Apply

Have you assembled all documents?

Before you start your application, you must have assembled the documents you will need to attach.

See which documents you must attach under the Important to know tab

Requirements for applying in the e-service

To apply in the e-service, you must

  • be 18 years or older
  • have a valid email address
  • be able to pay the application fee with a payment card issued by Visa or Mastercard
  • be able to scan or photograph the documents you need to attach.

E-service for permanent residence permit for doctoral students

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Adults: SEK 1,500
Children under 18 years of age: SEK 750

You will not receive a refund if your application is rejected.

Fill in the application

If you cannot apply in the e-service, you must fill in the forms:

Application for a permanent residence permit for doctoral studies (117011) Pdf, 801 kB.

Family details – Appendix to your application (239011) Pdf, 876.4 kB.

If your family is applying with you, each family member must fill in the form:

Application for a permanent residence permit for family members of a doctoral student (257011) Pdf, 809 kB.

Power of attorney

If you are the representative for all your co-applicant family members aged over 18 years old, and you are not applying via the e-service.

Power of attorney (107011) Pdf, 1.1 MB.

Submit the application

You can either submit the application and the attached documents at one of the Swedish Migration Agency’s service centres or send them to:

Migrationsverket
Box 3100
903 03 Umeå

Pay the application fee

If you submit your application at one of the Swedish Migration Agency’s service centres, you will pay the fee there.

If you submit your application by post, you pay the fee via bank account number 5223-7005. The IBAN account number is SE6912000000012810106908 and the BIC/SWIFT code is DABASESX (Danske Bank). In the box “Message to payment recipient” you will write the first and last name of the person that the application fee is for as well as their national ID number and/or file number. If you are paying the fee for several people at the same time, you will provide all the national ID numbers and/or file numbers.