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Close relatives

If you are a close relative living in Sweden, you will need to answer a number of questions when your family member submits an application. Whether you will answer these questions online or by mail, and how quickly you can do so, depends on whether your family member has applied online or submitted the application through a Swedish mission abroad.

Web application


Your family member must indicate your personal identity number and your e-mail address when he or she applies online. The Migration Board will contact you via e-mail, and inform you when your family member has submitted the application. You can then log in, and fill in an online questionnaire.
 
Here you can read more about the requirements and how you contribute to your family member's online application.

Application via embassy or consulate


If your family member applies through a Swedish mission abroad, he or she must show your family record card (Familjebevis – a type of personal identity document you order through Skatteverket, the Swedish Tax Agency) when they apply. When the application arrives in Sweden, the Migration Board will review it and then send a letter to the address where you are registered. In the letter it says that we have received your family member's application, and that we want you to fill in a questionnaire and send it to us. You will get information on which questionnaire you must fill in. Please do not fill out any questionnaire before you have received specific instructions on which one applies to your case. You can find the different forms here on the right. The forms are only available in Swedish.
 
It can take several weeks, or even several months, before you get the letter with information about the questionnaire.
 

Power of attorney


If you have power of attorney to represent your family member, you will receive a notification of the decision. If you receive the decision at home, you will need to notify your family member about the Migration Board's decision. If you do not have power of attorney, the Swedish mission abroad will notify them of the decision. Your family member can give you power of attorney at any time during the application process. It is enough for him or her to submit a signed letter where he or she states that you have the right to know about the decision and to appeal if the decision is a negative one.
 

Status check


When your family member submits an application, he or she will receive a case number. This case number has seven or eight digits and is written in the upper right corner of all papers the Migration Board sends to you or your family member. With this number, you can check if the application has been registered or if a decision has been made. Note that only events (that is, registration or decision) from the last 28 days are visible. After four weeks, the case is removed from the status check. You will not be able to see if a decision was made more than 28 days ago.
 
You should also state the case number if you want to send in any documents in your family member's case, or if you want to contact the Migration Board to ask a question about the case.
Page updated: 2011-12-06