Talk:Identity documents in Sweden

The following sentence is no longer valid... Foreigners using a residency permit to verify their identity face longer wait times due to the fact that the immigration board does not collect digital captures of signatures, and in order to instantly approve an application, the employee taking the application must be able to match the signed signature to something on file.

I am a foreign, non-EU immigrant to Sweden, and I only had to wait 2 weeks for my ID card from Skatteverket. Migrationsverket does indeed collect digital signatures at the time the application is submitted, because I signed my application electronically at the Swedish Embassy when I applied. I also signed them with a "wet" signature.

Otherwise, this article is very informative and explains a lot of the problems I've been having with trying to open a bank account in Sweden without an ID card. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pghbob555 (talk • contribs) 19:47, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

I opened a bank account and got a Visa credit card in Sweden without a Swedish ID card. I'm living in Sweden for three years now and have had no need for a Swedish ID. So clearly the part about needing a Swedish ID card to open a bank account is incorrect.

81.170.234.118 (talk) 17:41, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Validity in the EU of Swedish national ID card
The text says:

"It is a valid identity document within the Schengen Area, but according to Swedish law not to EU countries outside the Schengen Area (violating the EU directive on free movement)." This is nonsense. There is no restrictions on validtity according to the Swedish law. The law complies fully with the EU directive. The Swedish police website is however wrong stating that the card only is valid within the Schengen area (not the UK). The truth is that all EU national ID cards (includin the Swedish ones) are valid for entry to the UK, according to guidelines (2013) from Gov.uk.

For references concerning the EU Directive and the Swedish law see National identity card (Sweden). For references concerning the swedish passport police, see their website. For references concerning EU national ID cards in the UK:

"ECB8.11 Identity cards of EEA and Swiss nationals

EEA and Swiss nationals may use identity cards as travel documents for travel to the United Kingdom." from

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-are-acceptable-travel-documents-for-entry-clearance-ecb08/ecb08-what-are-acceptable-travel-documents-for-entry-clearance#ecb81-why-a-passport-or-travel-document-is-needed-and-what-constitutes-one — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.100.204.193 (talk) 15:59, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * The Swedish police has in writing claimed that EU directives are instructions from EU to governments what to implement in laws, and that they is does not directly affect the Swedish police who only follows Swedish law. And the Swedish passport law 5§ claims that passports are needed for Swedes who leave Sweden for the UK. Link:Passlag (1978:302) (Swedish only). The law translates to "5§ A Swedish citizen must not travel out of the country without bringing a valid passport. This does not concern (...) people traveling to Switzerland or to any of the States that have acceded to the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement". This has been confirmed in Swedish legal cases, where the directive text "all Union citizens with a valid identity card or passport ... shall have the right to leave the territory of a Member State to travel to another Member State" is interpreted as "the Swedish government shall write its law either to accept passport or to accept identity card". --BIL (talk) 20:43, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

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