Moving to someone in Sweden

These pages provide information for anyone wishing to move to Sweden to live with a close relative. The following individuals are classified as close relatives:

• your wife, husband, registered partner or common-law spouse
• a person whom you plan to marry or cohabit with
• your parents
• your children.

Most permits must be completed before emigration to Sweden. The application must be submitted to a Swedish mission abroad or via our online application service.

On these pages you can also find information on how to extend a permit.

Easier for children without passports to move to their parents in Sweden

On January 18, an important decision came from the Swedish Migration Court of Appeal. In the decision, there is a new interpretation of the legal requirements for proving one´s identity when applying for a residence permit based on family ties to a person living in Sweden.
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Delayed residence permit card

Due to a supplier change, the production of residence permit cards has been delayed.  The normal production capacity is expected to continue next week.
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