Svenska Kulturförbundet i Seattle

(Message from the Honorary Swedish Consulate in Seattle)

Attention! New Last Day to apply for a Swedish Passport!

The last day to apply for a Swedish passport at the Swedish Consulate in Seattle is Tuesday, December 11th, and NOT the 20th as earlier stated.

This new change is due to the Swedish Consulate General in Los Angeles receiving their biometric photo station earlier than predicted. Once they receive the photo station, we can no longer accept passport applications.

Due to this new change we will accept appointments outside our regular office hours (Tuesday - Friday 10am - 1pm) If you need ad appointment please call the consulate and leave a message with your name and number. We will contact you as soon as possible to set up an appointment.

Below is informatoin about the new biometric passports:

These changes are part of the worldwide effort to increase security standards. If you are applying for a regular Swedish passport or a Swedish national id-card and live in the Seattle area, the closest mission with a photo station will be the Consulate General of Sweden in Los Angeles. This means the honorary consulates will no longer accept regular passport or national id-card applications.

Passports and national id-cards can still be picked up at honorary consulates however, but only until Sweden begins to use digital fingerprints in travel documents. This is expected to take place during 2008.

If you need an emergency passport the Honory Consulates can still continue to receive applications for such passports for rush processing at the Consulate General in Los Angeles.

For more information, please visit www.polisen.se or www.swedenabroad.com under "Services for Swedes".

For more information please contact Louise Åkessen at the Swedish Honorary Consulate (206) 622-5640.