Visitor residence permit for more than 90 days

If you want to visit Sweden for a total of 90 days or more, you must apply for a visitor’s residence permit. This applies no matter whether you are currently outside Sweden are already in Sweden with a Schengen visa or as a visa-free person and want to extend your stay to last 90 days or longer want to extend a visitor’s residence permit.

If you apply from outside Sweden, you must also book an appointment to visit an embassy or consulate-general when you make your application.

Your stay in Sweden must only be for the purpose of visiting the country

Visiting a relative, friend or partner

Visiting Sweden as a tourist

In exceptional cases, you can be granted a residence permit for business or conference visits.

You can also be granted a residence permit if you have your own business outside the EU and have received a temporary assignment in Sweden. You must own 50 percent of your company and have a leadership role in its organisation.

If you want to visit Sweden to undergo medical treatment here, you can apply for a residence permit for the estimated period of treatment in Sweden, but for a maximum of one year.

The residence permit is only valid for one visit and does not give you the right to work or settle in Sweden.

If you are a close relative (sibling, child or grandchild) of someone in Sweden, you can be granted a residence permit that is limited so that the total time you are permitted to be here is no more than six months. If you have special grounds to be here longer, your stay can last up to a total of nine months.

Parents who are no longer able to work (e.g. pensioners) and who visit their child in Sweden can be granted a residence permit for a total of one year.

You can only get a residence permit in exceptional cases to visit a friend or a partner in Sweden. If you get a residence permit, the total time you are permitted to be here is no more than six months.

If you want to visit Sweden as a tourist for more than 90 days, you can get a residence permit that is limited so that the total time you are permitted to be here is no more than six months.

The time period for which you can be granted a residence permit is determined based on your circumstances and can vary from case to case.

The passport must be valid for at least three months after the end date of your visit.

You must intend to leave Sweden after your stay

You must have at least SEK 700 for each day of your visit to Sweden. You can prove this with a bank statement, pay slip, certificate of employment, or another document that shows that you or the person in Sweden who will be supporting you financially has money to cover the entirety of your stay in Sweden.

You must have an individual medical travel insurance that is valid in Sweden. The Swedish Migration Agency recommends that the insurance cover costs of at least EUR 30,000, be valid in all Schengen countries, and cover emergency medical assistance, urgent hospital treatment, or transport to your country of origin for medical reasons.

You have a valid European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or are a resident of the United Kingdom and have a UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC).

Invitation from the person you are going to visit, if you are applying from outside Sweden

You are a citizen of a non-EU country and want to visit Sweden for more than 90 days or extend an ongoing visit. To do so, you must apply for a visitor’s residence permit.

If you want to visit Sweden for a total of 90 days or more, you must apply for a visitor’s residence permit. This applies no matter whether you are currently outside Sweden are already in Sweden with a Schengen visa or as a visa-free person and want to extend your stay to last 90 days or longer want to extend a visitor’s residence permit.

If you apply from outside Sweden, you must also book an appointment to visit an embassy or consulate-general when you make your application.