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Sweden & Belarus

Visit Sweden

If you want to visit Sweden and you are a national of a country outside the EU, you may need a visa. This applies, for example, to nationals of Belarus.

The Embassy of Sweden in Minsk does not have a migration section and since May 2024 the visa representation agreement with Estonia is suspended.

The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is currently working on a long-term solution which is planned to be available this fall. People who wish to travel to Sweden are kindly advised to monitor our website for new information.

Please email ambassaden.minsk@gov.se for urgent matters only. 

Applications for visa type D:

The Embassy of Sweden in Moscow continues to accept applications for visa Type D (diplomatic visas, applicants who have lost their residence permits, etc.).

The Embassy of Sweden in Moscow also continues to conduct interviews. Interviews, biometric data collection, and passport control will be carried out as usual but only two days a week. Please follow the news about the situation at the following link

Please note that the Embassy of Sweden in Minsk does not have a migration department. For matters related to obtaining residence permits and work/study permits, as well as for biometric data collection, third country nationals, including Belarusian citizens should contact the Embassy of Sweden in Moscow.

Biometric data for work/study in Sweden cannot be submitted at other EU member state embassies. This must be done at an Embassy of Sweden, where such services are available.

If you are a Swedish citizen who urgently needs consular assistance, please contact the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ consular hotline (UD:s konsulära jour) in Stockholm:

+ 46 8 405 50 05 
E-post: ud-kc@gov.se

*Please note that in accordance with the Belarusian legislation Belarus nationals can hold two biometric passports at the same time. One passport can therefore be handed in when applying for a visa and the other passport can be used to return to Belarus during the visa handling process.

Last updated 26 May 2025, 3.52 PM