Business Visa For Sweden

Who needs the Swedish business visa for travel from Sri Lanka?

Swedish business visa is issued for a limited time period of business trip to carry out business pursuits like consulting with business affiliates, attend an educational, professional, scientific or business gathering or conference, negotiate an estate or hammer out a agreement with a Swedish organisation.
A business visa stamp or label placed by a Swedish visa officer on your passport that allows you to go to Sweden to carry out business activities.
Business visa for Sweden are often obtained by the Swedish consulate in Colombo or in the nearest city to your usual residential address. When ever submitting an application for a Swedish business visa, you may be asked to clarify the reasons for traveling to Sweden.

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General Swedish business visa information for residents of Sri Lanka

• Fully completed visa application form for Sweden and mandatory declaration
• Passport size photographs
• Valid national passport and one copy
• Original of valid visa if you are national of another country and one copy
• Your latest bank statement and one copy
• Confirmation letter from your holiday insurance for Sweden showing the insurance coverage and one copy
• Business references (letter from your company, invite from firm or organization in Sweden)
• Proof of group travel/ accommodation reservation in Sweden / air ticket reservation for Sweden and one copy
• Visa fees for Swedish visa
• Please click on Swedish info to determine if you require a holiday visa to visit Sweden or the current tourist visa requirements for Sweden.

Please take note: In individual circumstances, you will be asked to produce additional paperwork. Swedish embassy guidelines and regulations can and do, alter overnight. We take no responsibilty for any such changes or any transaction initiated directly between an individual and the Swedish embassy.

Other types of Swedish visas?

• Swedish visitor visa granted for individuals travelling to Sweden for vacations, tourism, recreation or to see friends and family in Sweden. Should you be a Swedish national, you do not have to request for a Swedish visa. Know more
• Swedish business visa is issued to foreigners either to consult with business representatives, going to a scientific, academic, professional, or business meeting or any other kind of seminar, settle an estate or discuss a contract in Sweden. Know more
• Swedish transit visa allow you to transit through Sweden for no longer than 24 to 72 hours if either you need to enter Sweden on your way to another country or you are travelling to join a ship as a member of the crew.

  Often, you can include dependent children with your visa application if they’re traveling with you on your passport. You may not have to request this kind of visa. Learn more

• Swedish student visa is typically granted to study in Sweden. Student visas are usually temporary visas that allow a person to visit Sweden for a given time period to study at a Swedish educational institution. Know more
• Swedish Working Visa is often issued to work in Sweden. For the most part, you should have a appropriate Swedish visa with work rights. Several short-term and extended work visas are available for Sweden. Learn more about Swedish work visas.

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Please be aware: Make sure you obtain the correct Swedish visas where necessary and it is your obligation to get hold of them. For the most part countries demand passports to be valid for six months immediately after the expiry of the visa. NB: Having a visa isn’t going to guarantee an individual entry on arrival in Sweden.

Visitors should verify personally to make sure that information of specific relevance to them is appropriate. We are not responsible for decisions taken by travellers based on information included in this page.

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In order to obtain additional information about going to Sweden from Colombo, Sri Lanka, please choose the relevant links listed below:

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