Swedish Personbevis, does it need to be apostilled?

[Linn_Carlos 1]

Hi there! 

I have searched online for hours and hours including in this forum and have gotten none the wiser. So I thought i could attempt to get the info by making a post. 

Is there any fellow Swede here that knows if the Personbevis needs to be apostilled? If yes, only for the visa interview? 

Do they also accept the Personbevis if you present the English version that Skatteverket provides and stamps? Ive read that some people had to request it in Swedish and then get it translated... which makes zero sense!

 

Thank you so much in advance!

[TBoneTX 48,562]

Welcome to the forum!  Someone will be along to help.

[Scandi 4,363]

Go to Skatteverkets website and order the personbevis needed for "utlandsk ambassad eller myndighet".

It's called "Personbevis 120 med ALLA relationer" and is in English.

They will send it to your bokforingsadress and it will be signed AND stamped.

That is all you need. Zero reason to order it in Swedish and have it translated when it comes in English straight from Skatteverket. No need for a notary or anything like that either. The stamp and signature is enough. 

99% of us have never had any issues with this.

The other 1% had their cases looked at by an employee who doesn't understand that Sweden doesn't have birth certificates, we only have this extract from the population register.

If you want to, you can send a short sentence together with the personbevis, explaining exactly this.

A quick Google search will tell them the same thing. 

Edited November 15 by Scandi

[Linn_Carlos 1]

1 hour ago, Scandi said:

Go to Skatteverkets website and order the personbevis needed for "utlandsk ambassad eller myndighet".

It's called "Personbevis 120 med ALLA relationer" and is in English.

They will send it to your bokforingsadress and it will be signed AND stamped.

That is all you need. Zero reason to order it in Swedish and have it translated when it comes in English straight from Skatteverket. No need for a notary or anything like that either. The stamp and signature is enough. 

99% of us have never had any issues with this.

The other 1% had their cases looked at by an employee who doesn't understand that Sweden doesn't have birth certificates, we only have this extract from the population register.

If you want to, you can send a short sentence together with the personbevis, explaining exactly this.

A quick Google search will tell them the same thing. 

Thank you so much! This is very helpful!

[pushbrk 14,114]

Typically, no appostilled documents are required by the USA in the Spouse Visa process.

[Linn_Carlos 1]

12 hours ago, pushbrk said:

Typically, no appostilled documents are required by the USA in the Spouse Visa process.

Okay, so for the adjustment of status, id need to have the documents apostilled? 

[Scandi 4,363]

1 hour ago, Linn_Carlos said:

Okay, so for the adjustment of status, id need to have the documents apostilled? 

No, you use the same personbevis everytime.

I ordered more personbevis after I had moved to the US so I had one with a newer date for my AOS interview. By that time I had already updated my my US address, my new (married) last name and registered my marriage in Sweden, so the new personbevis had all the new info on it. 

[pushbrk 14,114]

On 11/16/2025 at 5:34 PM, Linn_Carlos said:

Okay, so for the adjustment of status, id need to have the documents apostilled? 

No

Edited November 17 by pushbrk

[Ryan H 3,926]

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