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 control, you will receive an email from the Swedish Migration Agency with a personal link to the Digital Passport Control e-service a few days after you have submitted your application.
Requirements for doing a digital passport check
To undergo the digital passport check, you must meet the following conditions:
- You have applied for a residence permit to work, study or move to a family member in Sweden.
- You have applied for a residence permit in the e-service.
- You have a passport from one of the countries or territories whose passports can be checked in the e-service.
- You have received an email with a personal link to the Digital passport check e-service.
A passport with 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.
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.
The symbol at the bottom indicates that the passport contains a chip.
Access to a mobile phone or tablet
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.
Prepare this before your digital passport check
You have received a personal offer via email
If you are eligible for digital passport check, you will receive an offer within a few days of submitting your application.
The email was sent to the email address provided in your on-line 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.
Download the Freja app
Download the Freja app from the App Store, Google Play or Huawei Gallery. The app is free.
To use the Freja app, you need a phone or tablet with a working camera and an NFC reader. Most phones today have an NFC reader; this is the feature you use, for example, to pay in stores by holding your phone against a reader.
If you have questions about the Freja app, contact Freja’s support
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The app looks like this.
If you are applying together with your family
We recommend downloading the Freja app to a separate phone or tablet for each passport that needs to be checked. The Freja app can only manage one passport on each device at a time.
Children under the age of five are an exception. Their passports can be added to a parent’s app after the parent has shared their own passport.
If you want to share multiple passports but only have one phone or tablet, you need to wait for Freja to verify one person’s identity and share that passport. You will then need to delete the app and repeat the process with the next passport.
Create an account and e-identification
Start the Freja app
We recommend turning on notifications for the app.
Enter and confirm an email address, then select a pin code
Take a photo of yourself using the Freja app
Create an identification document by scanning the photo page and chip in the passport
The app will guide you through the process, to ensure that Freja can read all the necessary data. Note that it is the main photo page with the long number code at the bottom that you should scan.
Rotate your phone when scanning your passport.
Final check of passport
Prepare for the final check by looking into the camera, so that Freja can verify that the passport you have scanned really belongs to you.
Submit identification document
Your identification document is now added and ready to be sent to Freja for verification. Tap the button in the app to submit.
Wait while Freja verifies your identity
Freja’s final security check may take up to 24 hours, but it will be faster on weekdays between 08:00 and 22:00 Swedish time. Once the check is complete, you will receive an email or notification from Freja that your identity has been verified.
If Freja notifies you that your identity could not be verified, please use the Digital passport check e-service to inform us as soon as possible that you cannot share your passport information digitally. We can then start processing your application as soon as possible. If you need to present your passport in person, we will contact you with more details.
Share your passport information with the Swedish Migration Agency
You can now access the Digital passport check e-service via your personal link and share your passport information with the Swedish Migration Agency.
In the e-service you will see a list of the passports that have been registered.
- For each passport in the list, you can choose whether or not to share passport information. In the same list, you can also see if any of the passports you entered in your application cannot be checked digitally. This could be because that passport was not issued by one of the countries or territories included in the e-service.
- Once you have selected “Share passport information”, you will need to open the Freja app on the device with which you scanned the passport in question. In the Freja app, you will now need to approve the sharing of passport information with the Swedish Migration Agency. Once you have done that, you can proceed to share the next passport.
If you have been unable or unwilling to share any of the passports in your application, we will contact you by email if you need to book an appointment to show your passport in person.
Can I continue to use Freja as a form of e-identification (e-ID) once I arrive in Sweden?
Using the Freja app to share your passport with the Swedish Migration Agency is a first step in creating a full e-ID in Freja on which other Swedish authorities can rely.
To create a full e-ID in Freja, you need to register with the Swedish Tax Agency and apply for a personal identity number or coordination number. Once you have received a residence permit and set a date for your move to Sweden, you can use the Freja app to notify the Swedish Tax Agency of your move, and thus start your application for a personal identity number or coordination number.
Read more and notify the Swedish Tax Agency of your move to Sweden External link.