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If you want to move to Sweden to live with your family or a close relative, you need a residence permit. Read more at Swedish Migration Agency about how to apply for yourself and on behalf of your child. The Embassy of Sweden in Nairobi is responsible for applications when the applicant is legally residing in; Kenya, Botswana, Tanzania, DRC Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, South Africa, Somalia, Seychelles, Comoros, Eritrea, Mozambique, Lesotho, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Applying and interview
Apply for residence permit in Sweden online through the Swedish Migration Agency’s website.
Contact the Embassy once you have received an e-mail from the Swedish Migration Agency to book a time for interview. You book a time for interview by sending an e-mail to ambassaden.nairobi-visum@gov.se.
In the e-mail, state your personal details and your case number. If you cannot communicate in English an interpreter has to be present during the interview. Inform the Embassy whilst booking your interview if you need an interpreter and in what language.
Bring your passport and the originals of the documents you attached to your application to the interview.
If you are still unable or do not want to apply online, you can submit an application at the Swedish Embassy.
All requests for interview appointments, appointments for submission of applications and other queries about residence permits should be sent by email to ambassaden.nairobi-visum@gov.se.
After the interview
After the interview, your case will transfer back to the Swedish Migration Agency that will decide in your case.
When the Swedish Migration Agency has decided in your case, you will be informed through the e-mail stated in your application. The actual decision will be sent to your family member in Sweden if you have authorized him or her to represent you. Otherwise, you will be informed of the decision by the Embassy.
No decisions will be sent through e-mail.