Visa Schengen

Procedure regarding visa appointments  

Starting May 5, 2025, all applicants have to fill out the online visa application, pay and make an appointment through the Migration Agency’s website.

If you have problem with online payment and you do not have international credit cards (e.g. Visa Card or MasterCard), you can still fill out online web application and book your appointment online yourself and then ask someone to assist you in online payment. For this, after registering your application, you need to give your username and passport to another person to log in and pay online for you through My page for e-visa.

If you cannot register and book an appointment on the Internet yourself, you are allowed to let the person you are visiting in Sweden fill out and pay for the application and book an appointment at the Embassy for you. Remember that the inviting person must have access to your personal information and documents to be able to fill out the form, for example information in your passport like spelling of names, date of birth and passport number.

Please make sure all information in the application is filled out completely and correctly such as passport information and full names. 

Applying online 

You can register your application and book an appointment online together with your husband/wife and unmarried children under 18 years of age. Any other people you wish to travel with have to make their own online registration.

1. Prepare the documentation

Check which documents and personal information you need. You must for instance have a valid passport, a medical travel insurance and have booked an air ticket. If you are invited by someone this person needs to prepare documentation. 

REQUIREMENTS FOR TRIPS WITH INVITATION OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS:

THE APPLICANT must present:

1. Valid passport, with a validity that exceeds the date of return to Cuba by 3 months. Photocopy of the identity page and photocopy of all your previous visas.
2. Reservation/booking of the round-trip airline ticket for a maximum of 90 days.
3. Travel insurance already PAID and with the same dates of the ticket reservation, which covers medical expenses in Schengen for a minimum of 30,000 euros.
4. If applicable, a letter from your employer or your school specifying the time you have been enrolled, grade or occupation, and salary. Authorization to go on vacation or leave can be added, specifying the time given. If you are self-employed, show updated proof of your status. If you are a pensioner, you must bring an INASS certificate,
5. If applicable, present documents that prove ties between the parties. Ex: birth, marriage, death certificates, proof of joint travels, accommodations, photos over time. If the person that invites you has a changed family name, you must show proof of the previous one. Minors must present a parental consent in addition to their birth certificate,
6. If applicable, submit certificate(s) showing property(s) in your name (houses, farm, land, cars, etc.) and/or proof of financial means (bank account statement(s) or certificate(s) All documents you submit must not be older than 3 months,
7. Demonstrate that you intend to leave the Schengen area on the last day before the visa expires.

THE INVITOR must send by e-mail, hand in hand, DHL, etc.:

1. Invitation form. Download here: Invitation - Before application for Schengen visa (migrationsverket.se)

2 Employment letter stating name of employer or company, years of work and salary. Business owner should send copy of business registration. If pensioner, please show proof of it.

FOR TOURIST TRIPS:

THE APPLICANT must present:

1. Passport with a validity that exceeds in three months the visa’s validity, has been issued in the last ten years and has at least two empty pages,
2. description of the purpose of your visit,
3. proofs to have money to support the stay and the trip home (Sweden also requires that you have 450 SEK for each day your stay in Schengen, this data can also come from a sponsor),
4. Individual travel medical insurance that covers all costs that may arise in connection with emergency medical treatment, urgent medical care, or transportation to your home country for medical reasons (insurance must cover costs of at least EUR 30,000 and be valid for all Schengen countries),
5. prove that you intend to leave the Schengen area on the last day before the visa expires. In some cases, you can rely on the visa instructions for family and friends,
6. A photo in passport format and taken with you in front of the camera, and not older than six months
7. Hotel reservation and travel program.

FOR APPLICANT ON OFFICIAL VISITS, BUSINESS, TRAINING COURSES, CONGRESSES, FAIRS, ETC.

THE APPLICANT must present:

1. Application form Migr119031, fully filled and signed. Download here: Application for Schengen Visa (migrationsverket.se)
2. Two passport-size photos with white background.
3. Valid passport, with a validity that exceeds the date of return to Cuba by 3 months. Photocopy of the identity page and photocopy of all your previous visas.
4. Official invitation from the international organization.
5. Official letter from the Agency or Ministry, authorizing the trip and explaining the itinerary, if applicable.
6. Travel insurance that covers medical expenses in Schengen for 30,000 euros.
7. Reservation/booking of a round-trip airline ticket for a maximum of 90 days.
8. 90 EUR for application fee to be paid in cash at the Embassy. 

