How to apply

The description below applies to you if you are the citizen of a country outside the EU/EEA and wish to move to live with a family member who is also a citizen of a country outside the EU/EEA or is a Swedish citizen. 

Applying online

1. Prepare your documentation: Check which documents and personal data you require. Please note the required documents varies depending on your relation to the person in Sweden. Find more information at the Swedish Migration Agency’s webpage. The Swedish Migration Agency gives priority to applications that are completed in full, and you get a decision sooner.

2. Applying: Follow the Swedish Migration Agency's instructions for applying online over the Internet. You attach documents electronically and pay the application fee using a VISA card or a MasterCard. Apply here: Swedish Migration Agency web application.

If you are a Palestinian citizen. Please select you are a citizen of STATE OF PALESTINE when submitting your application for residence permit.

3. Your family member must answer questions: Your family member has to fill in a questionnaire. Once you have sent in your application, he or she will automatically receive an email with instructions. The family member must reply to the questions within two weeks.

4. Visit the Consulate: Wait for the email you receive asking you to make an appointment at the Consulate. Only then will the Swedish Migration Agency have gone through both your application and your family member’s replies and have transferred your case to the Consulate.

You make an appointment by contacting the Migration Section through e-mail booking.jerusalem@gov.se, or by phone. Tel: + 972 (0)2-646 58 82, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 13:30- 14:30.

At the Consulate, you have to prove your identity by showing your passport, and will be interviewed. Children applying for a residence permit are also interviewed. If the child is too young, the person looking after the child is interviewed instead.

Bring along the originals of the documents you attached to your online application. Please note the Swedish Migration Agency might ask you to bring additional documents. You will also be photographed and fingerprinted for the residence permit card you receive if you are granted a residence permit. This also applies to children.

You can find the address of the Consulate General under Contact.

After the interview, your case is transferred back to the Migration Agency in Sweden. Even if you do not attend the interview or contact the Consulate General your case will be sent back to the Swedish Migration Agency. This might result in your application being rejected.

5. After the decision: When the Swedish Migration Agency has reached its decision, you will initially be informed by email. The actual decision can be sent to your family member in Sweden, if they have power of authorly to represent you.

6. Wait for the residence permit card: If you are granted a residence permit, you will be issued a residence permit card.

The card is ordered automatically if you have already been photographed and fingerprinted. If you have not been photographed and fingerprinted, you should visit the Consulate General. Bring your passport.

It can take up to three weeks for the residence permit card to be made and delivered to the consulate.

If you do not need a visa to enter Sweden, and have not been photographed and fingerprinted, you can travel to Sweden and arrange for the residence card there. Contact the Swedish Migration Agency to have your photograph and fingerprints taken.

 

Applying on a paper form at the Consulate General

1. Prepare your documentation: Check which documents and personal data you need. Please note the required documents varies depending on your relation to the person in Sweden. Find more information at the Swedish Migration Agency’s webpage. The Swedish Migration Agency gives priority to applications that are completed in full, and you get a decision sooner.

2. Book an appointment to personally submit your application at the Consulate: Book an appointment through booking.jerusalem@gov.se. The following information should be provided for all applicants when booking an appointment:
- Full name
- Date of birth 
- ID-number
- Phone number where we can reach you

3. Present your application at the Consulate General: Bring along the filled in application form, together with all required original documents. You can find the address of the Consulate General under Contact.

You will also have to pay the application fee: Adults SEK 1500, Children under 18 years old SEK 750. Please note the Consulate only accept payments in local currency (ILS).

4. Visit the Consulate General for an interview: The Consulate will book you a new timeslot for an interview. Most applicants who apply for a residence permit are interviewed, including children. If the child is too young, the person looking after the child is interviewed instead.

During the visit you will also be photographed and fingerprinted for the residence permit card you will receive if you are granted a residence permit. This also applies to children.

After the interview your case will be sent to be processed by the Swedish Migration Agency. Even if you do not attend the interview or contact the Consulate General your case will be sent back to the Swedish Migration Agency. This might result in your application being rejected.

5. After the decision: If your family member in Sweden have power of attorney the decision from the Swedish Migration Agency will be sent to the family member’s address in Sweden. If no power of attorney has been signed you will be contacted by the Consulate General through telephone.

6. Wait for the residence permit card: If you are granted a residence permit, you will be issued a residence permit card. You arrange for the card in the same way as described above under ‘Applying online’.