least one parents to attend.
Step 3: Await notification from Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) that the number is ready.
Step 4: When the coordination number is ready (takes about 6-10 weeks), make an appointment at the Embassy in Abuja to apply for an ordinary passport or the Consulate in Accra for a temporary passport.
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The following documents are required in original for the application. Please note that the parents may be requested to provide further documentation upon request:

• Official Birth Certificate issued by “Registrar of Births and Death”.
• Proof of pregnancy and birth records from clinic/midwife/doctor/hospital and/or birth certificate stating the place and who was present at the birth.
• Marriage Certificate (if the parents are married) or 
• Paternity Confirmation in those cases where only the father is a Swedish citizen and when the parents are not married at the time of the child’s birth, and the informant of the birth is not the father. This also applies when the parents are married after the birth of the child. Note that a paternity ruling in the family court needs to state the legal father, not just the biological father.
• Passport of both parents (from Sweden and Ghana if applicable), copies of pages showing arrival and departure stamps for visits to Ghana will be made by the Consulate/Embassy
• Form for” Notification of Name”  Förnamn och efternamn - Ansökan, filled in and signed by both parents. Download the form here (only in Swedish)
• Ghanean passport for the child, if available or
• Certification of identity of the child, if no means of valid passport/ID-document, including one newly taken passport photo, to be filled by one of the parents (form will be made available at the Consulate/Embassy)
• Information for verification of Swedish citizenship filled in by the Swedish parent to reflect the details of the Swedish parent. Download the form here
• ** Proof of Swedish citizenship issued by The Migration Agency, only for children that have obtained their citizenship by notification or application.

*A child will automatically become a Swedish citizen if it is born after April 1, 2015 and one of the parents are a Swedish Citizen.

If the child is born before April 1, 2015, the following applies: The child will become a Swedish citizen if born to a Swedish mother or if the father is a Swedish citizen and the parents were married at the time of birth of the child. A child is also a Swedish citizen if the parents marry after the birth of the child, provided that the father was a Swedish citizen before the child was born. In that case both marriage certificate and paternity confirmation (Court order) is requested. The child will be a Swedish citizen from the date of the marriage.

 ** For a child of a foreign mother and a Swedish father (born before April 1, 2015) who are not married, to become a Swedish citizen, a notification of citizenship is required. Read more on The Migration Agency website. www.migrationsverket.se