You are moving together with your family and are studying
In order to be registered in the Swedish Population Register as a student, you need to study for at least 12 months.
As a citizen of a EU or EEA country you have the right to stay in Sweden for three months. To be registered in the Swedish Population Register (folkbokförd) you must need to move to and intend to live in Sweden for one year or more.
You are also required to present documents proving that you have right of residence (uppehållsrätt) for at least one year.
In order to be registered in the Swedish Population Register, you need to notify the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) that you are moving to Sweden. This can be done by visiting one of our service offices (servicekontor). When you visit the office all members of your family who are moving to Sweden must accompany you, including the children.
How to prepare for your visit
To ensure that your visit to a Swedish state service centre goes as quickly and smoothly as possible, we recommend using our “Moving to Sweden” e-service beforehand. This applies whether you are moving to Sweden alone or with a partner and/or children. The e-service is a digital notification available in several languages: English, Arabic, Dari, Pashto and Swedish.
During the notification process, the e-service will suggest which documents you should bring with you to a service centre. Please note that the Swedish Tax Agency may request additional information and documents. Once you have completed all the steps in the e-service, please print out your notification and bring it with you to a service centre along with the other required documents.
The notification process (film)
The film shows how to fill in the application. It is in English with subtitles.
Use our service
Prepare for your visit to the service centre by using our “Moving to Sweden” service beforehand.
Bring the following documents
You need to bring the following documents when you visit one of our service offices:
Passport or national ID card.
Documents showing your civil status, e.g., marriage certificate.
If you are unmarried, you do not need to show your civil status.
Civil status
The following civil statuses exist:
- unmarried
- married or a registered partner
- widow or widower
- divorced.
Birth certificate, if you have children.
A letter of admission showing that you will study for at least 12 months.
You need to study for more than two semesters
In order to be registered in the Swedish Population Register as a student, you need to study for at least 12 months. This means that one school year (two semesters) is not enough time in order to be registered in the Swedish Population Register.
Document showing that you are registered, i.e., enrolled, on a recognized study programme in Sweden.
Recognized study programmes
‘Recognized study programme’ means all upper-secondary study programmes (gymnasieutbildning) and university and university college studies (högskoleutbildning) that are government- or municipal-funded.
Studies at elementary school level and Swedish for Immigrants (SFI) courses do not qualify as recognized study programmes.
A written statement in which you assure that you can support yourself and your family while studying. The certificate must state how long you have to support them, and by how much.
Document showing that you and your family have comprehensive health insurance that is valid for residence in Sweden for a period of at least one year from the date of your move to Sweden. For students, the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) is valid. However, your family members must provide a document that confirms they are insured.
You do not have to provide proof of comprehensive health insurance if you:
- have a pension from Sweden or another Nordic country
- are working in another Nordic country
- were registered as living in another Nordic country at the time of moving.
Documents showing your family relationship.
Show that you belong to the same family
Your family member must be able to show that you belong to the same family. He or she can, for example, show a marriage or birth certificate, or a certificate proving that you have lived together before you moved to Sweden.
Choose one of the alternatives to see what documents your family member will need to bring when you visit one of our service offices:
Husband, wife, registered partner or child under 21
If you are married, registered as partners or if the person moving with you is a child under 21, you must bring:
Marriage certificate.
Birth certificate.
Family book.
Official transcript from another country's civil registration (civil registry) where your relationship is registered.
Common law spouses
Common law spouses refers to couples who are not married but live together as if married. To be considered common law spouses you must be able to show that you live together as if married. You must bring:
An extract from the Population Register from another country.
A purchase contract of your shared residence.
A lease or insurance policy for your shared residence where you both are listed.
Other family members
If you are over the age of 21, or if you are not the spouse or a common law spouse to the family member you are moving in with, you must bring:
A certificate showing that you were dependent on the family member for support prior to moving to Sweden.
A certificate from an authorised authority showing that you have lived together as family members prior to the family member moving to Sweden.
A certificate showing that you have a serious illness that requires that your family member looks after you personally.
Bring original documents
Remember that all documents verifying your civil status or your relationships must be the original documents. You can also bring certified copies.
Certified means that someone has attested that the copy conforms to the original document. Another person must sign the copy, write his or her name in block capitals and write their telephone number.
Comprehensive health insurance
In addition to having sufficient financial funds you also need to have a comprehensive health insurance that is valid for residence in Sweden. It needs to be valid for at least one year from the date that you moved to Sweden. Your health insurance can either be public or private.
You need to bring an extract from the insurance terms and conditions in English. The Swedish Tax Agency cannot give advance notice whether the health insurance will be accepted at the assessment of the right of residence.
Public health insurance
Private health insurance
You will need to present certificate S1 which shows that you have comprehensive health insurance in an EU or EEA country other than Sweden. The health insurance should be valid for you and for your residence in Sweden. It is important that the certificate is valid for at least one year from the date that you moved to Sweden.
The certificate S1 replaces the certificates E106, E109 and E121.
You can also have a fully comprehensive private health insurance. In that case it must fulfil the following four criteria:
1. The health insurance should give you cover for the time that you live in Sweden.
2. It should be valid for at least one year from the date that you moved to Sweden.
3. It should comply with one or other of the following requirements:
- it should compensate necessary healthcare up to a value of at least SEK 10 million, or
- it should correspond to the statutory health insurance in the EU or EEA nation of which you are a citizen or moved from, or
- it may cover necessary healthcare for a lower amount than SEK 10 million but, in that case, the insurance should pay for your homeward journey for continued care in your home country.
4. The insurance may not have any exemption clauses that mean that it does not cover necessary medical care. There may be clauses that apply to dental care, fertility treatments, voluntary plastic surgery and force majeure situations such as war and natural catastrophes as well as preventive healthcare (for example health examinations without a medical justification), vaccinations, care of injuries resulting from participation in official sports competitions or training for such competitions, and care of injuries resulting from ‘high-risk activities’, e.g. parachuting and mountain climbing.
Children under 18
If a child under the age of 18 is planning to move to Sweden, all the guardians need to fill out an application. If one of the guardians is abroad, he or she needs to provide written consent for the move to Sweden.
Children over the age of 16 can fill out their own application without their guardians’ written consent.
If you are a citizen from a EU or EEA country
If your family members are citizens from an EU or EEA country they can have their own right of residence if they fulfil any of the following:
- they are working, performing services or are self-employed
- they are looking for work
- they are studying
- they are self-sufficient.
» More information about moving to Sweden
If you do not have right of residence
If you or your family members do not have right of residence (uppehållsrätt), you are required to have a residence permit (uppehållstillstånd) in Sweden that is valid for one year or more to be registered in the Swedish Population Register.
You can apply for a residence permit at the Swedish Migration Agency.
To be registered
When you are registered in the Swedish Population Register you will receive a Swedish personal identity number. The Swedish Tax Agency will register the following information:
- which building and address you live at
- where you were born and your citizenship
- your civil status and any relationship to your spouse, children or parent.
If you have income from another country
Please remember that when you move to Sweden and become registered in the Swedish Population Register, you may also be obliged to pay tax in Sweden on income that you receive from another country. Please contact the Swedish Tax Agency if you have such income.
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