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The Embassy of Sweden in Nairobi is handling visa applications for citizens and persons legally residing in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Comoros, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
If you want to visit Sweden and are a citizen of a non-EU country, you may need a visa. A visa is a permit to travel to and stay in a country for a maximum of 90 days.
Please note the application fee will not be refunded if your application is refused.
Citizens from the following countries/territories require a visa when entering Sweden.
Within the framework of the Schengen cooperation regarding visas, Sweden is represented by other countries in a number of places. Similarly, Sweden represents other Schengen states in a number of places. Here is a list of the countries and places where there are representations.
More general information about Schengen visas is also available at the Swedish Migration Agency’s website