8.5 Residence permits

The Protocol Department at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs must be notified of the private servant's arrival in Sweden in accordance with the normal procedure and thereby apply for a residence permit. A copy of the insurance policy should be attached, if one has not already been submitted. 

A residence permit can be renewed on an annual basis, as long as the private servant works for the same diplomatic agent or career consul. When applying for an extension, the following additional documents should be attached;

• a copy of the insurance policy covering healthcare and accidents twenty-four (24) hours per day for the duration of at least one year or for the contract period, and
• a copy of bank statements for the past year showing salary payments.

A private servant's service is limited to the service of the diplomatic agent or career consul who employed them, except in the case of a succession of ambassadors. Residence permits for private servants will not be granted for periods longer than eight years in total (including time spent as another category of staff or as a family member). Private servants are not permitted to change positions to work for another official of a mission or consulate. Nor are they permitted to work for other employers in the regular Swedish labour market.