September 30 will be the last day that the embassy office in Bamako is open to visitors. This will imply changes to the handling of residence and work permits, visa applications, passports and consular matters.
Passport applications
The last day for Swedish citizens to apply for a passport at the embassy office in Bamako is September 13, 2024. After September 13, you are referred to other Swedish embassies with an assignment to handle passports.
Consular matters
If you need consular support after September 13, you are referred to the Swedish embassy in Abuja .
Residence and work permits
If you want to apply for a work permit, residence permit for studies or residence permit to live with a family member in Sweden, you are referred to the Swedish embassies in Rabat, Morocco, or Abuja, Nigeria.
In addition to Malian citizens, the services hitherto provided by the Swedish embassy in Bamako also include citizens of Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea-Conakry, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Niger.
Find contact information for Swedish embassies and consulates general at swedenabroad.se
If you have already been in contact with the embassy in Bamako and are waiting for a residence permit card to be able to move to Sweden, you will be contacted to get information about your card.
Application for a Schengen visa
If you live in Mali, or in any of the other countries hitherto served by the Swedish embassy in Bamako, and you want to apply for a Schengen visa to visit Sweden, you are referred to one of VFS Global's offices within the area of responsibility pf the Swedish embassy in Nairobi. VFS offices are located in:
- Kenya (Nairobi)
- Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)
- Nigeria (Abuja, Lagos)
- South Africa (Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town)
- Tanzania (Dar es Salaam)
- Zambia (Lusaka)
- Zimbabwe (Harare)
- Uganda (Kampala)
VFS Global is an external service provider that receives applications for Schengen visas, but it is the Swedish embassy in Nairobi that makes decisions on visa applications in Sub-Saharian Africa.
Read more about VFS Global.
For more information please see the website of the Embassy of Sweden in Nairobi
If you have further questions about Schengen visas, please contact the embassy in Nairobi
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