If you have protection status, you may be granted an extended residence permit due to your need for protection. This means that you remain subject to persecution or are at risk of persecution, or that you risk torture or other inhumane treatment in your country of origin.
If you do not have a residence permit on the grounds of protection now, and want to apply for international protection, you must visit one of the Swedish Migration Agency’s reception and return centres in Malmö, Göteborg, Stockholm or Boden.
You do not need to attach any documents
If you are applying for an extended residence permit because you need protection, you do not need to attach any documents to your application. We will contact you if we need more information.
You can get an extended residence permit if you are a family member of a person with a residence permit in Sweden. The following people count as family members:
spouses
registered partners
cohabiting partners
children under 18 years of age
parents of a child under 18 years of age.
If you currently have a residence permit because you are a family member of a person who has applied for international protection and been granted a residence permit, you can be granted an extended residence permit if you are still living together.
You can also apply for an extended residence permit on the grounds of a new family relationship. This applies both if you have been granted a residence permit after applying for international protection and if you have been granted a residence permit as a family member of someone who has been granted international protection. A “new family relationship” means that you do not already have a residence permit based on the fact that the person in question is a member of your family. The person in question can be a new family member, such as a new spouse or a newborn child, but they can also be someone who has long been a member of your family.
Information about your relationship
If you apply for an extension because you are a family member of someone in Sweden, you will be asked questions about who your family member is and about your relationship. The Swedish Migration Agency will check with the Swedish Tax Agency to find out whether you are registered at the same address. In some cases, we may also contact your family member to ask questions.
You need to have a valid passport
To be granted a residence permit on the grounds of ties to a family member, you must have a valid passport. Ideally, it should be a national passport. If it is not possible for you to obtain a national passport, you can apply for an alien’s passport. You can never be granted a residence permit for longer than the validity of your passport.
If you have or are granted refugee or subsidiary protection status, no passport is required to be granted an extended residence permit.
You do not need to submit your passport or a copy of your passport when you apply for an extended residence permit. The Swedish Migration Agency will contact you if we need to verify your passport.
You must attach these documents
If you came to Sweden as a family member of a spouse, registered partner or cohabiting partner who has applied for international protection and been granted a residence permit, and you are still living with the same person, please submit the form:
If you came to Sweden as a family member of a child or parent and want to apply for a residence permit extension because of your family ties to that person, you do not need to submit any documents.
If you want to stay in Sweden because you have a new family relationship, please submit the form:
It is very difficult to obtain a residence permit for a person who does not need protection against persecution or other treatment that constitutes grounds for asylum, or who does not meet the requirements for a residence permit on any other basis. This requires exceptionally distressing circumstances. In these cases, the Swedish Migration Agency makes an overall assessment of, among other things, your health status, your adaptation to life in Sweden, and the situation in your country of origin.
You do not need to attach any documents when you apply for an extended residence permit on the grounds of exceptionally distressing circumstances. We will contact you if we need more information.
You can apply for an extension no sooner than two months before your current permit will expire. Only then can you log in to the e-service. You must apply before your current permit expires. If the permits of multiple members of your family will soon expire, you should all apply for an extension at the same time.
If you apply too late
If you apply for too late, i.e. after your residence permit has expired, you will not be able to work while you wait for a decision. You also risk losing certain benefits, such as establishment support, study allowance or parental allowance.
Moreover, if you apply too late, there is a risk your application will be rejected because you will have been in Sweden without a valid residence permit.
If you previously received an expulsion order and it is still valid, and you do not apply for an extension in time, this can mean that you must leave the country, in accordance with the decision, as soon as your residence permit expires.
Both you and your family must apply for an extension in the same manner. The easiest way for all of you to apply is to apply in the e-service, using e-ID. In the application, each person must state why they want to stay in Sweden.
You can apply for an extended residence permit for a child under the age of 18 of whom you are the parent/legal guardian. Both the child’s parents/legal guardians in Sweden must sign the application. The other parent/legal guardian must therefore sign the form Confirmation of application for residence permit for child (207011), which you must attach to the application.
In these cases, it costs nothing to apply for an extended residence permit:
You have a residence permit as a refugee or person eligible for subsidiary protection.
You have a residence permit as a family member (spouse, cohabiting partner, or child under 18 years of age) of a person who has been granted a residence permit in Sweden as a refugee, person eligible for subsidiary protection, or on the grounds of exceptionally distressing circumstances.
In these cases, you must pay a fee to apply for an extended residence permit:
You are applying for an extended residence permit on the grounds of exceptionally distressing circumstances.
You have a residence permit as the parent of a child who came to Sweden alone and who has been granted a residence permit as a refugee or person eligible for subsidiary protection.
Adult: SEK 1,500 Child under 18 years of age: SEK 750