Preparing your documents

Get these documents ready. You – and any members of your family moving with you – will need them when you arrive in Sweden.

  • A valid passport and ID card from your country of origin
  • A valid work or residence permit
  • A marriage or domestic partnership certificate (preferably in English) if your partner is moving with you
  • A birth certificate for each child moving with you
 

Check list

Use our essential to-do list and make your move to Sweden and Uppsala extra smooth.

Before you arrive

Sort out your passports, visas and work permits Find somewhere to live Apply for childcare or school Find out about medical and health insurance

When you arrive

Register with the Tax Agency Open a Swedish bank account Understand how Swedish tax works Register with the Social Insurance Agency

Did you know...

… best-selling author and TED Talk legend Hans Rosling grew up and studied in Uppsala.

Move here

Visas and work permits

Registering with the Tax Agency

Swedish taxes

Getting to Uppsala

Moving your belongings

Social insurance

Meet our internationals

“When we got to experience the tranquility and the beautiful environment in Uppsala, we were absolutely convinced that this was the place where we would live.” Antoine Boussaert

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