ETIAS to Sweden
A vast country with a very low population density and an extremely high standard of living. World known for having one of the best welfare systems in the globe, Sweden is also a champion in the emerging sector of green economy.
ETIAS to Sweden: basic facts
Sweden to require ETIAS to most incoming Visa Waiver visitors from 2025
ETIAS needed to enter Sweden for visitors that hold a passport form 60 Visa Waiver Countries
ETIAS to cover for combined a permanence in EU/Schengen Area of no longer than 90 days in 6 months
ETIAS to cover only for incoming journeys whose purpose is either business, leisure, transit or medical treatment.
A glimpse at today’s Sweden
The Scandinavian Kingdom of Sweden is a vast country with a very low population density and an extremely high standard of living. World known for having one of the best welfare systems in the globe, Sweden is also a champion in the emerging sector of green economy. This environment-friendly approach to all aspects of life, including industry and services, is allowing Sweden to gain a more and more relevant position in the research and development of production systems that are expected to steadily contribute towards change the world and its economy.
Also, Sweden is a respected diplomatic power that has been advocating, among many causes, for human rights development and respect and throughout the recent decades have applied a welcoming policy towards refugees coming from several critical areas of the world.
Being part of the European Union and Schengen Area since 1995 Sweden to will, from 2025, enforce a new border policy for Visa Waiver incoming travelers from 60 different Nations.Sweden and ETIAS
As a matter of fact, the Kingdom of Sweden too will require Visa Waiver visitors to hold a valid ETIAS to access its territory whether through land, air or sea borders.
With its commencement ETIAS System aims towards offering faster and more efficient border control checks upon arrival at the EU’s external borders while also remarkably diminishing the rate of cases of border rejections.
Obligation to have a valid ETIAS is, as matter of fact, expected to foster the diplomatic and trading bonds between EU itself and Visa Waiver Countries while on the other hand building a more secure structure to protect the Schengen Area’s External Borders. More specifics about the benefits of ETIAS System to European residents and to incoming visitors are available here.
With the aim of creating a safer travel environment without creating any impediment to genuine visitors themselves, the ETIAS application to Sweden procedure has been conceived so as to be intuitive and easy to approach and is expected to require each candidate approximately 10 minutes of time.
Moreover, it has been predicted that a vast majority of ETIAS applications will receive feedback and in less than 72 hours.How and when to apply?
So as to submit their application for ETIAS all visitors to Sweden that do not need a Consular Visa, including minors, are asked to fill out a brief form where they are to report, in a complete and truthful way, their personal data and contact details, a short set of background check and general eligibility questions.
Once the application feedback is available, ETIAS Visa Waiver will be sent to the personal e-mail of each individual applicant.
ETIAS Visa Waiver is than valid for 3 years starting from its date of issue and allows for multiple entries in either Sweden or any of the 34 Member Countries provided that such trips comply with the general ETIAS limitations for purpose and duration of stay as mentioned above and furtherly analyzed here.Validity and practical terms of Sweden ETIAS
Applicants with a passport expiring in less than 3 years from the application submission date must remember that their ETIAS will cease to be valid along with the passport used for the electronic request procedure.
It is always important to remember that all Visa Waiver travelers to Sweden and Schengen Area in general must have a passport whose expiry date is at least three months away starting from the date they plan to leave from Europe.
When arriving in the Sweden Border Control Officers will always have the authority to ask ETIAS holders to present additional documents to assess the purpose of their travel and to make sure none no passenger plans to overstay within the ETIAS Area.
Among the supporting documents that might be required are:- Return ticket to the country of origin or onwards ticket to a non-ETIAS country
- Health travel insurance
- Proof of sufficient funds to support one’s stay in the ETIAS Area
Any Visa Waiver citizen who is willing to move, work or study in the Kingdom of Sweder or any other Schengen Area Member State on a long-term basis will not be considered eligible for ETIAS and is still required to apply for Consular Schengen Visa.