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Extension - study in Sweden
You must apply for an extension of your permit before your current permit expires. The Migration Board does not send out reminders.
You will need to visit one of the Swedish Migration Board's Permit Units to submit fingerprints and be photographed. This will usually take place when you submit your application in person. You can also be called to the Migration Board at a later date. You will also be called to the Migration Board if you apply for a residence permit online or if you send in your application by post. The residence permit card will be sent to your address in Sweden.
You apply by using the Form 105031 Application for residence permit for studies and doctoral students. You can choose to submit your application in person to one of the Migration Board's Permit Units or send it in by post. You can also apply online.
You need to send in the following documents:
Most people must pay an application fee; see the page Fees in the left menu.
When you have submitted an application for an extension of your residence permit, you have the right to remain in Sweden while the Migration Board makes a decision or until the decision has entered into legal force*. The Migration Board will send the decision to your address in Sweden.
You have the right to work during the waiting period if you have had a residence permit for university studies for at least six months and submitted your application for extension before your current residence permit expires. You may continue to work until you have received an answer to your application for extension.
If you receive an extension of your residence permit, you may continue to work alongside your studies. If you do not receive a residence permit but receive a decision for expulsion, you may continue working until the decision for expulsion enters into legal force.
Submit an application
You apply by using the Form 105031 Application for residence permit for studies and doctoral students. You can choose to submit your application in person to one of the Migration Board's Permit Units or send it in by post. You can also apply online.
If you have family members who are applying at the same time as you, they will use the Form 135011 Application for co-applicants to students and doctoral students.
What to send in with your application
You need to send in the following documents:
- A copy of your passport, where your identity, citizenship and the period of validity are indicated on the passport. If you have family members who are applying for a permit together with you, copies of their passports must also be included. You must have a valid passport in order for the Migration Board to be able to grant you a permit. If your passport is about to expire, you must apply for a new one in your home country or at your home country's embassy.
- A statement from your institution of learning showing that you have made acceptable progress in your studies. If your are studying at university or college, you are required to have taken 15 credits during the first year, 22.5 during the second year, and 30 credits during the third and subsequent years. If you are a graduate student, you should instead attach proof from your instructor confirming how your training is progressing and the planned dissertation date.
- An account statement or other document showing that you had money for your stay during the time you have been in Sweden, and that your subsistence has been secured for the remainder of your time of study.
- A receipt showing payment of application fee.
Application fee
Most people must pay an application fee; see the page Fees in the left menu.
While your application is being handled
When you have submitted an application for an extension of your residence permit, you have the right to remain in Sweden while the Migration Board makes a decision or until the decision has entered into legal force*. The Migration Board will send the decision to your address in Sweden.
Working
You have the right to work during the waiting period if you have had a residence permit for university studies for at least six months and submitted your application for extension before your current residence permit expires. You may continue to work until you have received an answer to your application for extension.
If you receive an extension of your residence permit, you may continue to work alongside your studies. If you do not receive a residence permit but receive a decision for expulsion, you may continue working until the decision for expulsion enters into legal force.
*Legal force means that the decision can no longer be changed. A decision that is not appealed enters into legal force after three weeks from the time you learn of the decision from the Migration Board or the Migration Court. A decision from the Migration Court of Appeal enters into legal force on the day the Court made the decision. If you declare yourself satisfied with the decision, it enters into legal force immediately.
Sidan senast uppdaterad: 2011-11-23
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