Nordic Countries - how hard is it for a US citizen to get a Swedsh visa for 6-month stay?

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paradoxrunway

Jul 5, 10, 11:35 pm

anbrand

Jul 6, 10, 2:46 am

how hard is it for a US citizen to get a Swedsh visa for 6-month stay?

my sister-in-law is married to a Swedish citizen and they live in Sweden. my mother-in-law wants to go live with them for several months because my sister-in-law is expecting triplets in a couple of months.

any advice appreciated! :)
Shouldn’t be a problem or take long time to arrange given the circumstances.

Contact the Swedish Embassy in Washington and they’ll send you the right way. A quick look at their webpage gives the following info:

http://www.swedenabroad.com/Page____78923.aspx

http://www.swedenabroad.com/Start____6989.aspx

bez7

Jul 21, 10, 10:00 am

I want to live in Sweden for 6 months!

gdaily

Jul 31, 10, 3:33 pm

how hard is it for a US citizen to get a Swedsh visa for 6-month stay?If you are just going to stay (i.e not work) or study, I would say that the difficulty on a scale from one to ten will be like "minus 1".

You could also take a weekend-trip to say London after 80-90 days

Do I need a visa to enter Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Norway?
U.S. citizens visiting for fewer than 90 days are not required to obtain a Schengen visa. The Schengen member states maintain a list of countries whose citizens must obtain a visa to enter the zone.

henry999

Aug 1, 10, 6:17 am

You could also take a weekend-trip to say London after 80-90 daysAre you sure about that? Isn't the Schengen rule in such a case 'maximum 90 days in, then at least 90 days out'?

cheers,

Henry

Aviatrix

Aug 1, 10, 9:44 am

Are you sure about that? Isn't the Schengen rule in such a case 'maximum 90 days in, then at least 90 days out'?

It's 90 days in any 180 days - so if someone has stayed the full 90 days they would indeed need to leave the Schengen area for 90 days before they can come back.