Sweden - Extension of Residence Permit of those Living With Someone in Sweden

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Procedure

1. Start your application online In the application, fill in information about yourself and your partner or other close relative. If you have children under 18 who also need a residence permit, you apply for them at the same time.
2. Go to the Migration Board's Office for an interview.
3. Wait for the Migration Board's decision. When you apply online to extend your residence permit, you will receive a decision on your application or notification that you need to supplement your application within 5 working days. If the Migration Board is missing information or documents in your application, it will take longer than five working days before you receive a decision.
4. You will receive an e-mail confirming that a decision has been made. The actual decision is then sent to your address in Sweden. When the residence permit card is ready it will be sent to you within about a week.

Apply In Person

In case you are unable to apply online, you may fill in the form Application for residence permit to settle in Sweden, no. 161011. You and your partner together must fill in the form Assurance of cohabitation appendices to application for extended residence permit, no. 243011B.

In the case of applications for children under 18, you fill in the form Application for residence permit to settle in Sweden for a child under the age of 18, no. 163011.

The application form specifies the documents you must attach. Send applications to the Migration Board's permit units closest to where you live.

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Required Documents

The following documents are to be scanned or photographed and sent with your application:

• copies of the pages in your passport which show your personal information, photograph, signature, passport number, passport issuing country, the passport's period of validity and whether you have permission to live in countries other than your country of origin
• copies of a passport or identification document showing personal information for the relative with whom you are applying for a residence permit to live
• the form assurance of cohabitation which your partner must fill in. Please note that you and your partner do not need to print and sign the assurance of cohabitation by hand when you apply online. If you open the form in Adobe Acrobat XI (which you can download free of charge), you can fill out the form and save it on your computer. This makes it simple for you to attach it to your application. If you are unable to save the form on your computer, you will have to print it, scan or photograph it and then attach it to your application.

Note: If your passport is about to expire, you should renew it as you cannot obtain a permit for longer than the validity of your passport. You do this in your country of origin or your country of origin's embassy.

If you are submitting an application for your children at the same time you must also send in:

• a copy of the child's passport that shows their personal information, photograph, signature, passport number, passport issuing country, the period of the passport's validity and whether the child have permission to live in countries other than their country of origin.

If your children are over the age of 18, you cannot include them when you apply online. Instead they should submit their own application on the form Residence permit to settle in Sweden, number 161011.

Office Locations & Contacts

The Swedish Migration Board
Addresses and opening hours
Telephone number: +46 771-235 235
Fax: 011-10 81 55
From Sweden: 0771-235 235
Telephone hours: MondayFriday 08.0016.00
Email
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Eligibility

If you have a residence permit and is planning to continue living in Sweden after your permit has expired, you may apply for an extension of your residence permit.

Fees

Residence permit to live with someone in Sweden:

• Adult: SEK 1,500
• Child under 18 years of age: SEK 750

Your application fee will not be refunded if your application is refused.

Exceptions:

The following persons may apply without paying a fee:

• family members of EU/EEA citizens. Swedish nationals are not included in the group "EU citizens" in this context
• EU/EEA citizens applying for residence permits
• Swiss citizens and their family members
• Japanese citizens.
• husbands, wives, common-law spouses, registered partners and unmarried children under the age of 18 who are applying for a residence permit to live with a family member who has been granted a Swedish residence permit as a refugee, persons in need of subsidiary protection or otherwise in need of protection, due to exceptionally distressing circumstances or due to particularly distressing circumstances.
• parents and siblings of children who have been granted a residence permit as refugees, who are in need of protection or have been granted a residence permit due to particularly distressing circumstances are not included in this exception and need to pay the fee.

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Documents to Use

Applications submitted in person:

• Application for residence permit to settle in Sweden, no. 161011 PDF
• Assurance of cohabitation appendices to application for extended residence permit, no. 243011B PDF
• Application for residence permit to settle in Sweden for a child under the age of 18, no. 163011

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Instructions

Apply at the earliest 30 days before your current permit expires.

If you have had a residence permit for 6 months or more and apply before your current permit expires, you are entitled to keep working while you wait for a decision.

Apply Online

You may start your application for extension online. You will be given clear instructions about how to fill in your application and what you should send with the application.

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Note: You cannot apply online if your relationship has ended.

In order to apply online:

• you and the person moving to Sweden must be older than 18
• you, and your children applying with you, must be registered in Sweden
• you must have a valid e-mail address
• you must be able to pay the application fee by Visa or MasterCard/Eurocard
• you must be able to scan or photograph the documents you are enclosing.

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External Links

• The Swedish Migration Board - Website:

http://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Private-individuals/Moving-to-someone-in-Sweden/Extending-a-permit.html

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