List of foreign citizens who require Visa for entry into Sweden

Updated

The citizens of these countries and territories need to have visas before entering the Schengen area.

Afghanistan
Albania ****)
Algeria
Angola
Armenia ***)
Azerbaijan ***)
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus ***)
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia *)
Bosnia-Hercegovina ****)
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde ***)
Central African Rep.
Chad
China, excl. Hongkong and Macao **)
Comoros
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Congo, Rep.
Cuba
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia ****)
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Fiji
Haiti
India **)
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakstan
Kenya
Korea (North-)
Kuwait
Kyrgystan
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Moldova ****)
Mongolia
Montenegro ****)
Morocco **)
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia ****)
Northern Mariana Islands
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine
Papua New Guinea
The Philippines *)
Qatar
Russia
Rwanda
Sao Tomé & Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia ****)
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Surinam
Swaziland
Syria
Taiwan *****)
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand *)
Togo
Tunisia **)
Turkey *)
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine ****)
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

 

*) = Holder of a Diplomatic Passport or a Service Passport does not require a visa. Visa-free travel also applies to Turkish citizens who hold special passports.
**) = Holder of a Diplomatic Passport does not require a visa.
***) = Holder of a Diplomatic Passport does not require a visa for a short stay according to an agreement between the EC and respectively state
on the facilitation of the issuance of visas.
****) = Holder of a biometric Passport does not require a visa.
*****) = Holder of a Passport with identity card number does not require a visa.