Apply

Have you assembled all documents?

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

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

Your employer starts your application

Your employer in Sweden will start your application by submitting information about your employment to the Swedish Migration Agency. To do this, your employer needs information about your name, date of birth, citizenship and email address. Once your employer has completed their part of the application, you will receive a link via email, which you should use to continue with your part of the application. Only once you have completed and submitted your part of the application will it be registered with the Swedish Migration Agency.

You complete your application

Once you have received the email with the link, log in to the e-service and fill in the information about yourself. You must also check that the information about your terms and conditions of employment corresponds to what you and your employer have agreed. Once you have completed your part of the application and have submitted it, it will be registered with the Swedish Migration Agency.

Keep in mind that your application must be registered with the Swedish Migration Agency before your current permit has expired. It is not enough for your employer to have filled in their part.

When you apply in the e-service, you can include your family in your own application.

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.

Employees: SEK 2,200
Adult family members: SEK 1,500
Children: SEK 750

Citizens of Japan do not pay an application fee.

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

If you are unable to apply in the e-service, your employer must fill in form Information about the employment (232511), and send it to you. You must then send it in together with your application.

You fill in the form:

Application for a Swedish work permit (149011) Pdf, 900.7 kB.

If your family applies together with you, each family member must fill in the form:

Application for a permit for family members of workers, researchers, athletes or coaches and self-employed persons (133011) Pdf, 918 kB.

Submit or send in 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

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.