Embassy of Sweden Rabat, Morocco

You can find comprehensive information about how to apply for a residence permit and the rules regarding residence permits in Sweden on the Swedish Migration agency’s web page. Moving to someone in Sweden

If you have been offered a job in Sweden, you need to apply for a work permit. The easiest way to apply for a work permit is to make an electronic application through the Migration Agency’s web page. Migration agency - How-to-apply for a work permitYour employer will start the application by registering an offer of employment and you will thereafter receive an email and conclude the application.

If you have completed studies corresponding to an advanced level degree, you can obtain a residence permit to come to Sweden and look for work or explore the possibilities for starting your own business.

The permit may be granted for a minimum of three months and for no more than nine months. During the period that you have this residence permit, your family cannot move to Sweden to live with you.

You can apply online at the link here Residence permit for highly quali­fied persons to look for work or start a busi­ness - Swedish Migration Agency

If the Swedish Migration Agency informed you to book an appointment for an interivew you have to request an appointment for a interview at the Embassy.

If the Swedish Migration Agency asks you to verify your passport, you have two options:

1. If your passport meets certain requirements, you will be instructed to check your passport digitally via a link that you will receive from the Swedish Migration Agency. Please read about the requirements on the Migration Agency’s website Digital passport check – Swedish Migration Agency

2. If your passport does not meet the requirements, you will be instructed to visit the Embassy in person for a passport check. Having received this instruction, you are welcome to the Embassy without appointment on Tuesdays and Thursdays (except when the Embassy is closed) between 2 pm and 3 pm. 

To submit your biometric data, you are also welcome on Tuesdays and Thursdays, see above.

Once the Swedish Migration Agency has made a positive decision in your case, a residence permit card will be produced and sent to the embassy. The time between decision and arrival of the card takes normally between three and four weeks.

When the card has arrived at the Swedish Embassy in Rabat, ​​you will receive an automated email. You can then pick it up without reservation any Tuesday or Thursday (except when the Embassy is closed) between 2 pm and 3 pm. Please note that we do not send cards to be picked up elsewhere.

If you rather prefer your card to be sent by the Migration Agency to your referent in Sweden, please let us know at your interview. You will need to fill out and hand in a power of attorney. A full address of your referent is necessary.

*When you visit the embassy, ​​please present your identity card or passport.

If you have lost your residence card, you can order a new card at the Swedish Embassy in Rabat. 

Since you have lost a document issued by a Swedish authority, you must make a police report with the Swedish police online at Förlustanmälan - borttappade föremål | Polismyndigheten. You also must make a report with the police in the country in which you lost your card.

Send an email to the embassy with your name and information about what has happened, so that we can block your card.

These two police reports shall be shown to the Swedish Embassy in Rabat when you submit your biometrics. You are welcome to submit your biometrics without reservation on any Tuesday or Thursday (except when the Embassy is closed) between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. A new card will be delivered to the embassy within three to four weeks. You can also chose to have it sent directly to a referent in Sweden. If so, you will need to fill out and hand in a power of attorney. 

Information about applying for a visa to Sweden or Iceland.

Information about how to appeal a Schengen visa decision.

No, it is not possible to apply for asylum at an Embassy abroad. Such an application must be submitted directly to the Swedish Migration Agency or the Swedish Border Police when entering the country.

Those unable to apply for asylum in Sweden are generally advised to contact the nearest UNHCR to their city or place of residence.

In this case you should visit this link Pass utomlands in the Swedish version website. You will find more information about the documents and how you can make an appointment.

The MFA and the embassies are responsible for providing consular services, in other words advice and support to Swedes abroad in various emergencies and during major crises. When you contact the MFA or a Swedish embassy, you should be met with respect and in a correct manner. Our consular services are based on the Swedish consular regulatory framework and are to be provided consistently, equally and in a legally certain manner irrespective of where you are in the world. Circumstances and regulations vary in different countries and can sometimes influence conditions for consular responsibilities.

What you, as a traveller, need to prepare ahead of a trip abroad: 

• Read up on your travel destination so you know whether the MFA advises against travel and are familiar with the laws and customs that are relevant for you. Travel information and advice is available on the MFA website and on the Sweden Abroad website.
• Download the MFA ‘UD Resklar’ app.
•  Make sure you have insurance that covers the duration of the trip and your planned activities.
• Make sure you have a valid passport and visa when this is necessary. Check with the country’s embassy as to what applies well in advance of your departure.
• Make sure you have enough money for the duration of the trip, including for a return ticket and unforeseen events.
• Notify close relatives of your travel plans and how you can be reached.
• Report your contact information to the ‘Swedish list’ so that we can contact you if needed.

Here is what we can help you with: 

• Provide travel information and advice by country.
• Provide advice on how to resolve your situation if you are involved in an emergency situation abroad.
• Issue passports: ordinary passports or provisional passports (emergency passports).
• Provide advice on how you can transfer money from your own bank accounts.
• Contact close relatives, insurance companies, medical doctors, banks and public authorities in Sweden.
• Help and guide you in contacts with local authorities in the country.
• Provide an economic loan for returning home to Sweden in an emergency situation when all other options have been exhausted.
• Provide information, advice and support in a major crisis situation.
• If you are arrested by police and are imprisoned, we can make sure that you are provided with a public counsel and request to visit you in prison. If you want, we can contact your close relatives.
• In the event of a death abroad, we keep in touch with close relatives and help them with practical aspects.

Here is what we cannot do: 

• We do not have any banking, interpreter or translation service.
• We do not provide general tourist information or arrange housing or accommodations abroad.
• We do not pay debts, guarantees, fi nes or lawyer costs.
• We do not pay for transport home of a coffi n/urn in the event of a death abroad.
• We cannot infl uence entry and exit provisions of other countries if you are denied entry or exit.
• We cannot interfere in the legal proceedings of other countries.
• If you are arrested by police or are imprisoned abroad, the law of that country always applies. We cannot arrange for special treatment for you on account of your being Swedish.