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You want to extend Swiss citizensYou want to extend Swiss citizens
You are a Swiss citizen and want to extend your residence permit to continue living in Sweden. Your family can also apply.
- Important to know
- Apply
If you want to continue living in Sweden after your residence permit expires, you must apply for an extension of your permit. Apply no sooner than 30 days before your current permit will expire.
Requirements for a residence permit extension
These requirements must be met in order for you to be granted a residence permit:
You must have a valid passport or national ID card
You must still be able to support yourself financially
You must work, run your own business, study or have sufficient financial means to support yourself.
Prepare this before you apply
Correctly made copies of your passport or national ID card
Read more about what the passport copies must show
Documents showing that you can support yourself financially
You must submit documents showing how you can support yourself financially. The documents you must send depend on your occupation.
If you are going to work in Sweden
If you are going to work in Sweden, you must attach a certificate of employment from your employer.
If you are going to run your own business in Sweden
If you are going to run your own business in Sweden, you must attach
- your F-tax certificate and certificate of registration from the Swedish Companies Registration Office
- the most VAT annual report
- proof that you run a business, such as invoices to customers, receipts for purchased materials, and a rental contract for the business’s premises.
If you have purchased a business in Sweden
If you have purchased a business in Sweden, you must attach
- the transfer agreement
- the most recent annual report.
If you are going to study in Sweden
If you are going to study in Sweden, you must attach
- your certificate of admission to a course or programme at least at upper secondary level. Please note that you cannot be granted a residence permit for enrolment in Swedish for Immigrants (SFI) courses. If you have started your studies, you must submit a registration certificate or equivalent document proving that you have started them
- a certificate showing that you have comprehensive private health insurance that is valid during the time you are in Sweden
- an assurance that you have sufficient funds to support yourself during your period of study.
If you have sufficient funds to support yourself in Sweden
If you have sufficient funds to support yourself in Sweden, you must attach
- documents showing how you support yourself, such as pension statements or bank statements
- documents showing your accommodation costs.
If someone else is responsible for your financial maintenance (a guarantor), you must provide a certificate certifying that they will be responsible for supporting you financially, details of the guarantor’s income and/or assets, and a copy of the guarantor’s valid identification document.
If you provide or are a recipient of a service
If you provide or are a recipient of a service, you must attach a certificate, contract or similar documentation stating the type of service and how long you will provide or receive it. The document must be written and signed by the person receiving or providing the service.
Power of attorney – if someone else will be applying for you
A representative can apply for you, if you grant them power of attorney. In that case, the person who applies for you must attach a copy of the power of attorney to your application.
Power of attorney (107011) pdf, 535.3 kB.
Read more about power of attorney
Documents to attach if your family is applying with you
Correctly made copies of each family member’s ID card
Documents showing your relationship
If you are married: marriage certificate, marriage record, or similar document.
If you are cohabiting partners: documents showing that you have lived together, such as population registration certificates, a joint rental contract, or proof of the joint purchase of a home.
Documents to attach if you have accompanying children
Correctly made copies of the child’s passport
Read more about what the passport copies must show
Birth record or birth certificate stating the names of the child’s parents
Documents showing your maintenance obligation
If you have a maintenance obligation to a family member: Documents from the competent authority in the country in which you lived together certifying that you or your partner have a maintenance obligation to your family member.
Documents certifying that the family member is part of your household
If other family members are part of the household: Documents from the competent authority in the country in which you lived together certifying that the family member is part of the same household as you.
If your family wants to apply for an extension at the same time as you
If any of your family has a residence permit to live with you, they can also apply to extend their residence permits. Each family member needs to make their own application.
For how long can I be granted a residence permit?
If you are employed, self-employed, or are living here with other sufficient means of supporting yourself, you can be granted a residence permit for a maximum of five years.
If you are a student, you will be granted a permit for the duration of your studies, but for a maximum of one year at a time.
Once you have had a residence permit in Sweden for five years, you can apply for long-term resident status in Sweden.
Read more on the page You want to apply – Long-term residents in Sweden
What does it cost to apply?
For Swiss citizens and their family members, it costs nothing to apply for a residence permit.
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
Fill in the application
Fill in the form:
Each family member must complete their own application form. This also applies to children.
Submit the application
Submit the application and attached documents to:
Migrationsverket
Box 3100
903 03 Umeå
What does it cost to apply?
For Swiss citizens and their family members, it costs nothing to apply for a residence permit.
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