Swedish study visa processing flow and renewal requirements

To prepare a visa for studying abroad, you need to know what you need to do to apply for a visa, especially the preparation of your own materials. Here is a brief introduction to the Swedish study visa processing process and renewal requirements.

Visa procedure

Step 1: Admission Notice

Before you start to apply for a residence permit to study in Sweden, you must first make sure that you have received the admission notice from the school. For most undergraduate and master applicants, it is to download a PDF file named "Notice of Selection Results" from the website of the applying school, which is the only admission certificate. For exchange students, the admission documents are different. You can look here.

Step 2: Pay the tuition.

Students who have received the school admission notice should always pay attention to the emails sent by the school at this time, one of which tells you how to pay the tuition. Many college students pay by bank remittance. You can refer to it After paying the tuition, some schools have asked to send them a scanned copy of the remittance voucher, instead of throwing it away after paying the fee.

Step 3: Prepare the application materials.

This step is the most important part of the application process!

? application form/application

? A scanned copy of a valid passport

? letter of admission

? medical insurance

? Proof of property

Step 4: Submit the application materials.

There are two ways to submit application materials: one is to apply directly at the Swedish Immigration Bureau in official website, and the other is to apply in person in embassies and consulates in China, Sweden. It is most convenient to apply directly online, but students under the age of 18 need to apply in person at the embassy or consulate. Residents of Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui and Zhejiang should submit their applications to the Swedish Consulate General in Shanghai. Residents of all other provinces should submit their applications to the Swedish Embassy in Beijing. Residents of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Province Province should submit their applications to the Swedish Consulate General in Hong Kong. )

Step 5: Pay the application fee.

After uploading all the materials, choose to pay the application fee with a credit card (or debit card) with the logo of Visa or MasterCard/European Card according to the instructions of the website.

Step 6: Wait for the application result.

Generally, the first online application period for undergraduate and master students is one to two months. You can calculate how long the application will take here.

Step 7: Enter biological information.

After successfully applying for residence permit, you can enter your own biological information: photos and fingerprints in embassies and consulates in China, Sweden. For most students, when your application status becomes "pending", you can enter biological information, which can save a little time.

Step 8: Get a residence permit.

After the residence card is sent to the embassy or consulate, you will receive an email reminding you that you can get the residence card. Students living in other places can write a power of attorney for their friends to take with them and help them get it.

to extend or renew a visa

1. Remember the time of application and the effective time of renewal.

Many inexperienced students often only know how to calculate their deposits within the validity period of renewal, but neglect to calculate the amount between the time of applying for renewal and the effective time of renewal.

Because the Swedish Immigration Bureau thinks so, you are still in Sweden before you get the renewal, so you still need this fee to support the expenses needed for living in Sweden during this period. So the deposit you need should be calculated from the date of your application, not from the effective date of renewal. For example, your residence permit expires on June 30th, and then you apply for renewal on April 1 day, then the validity period of your new residence permit should be from July 1 day to June 30th next year. In this way, the minimum deposit you need to provide is: three-month application period plus ten-month renewal period, which is about one *** 1088 10 kronor.

2. Check the materials required for bank certification.

General bank authentication requires the applicant to provide materials including personal information such as balance, account holder, account type and bank name. If you are a certificate issued by a domestic bank, all these materials need to be translated into English.

Because China Merchants Bank can print the English version of the running water, many international students choose to use China Merchants Bank account to open the certificate. However, you need to pay attention to the fact that the format of the documents printed on the counter is different from that printed on the self-service machine. Some cards opened at the counter will have some information without English translation. If this happens. You can only choose to use the self-service machine to print the certificate and renew the fee.

3. Changes in banking hours

In the past, when applying for renewal of insurance in Sweden, you needed to provide a bank statement for three months. Since last year, this rule has been changed. When you apply for visa renewal, you are not required to show a three-month bank statement, which varies slightly from person to person.

Although you don't need three months of running water, it doesn't mean that the Immigration Bureau won't ask you for bank running water. If they suspect that the materials submitted by you are wrong, they will still ask you to show the bank flow, so it is recommended that there should be no large amount of funds flowing around the application time, or you should prepare the bank flow without any trouble.

4. Increase monthly funds

This is a new change. Since this year, the minimum monthly deposit requirement has been raised to 8,370 kroner.