Notification to become a Swedish citizen – for stateless people born in Sweden aged 18 to 21

You are born in Sweden and are stateless since birth. You have turned 18 but not 21 and want to file a notification to become a Swedish citizen.

If you were born in Sweden and have been stateless since birth, are aged between 18 and 21, and have lived in Sweden for at least five years or for a total of ten years, you can file a notification. You can find information about applications for stateless persons born in Sweden by reading on on this page.

Requirements to become a Swedish citizen

If you are a stateless person born in Sweden and wish to become a Swedish citizen by notification, you must meet certain requirements. The following requirements must be met before you submit your notification:

You must have turned 18 but not yet be 21 when the Swedish Migration Agency receives your notification

You must have one of the following:

a permanent residence permit
residence status
right of residence or a residence card.

Alternatively, you must have been granted a temporary residence permit on one of the following grounds:

as a refugee or person in need of subsidiary protection
as a family member of someone in Sweden
impediments to enforcement
exceptionally or particularly distressing circumstances.

You must have lived in Sweden (been habitually resident here) for at least five years

You must not have been convicted of an offence against Sweden’s security or sentenced to a custodial sentence of five years or more

If you have children under the age of 18

If you have children under the age of 18 who live in Sweden, they will become Swedish citizens at the same time as you, if any of the following is true of you:

You have sole custody of the child.
You share joint custody with the child’s other parent, who is a Swedish citizen.
The other parent becomes a Swedish citizen at the same time as you.

If none of these situations apply to you and you want your child to also become a Swedish citizen, you must submit a separate application for the child.

Citizenship for children

How long must I wait for a decision?

It is not possible to say exactly how long you will need to wait for a decision. There are many things that affect the waiting time, for example whether your application is complete to begin with or whether we need to request more information, or whether we need to check with other authorities when investigating your case.

Here we show statistics on how long it has taken for people who have applied for the same permit as you. The statistics are based on cases decided in the last 12 months.

75% of recently decided cases have been decided within:5 months

What does it cost to file a notification?

Notification fee for stateless persons born in Sweden aged between 18 and 21: SEK 475

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

How to file a notification

Fill in the form:

Anmälan om svenskt medborgarskap för den som har fyllt 18 men inte 21 år [Notification of Swedish citizenship for people aged 18 to 21] (315011, only in Swedish) pdf, 637 kB.

Submit the notification

Submit the notification to:

Migrationsverket
Medborgarskapsenheten
601 70 Norrköping

Pay the notification fee

Once we have received your application, we will contact you via email or letter with information on how to make the payment and how much you must pay.

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