Sweden tourist visa from India: the official document checklist, decoded

The checklist, as published

Condensed from the official document linked above; wording is the mission's, shortened. Where the mission names an official form it is listed under "Forms". Always download the current version from the source link on the day you apply.

1. Application for Schengen Visa (No. 119031) with 1 photograph under six months old, white background 3.5x4.5 cm; explain visit plan
2. Original and copy of passport; extension/observation page copies; handwritten passports or manual entries after 01/04/2010 not accepted
3. Previous passports available, irrespective of condition (if lost, a note is required)
4. Proof of lodging (hotel, holiday home rental, campus reservation) for entire Schengen stay; itinerary/tickets if several countries
5. Certificate from the travel agency confirming booking of an organized trip or any other appropriate document indicating the travel plans
6. Copy of original Marriage Certificate and Birth Certificates of children
7. Flight reservation of return ticket; intra-Schengen flight, train itinerary or car rental if several Schengen states
8. Overseas travel medical insurance for all Schengen countries, minimum EUR 30,000, all risks, validity covering arrival and departure dates
9. Documentary evidence of professional activity: employees = 3 months pay slips, contract, employer's holiday approval; student = enrolment letter
10. Self-employed: PAN registration and 3 months bank statements / company registration; pension: 3 months pension statement or property/business income
11. Proof of financial means: 3 months bank statements, other solvency documents; income tax declaration two assessment years; sponsorship proof
12. Consent of parental authority or legal guardian required only if the minor travels alone or with one parent
13. Is applicant's travel accompanied? If yes, mention number and names of co-travellers

Forms named by the mission

• Application for Schengen Visa form No. 119031 (English or Swedish)
• Consent letter for minors
• Power of Attorney (Migrationsverket form 107011) for representatives, mandatory since 1 December 2021, with a copy of the representative's Indian government ID

Notes the mission attaches

• Checklist notes: the applicant might be asked for additional documents or called for an interview; the visa fee is non-refundable; an affidavit is not considered a document of evidence by the Embassy of Sweden.
• Forms in English or Swedish; other-language documents need an authorised translation; only A4 paper accepted; incomplete files are decided on the existing documents.
• Apply at nine VFS Global centres (New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Ahmedabad); no earlier than six months before the intended stay.
• Fees page: EUR 90 adults, EUR 45 children, under 6 nil, charges from 11 June 2024; VFS Global charges a service fee of EUR 19 per application over and above the visa fee.
• The Embassy only cooperates with VFS Global; no accredited travel agents; the main purpose of travel must be Sweden.

What each item is for

Every Schengen checklist is Article 14(1) of the Visa Code made specific: (a) purpose of the journey, (b) accommodation, (c) means of subsistence for the stay and the return, (d) information enabling an assessment of your intention to leave before the visa expires. Read the list above with those four heads in mind: bookings and invitations answer (a) and (b); bank statements, salary slips and tax returns answer (c); employment, business, family and property papers answer (d). Our documents guide explains each head, and the cover-letter guide shows how to make them agree.

For tourism the itinerary is the anchor: coherent dates, cities and bookings that stay live through the decision. Cancelled-looking reservations are the classic route to ground 10 on the refusal form.

Processing time, as stated by the mission

"A decision on your application will normally be available within 15 calendar days. Applications can be lodged no more than six months before the start of the intended stay (nine months for seafarers)." (source) The Visa Code sets 15 calendar days from an admissible application, extendable to 45 (Article 23).

Sweden's record for applications lodged in India

In 2025 Sweden decided 32,536 applications lodged in India and refused 11.4% (all-India average 15.7%); 28.1% of visas issued were multiple-entry. Its consulates: New Delhi (11.4%). Which one handles you depends on your state of residence: see the Sweden country page.