Digital passport check
Before you can receive a decision about your application for a residence permit, the Swedish Migration Agency needs to check your passport. Some applicants can have their passport checked digitally, instead of presenting it in person.
In most cases you need valid passport to be granted a residence permit in Sweden. When you submit your application, you must attach copies of your passport, but when the Swedish Migration Agency investigates your application, we also need to check the passport to see that it meets our requirements and that it belongs to you.
The check can either be done in person in connection with an in-person visit to a Swedish embassy or consulate general, at the Swedish Migration Agency or the National Government Service Centre, or in the Digital passport check e-service.
If you meet the requirements for digital passport check, you will receive an email from the Swedish Migration Agency with a personal link to the Digital passport check e-service a few days after you have submitted your application.
Please note that even if you do a digital passport check, you may need to present your passport during an in-person visit.
Requirements for doing a digital passport check
You must meet the following requirements to be able to do a digital passport check:
You have applied for a residence permit in one of the Swedish Migration Agency's e-services.
You have stated that you have a passport from one of the countries or territories whose passports can be checked in the Digital passport check e-service.
You have received an email with a personal link to the Digital passport check e-service.
The email was sent to the email address provided in your application. If you are an applicant’s representative with power of attorney, you must forward the email to the person to whom the application applies.
The email contains a personal link to the Digital passport check e-service. There you will find a list of the passports included in your application that can be checked digitally.
Your passport has a chip (e-passport).
Your passport must be an e-passport type, with a chip that stores your digital passport information. The symbol on the front of the passport indicates that your passport contains a chip.
The symbol at the bottom indicates that the passport contains a chip.
If your passport does not have this symbol, it cannot be checked digitally and you may need to have it checked in person. We will contact you with more information if you need to book an appointment to show your passport in person.
You have access to a mobile phone or tablet.
You have the Freja app.
Freja is a mobile e-identification service approved by the Swedish authorities. It allows you to scan your passport and share it digitally with the Swedish Migration Agency.
The app looks like this.