2. Registering application via the Swedish Migration Agency's website

Visit the Swedish Migration Agency's website and read the instructions you need. You register, submit all your documents, pay and make an appointment at the Embassy online at:

Swedish Migration Agency online application

You have to book an appointment for every person applying. Please note that a scheduled appointment cannot be changed. If you don't visit the Embassy at your scheduled appointment for any reason, you have to register a new application and book a new appointment. The Embassy will not give you a new appointment if you miss the one you scheduled when you registered your application.

Before you begin 

Make sure that you:

• have a valid e-mail address
• are able to pay by Visa or MasterCard
• have access to the required attachments as electronic documents
• register yourself as a user.

You must have access to e.g. Acrobat Reader in order for you to print a copy of your application.

Attachments 

Attaching documents will facilitate processing, please notice the following:

• Each document must not exceed 2 Megabytes (2 MB).
• Only Latin characters are allowed in the filename.
• We accept files in the following formats: pdf, doc, docx, jpg, png, rtf or txt.

All documents that you submit must be legible. All documents should be brought in original when you visit the Embassy in Havana.

How it works 

The application consists of a number of questions which you have to answer. Note that you cannot use your browser's (e.g. Internet Explorer's) buttons. Use only the buttons in the electronic form to move forward and backward between pages. You can apply on the same form for yourself and the family members (wife and/or unmarried children under the age of 18) that apply together with you. Other persons travelling together with you must make their own application. All steps in the application must be completed for the application to be submitted.

If you have started to register the electronic application it is possible to interrupt and save it after a certain number of steps. You can resume the registration and complete with attachments and payment. A temporary saved application is stored only for two days.

You have to print out, sign and turn in your application when you visit the Embassy at your scheduled appointment.

Register as a user 

In order to use the Swedish Migration Agency's electronic service you must first register as a user. You begin by accepting the conditions of use. When you register; enter your first name and surname and current e-mail address. A username and temporary password will be sent to you by e-mail. When you enter the application process you must change the temporary password. In the e-mail you will find a direct link to the application form.

The Migration Agency’s support team can help you if you have technical difficulties when using any of online services. This could be related to problems logging in, password questions or error messages.

Technical problems? Contact web support.

3. Visit the Embassy

After registering your application and booking an appointment online for your application to be processed, you must visit the Swedish Embassy in Havana at the appointed time. To identify yourself you must bring your passport in original, be photographed and have fingerprints taken, sign your application and also present all the required documents in original. A personal visit at the Embassy is required also for all family members who are applying together with you.

Bring a print-out of the online application and the confirmation you received via e-mail with you when visiting the Embassy at the appointed time, together with the originals of the documents. If you do not bring all the documents, there is a risk that your application will be rejected. During the visit, you will be required to sign the application and may also be required to answer some additional questions. Furthermore, all applicants (from 12 years of age) must have his or her biometric information taken (ten fingerprints and a photograph).

Biometric data, along with the data provided in the Schengen visa application form, will be recorded in the VIS database and stored for 59 months. If the fingerprints have been taken within the 59 months after November 2015 and if usable, the fingerprints should not be retaken unless the applicant requires having their fingerprints retaken.

The following applicants are exempted from the requirement to give fingerprints:

• children under the age of 12;
• applicants who have applied for a Schengen visa within the past 59 months and then had their fingerprints taken
• persons for whom fingerprinting is physically impossible. If the fingerprinting of fewer than 10 fingers is possible, the maximum number of fingerprints shall be taken;
• heads of State or government and members of a national government with accompanying spouses, and the members of their official delegation when they are invited by Member States' governments or by international organizations for an official purpose;
• sovereigns and other senior members of a royal family, when they are invited by Member States' governments or by international organizations for an official purpose.

All family members who apply at the same time – including children – must visit the Embassy.

You can find the address of the Embassy here: Contact.

4. Wait for the decision

Once your application has been processed, you will be contacted and informed on when your passport can be collected.