Information to the public about the Consulates services

The Consulate Can Assist With:

• Consular assistance, including:
  • Applications for coordination numbers in connection with an application for a temporary passport. In other cases, the consulate cannot assist with coordination numbers.
  • Paternity cases
  • Death-related matters
• Temporary passports (regular passport matters are referred to the Embassy in New Delhi)
• Voting services (when applicable)

The Consulate Can Not Assist With:

• Regular passport matters
• Migration matters (including visas, residence or work permits)
• Coordination numbers not related to an application for an emergency passport
• Consent forms for passport applications for minors
• Notary public services
• Life certificates or certificates related to banking matters or other purposes (so-called No Objection Certificate, NOC)
• Authentication of official Swedish documents
• Marriage services, including impediment investigations and marriage certificates (the Consulate General does not have the authority to officiate weddings)
• Applications for authorization to issue Swedish medical certificates for seafarers

In these matters, the Consulate primarily refers to other Swedish missions in the region (e.g., the Embassy in New Delhi), and secondarily to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm.