Investera i Värmland

Residence Permit /Registration: Migration Board

An EU/EEA citizen* who is an employee, self-employed person, a provider or recipient of services, a student or a person who has sufficient funds to support himself/herself, has the right to reside in Sweden.

Stays up to 90 days
valid passport or identity card required

Stays more than 90 days
As an EU/EEA citizen you have the right to stay in Sweden without a residence permit. Right to reside must be registered with the Migration Board (Migrationsverket) within 90 days of entering the country.

Required documents
- fill in the Migration Board form "Registration of right of residence"
  No  141011
- copy of a valid passport or national identity card
  (where the nationality is stated)
- documents according to the conditions to "your" category
  (employee, self-employed, provider of service, student, person
  with sufficient funds) - see fact sheet Migration board below.

Registration process
send your application by post to the Migration Board in Karlstad

If you are a citizen of Switzerland, you must apply for a residence permit.

Fact sheet Invest in Sweden Agency, ISA: Work and residence permits and entry visas

* EU member countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom .

EEA countries: all EU member countries and Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein

for more information see Migrationsverkets homepage

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Personal Identification Number: SWEDISH TAX AUTHORITY

All those who are registered in Sweden do have a personal identity number as identification. This number will not change, you keep the same number your whole life.

The first six numbers are your birthday; the last four numbers are a birth number and a check digit. The second last number in the p-number shows your sex; odd for men, even for women. YYMMDD-XXXX

Between the date of birth and the birth number, there is a hyphen (-) which is swapped for a plus sign (+) in the year a person reaches the age of 100.

applying for p-number
at the local Tax Authority, in person. If you need an interpreter, contact the Tax Authority in advance.

required documents
Passport, and any documents proving your civil status, birth certificates for any children who are moving with you, and your residence permit. (see above)

for more information see Skatteverkets homepage