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Most people applying for a residence permit to study at a university or college in Sweden can use the online application on the Swedish Migration Agency website.
How to proceed (for paper applications, see further down):
Check which documents and personal data you need.
Read more under ‘Required documents’ and on the Swedish Migration Agency website.
Follow the Swedish Migration Agency’s instructions. You attach documents electronically and pay the application fee using a VISA card or a MasterCard. Family members use the same online application if they apply at the same time as you. The online application goes directly to the Swedish Migration Agency for processing followed by a decision.
Online application on the Swedish Migration Agency website
When the Swedish Migration Agency has reached its decision, you will be informed of this by email. You get the actual decision by visiting the Embassy. Bring your passport when collecting the decision.
If you are granted a residence permit for more than three months, you will be issued a residence permit card.
You will have to visit the Embassy in order to have your photo and fingerprints taken for the residence permit card. You can do so either while waiting for a decision or after you have been granted a residence permit. You need to book an appointment for biometrics.
Bring the passport that you used when applying for a residence permit.
You can find the address of the Embassy under ‘Contact’ in the menu on the left.
Once the residence permit card has been delivered to the Embassy it will be sent out to you by mail to the address that you have provided ín the application process.
If you cannot or do not want to apply online, you can fill in a paper form that you submit in person to the Embassy.
Check which documents and personal data you need. The Swedish Migration Agency gives priority to applications that are completed in full, and you get a decision sooner.
Read more under ‘Required documents’ and on the Swedish Migration Agency website.
Fee must be paid in cash at the Embassy.
Please note that the fee is non-refundable.
3. Present the application at the Embassy
Bring the completed application form with you, together with all the required documents and a receipt of payment for the fee.
You need to book an appointment to hand in your application.
Booking an appointment with the Migration Section: By e-mail: visa.hanoi@gov.se or by telephone during telephone hours, Tuesday and Thursday 15.00 - 16.00 Tel: 043 72 60 400
You can find the address of the embassy under ‘Contact’ in the menu on the left.
The Embassy sends your documents to the Migration Agency in Sweden.
The Swedish Migration Agency informs the Embassy of its decision. The Embassy then contacts you. Bring your passport when collecting the decision.
If you are granted a permit for more than three months, you will receive a residence permit card. You arrange for the card in the same way as described above under ‘Applying online’.
It is the Migration Agency who decides whether or not you will get a residence permit. Once the decision has been taken, it is sent to the Embassy. The applicant will be contacted by the Embassy by phone or e-mail.
If your application is refused, you may appeal against the decision within three weeks of the date you received the decision. You shall send the appeal to the authority who made the decision. If you have given someone a power of attorney to represent you, he or she may may appeal on behalf of you.
If you have general questions regarding residence permits for studies, please contact the Embassy by e-mail at visa.hanoi@gov.se or during our telephone hours, Tuesday and Thursday 15.00 -16.00. If you have any questions regarding an ongoing application you should contact the Migration Agency in Sweden directly.