On 15 October 2024, Sweden closed its Embassy Office in Bamako, Mali. Operations were permanently halted on 31 December 2024 and the Embassy is now closed.
For general questions concerning Mali, please refer from 1 January 2024 to: sbs.vastafrika@gov.se
The telephone switchboard of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can be reached at the following telephone number: + 46 8 405 10 00
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.
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.
