Helpful Information
The Dover Consulate operates on an appointments basis only and has no fixed opening days or times.
If the answer to your query can be found below, you will not receive any individual reply to your e-mail. You are therefore requested to read the information below thoroughly.
Where reference is made to the Embassy Web Site please visit www.swedenabroad.se/London
The Dover Consulate does not handle any Visa questions or Visa applications.
For all questions and applications regarding Schengen Visas please contact Migrationsverket. Going to Sweden from the United Kingdom? – Sweden Abroad
More information about Visas to Sweden is available by visiting the Embassy Web Site.
- Please see Embassy Web Site for full details about passport applications and your options on how to go about it
- Passport applications and renewals can only be made at the London Embassy.
- You can only book your request for an appointment online. Swedish Passports in the United Kingdom – Sweden Abroad
- Appointments are released continuously and without notice.
- You do not need an appointment to get an emergency passport at the Embassy which is open on specific days and times for emergency passports. Full information is available on the Embassy Web Site including the possibility to apply for an emergency passport at Edinburgh Consulate only. An emergency travel document is only valid for a one way journey to Sweden.
- You can arrange for collection of your new Passport , ID card or Driving licence from the Consulate, please email jgr@georgehammond.com
- When a new item arrives at the Consulate for collection, holders are notified to the email or UK telephone which the applicant has lodged at The Embassy.
- If we are only given a Swedish Mobile telephone number we do not call it and wait for holder to get in touch.
To apply for a samordningsnummer or register the birth of a newborn child the appointment can now only be obtained at the London Embassy. Please see full details on Embassy website. Passports for children – Sweden Abroad
Swedish Consulates do not deal with migration matters. Where you are directed by Migrationsverket to contact the relevant mission in your country, for the UK that is only the Swedish Embassy in London.
You cannot book interviews for work permits or residence permits at the Dover Consulate or for biometric data to be taken.
Migrationsverket from time to time ask Swedish passport holders to complete a form for Citizenship Verification (Medborgarskapsforklaring). Please check your form carefully and if it says it can be delivered to the Embassy or a Career Consulate (Karriar Konsulat) You must deliver it to the London Embassy because Dover is an Honorary Consulate. Notification of Swedish citizenship – Sweden Abroad
Please note that the Embassy and Consulates cannot answer individual questions about what documentation is needed to travel between Sweden and the UK. For general travel information, please see Embassy Web Site, which is regularly updated & follow Government guidelines.
For general travel information for Sweden, please refer to the Swedish Embassy Web Site. Going to Sweden from the United Kingdom? – Sweden Abroad
For general travel information for the UK, please refer to the Swedish Embassy Web Site. Travel advice for the United Kingdom – Sweden Abroad
For any further information, please check with British Authorities by visiting www.gov.uk/electronic-travel-authorisation Sweden and the UK – GOV.UK
Coordination numbers now expire after 5 years. For more information, please visit the web site of www.Skatteverket.se or call them +46 8 564 851 60 (in Swedish and English).
Please make sure that you always inform the Swedish Tax Agency of your new contact address, so they can then inform you before the coordination number expires.
- London Embassy openings hours and contact information, for Reception, Passport Section, Migration Section and Visa Section. Contact / Opening hours – Sweden Abroad
- Information in respect of the rules for EU citizens moving to the UK post-Brexit. Please note that we cannot answer individual questions about the British immigration system. Please see www.gov.uk.
- The deadline to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme was 30 June 2021, but it is possible to make a late application under certain circumstances. More information and contact information including requirement to keep your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account up to date is available at https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families
Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK www.scc.org.uk
