USA, San Francisco

As of January 1, 2019, all residence permit interviews will be conducted by the Embassy of Sweden in Washington D.C. When you have received your notification from the Migration Agency to schedule your interview, please contact the Embassy.

How to contact the Embassy of Sweden in Washington D.C.

For information about obtaining a Schengen visa for visiting Sweden, please call VFS Global at (347) 329-2738 or click here.

The mobile passport stations have been affected by major technical issues. Despite a thorough troubleshooting process, the problems cannot be solved and the mobile passport service will no longer be available. Swedish passport and national ID-card applications can be submitted at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington, D.C. or at the Consulate General of Sweden in New York.

To be able to apply for a passport for a child born abroad, your child must first have been assigned a coordination number. An embassy/consulate will request a coordination number based on the child's name application, which is submitted in person at an embassy/consulate. Processing time is about 6-8 weeks.

The application is free of charge and can be filed at all Swedish consulates in the U.S., as well as at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington D.C. The child must be present when the application is filed, and must be accompanied by at least one legal guardian/parent. Processing time is 6-8 weeks.

> Keep in mind that if you do not plan to apply for a Swedish passport for your child, you do not need a coordination number! You can then instead send a name application directly to the Tax Agency.

The following documents are required:

Name application form SKV 7750, signed by both legal guardians and by the applicant, if she or he is 12 or older. Please download and print.
Legal proof of guardianship, if legal custody has been granted to one parent or to another person.
Child's original birth certificate, clearly stating the names of both parents.
Complete adoption documents in original, including court decree and original birth certificate, if the child was adopted.
Swedish passport for Swedish citizen parent.
Valid photo ID with clearly visible signature for a foreign citizen parent, e.g. passport or driver's license. Please note that ID for both parents must be presented.
Documentation proving U.S. resident status (U.S. visa/ESTA or green card) or U.S. citizenship (U.S. birth certificate/ U.S. Certificate of Naturalization/ U.S. Consular Report of Birth Abroad) for Swedish parent:
- U.S. birth certificate (in original) for any Swedish citizen parent who was born in the U.S.
- Certificate of Naturalization (in original), if a Swedish citizen parent has become a U.S. citizen by application (naturalization).
- Consular Report of Birth Abroad (in original), if a Swedish citizen parent, born outside of the U.S., acquired U.S. citizenship at birth through a U.S. citizen parent.
Original marriage certificate, if parents are married.
Paternity acknowledgment, if parents were not married at child's birth.
Additional proof of birth in original, if the mother (regardless of citizenship) was registered as residing in Sweden (folkbokförd) when the child was born, e.g. hospital records, signed official letter from doctor/hospital attesting to the birth, etc. A birth certificate alone is not sufficient.
A notification form for Swedish citizenship must be submitted for any child born outside of Sweden prior to April 1, 2015, to an unmarried Swedish father and foreign citizen mother, who did not marry later on. Such a child did not automatically acquire Swedish citizenship. This form (available in Swedish only) can be submitted at the same time as an application for a coordination number. The fee is $20. Children born abroad after April 1, 2015, to an unmarried Swedish citizen father and foreign mother acquired Swedish citizenship at birth and there is no need to file the notification form.

Swedish citizens can vote at the Swedish honorary consulate starting on August 18. Please bring a valid identification such as a passport or a driver's license. You need to know your complete Swedish civic registration number (personnummer) if you do not have a Swedish ID. You do not need to bring your voting card if you have not received it in the mail.

The consulate in San Francisco will have special opening hours for voting on the following dates and times:

Thursday, August 18, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM PDT
Tuesday, August 23, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM PDT
Wednesday, August 24, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
Thursday, August 25, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM PDT
Tuesday, August 30, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM PDT
Wednesday, August 31, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM PDT

Please note that the building closes at 6 pm.

For more information about the upcoming elections and the voting process, please visit the Election Authority’s website:
Hur röstar jag? - Valmyndigheten (www.val.se).