Arriving and staying
Registering, your personal number, ID and the first weeks in Sweden
Everything that turns you from a visitor into a resident: population registration with Skatteverket, the personnummer or coordination number, ID cards, BankID and the rules for EU citizens and family members.
Start here if you have just moved, or are about to.
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Who does what
All authorities- Swedish Tax Agency, population registrationSkatteverket, folkbokföringRegisters who lives where in Sweden and issues personal identity numbers and coordination numbers.
- Swedish Tax AgencySkatteverketCollects income tax and VAT, handles the yearly tax return and registers businesses for F-tax.
- Swedish Migration AgencyMigrationsverketDecides on visas, residence and work permits, EU right of residence matters and Swedish citizenship.
- Swedish Police AuthorityPolisenTakes crime reports and issues passports, national ID cards, permits and extracts from the criminal record.
- Swedish Social Insurance AgencyFörsäkringskassanPays parental benefit, VAB, child allowance, sickness benefit and other social insurance.
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