(edit title) Re-activating personnummer + Getting ID card How to go about it? Options

[Skåne Inhabitant]

Hey all

We'll be arriving in Sweden in 10 days, so a lot is on our minds

Sambo just realized he has a dog-tag from since he lived in Sweden as a kid (everyone apparently got one because of the "nuclear threat"). It has an engraved personnummer in it.

From what I've read, my understanding is that once you get a Swedisdh personnummer, if you leave Sweden it is "retired" and not used for anyone else and if you come back you can re-activate it.

So does anyone know how he would go about doing that (he has the dog-tag issued by the Swedish government back in the late 70s, with an engraved personnummer on it, so he can show that).

Also, when applying for a Swedish ID card, do you bring a photo yourself or do they take one right there.

Thanks in advance for your help

[Mzungu]

Uncertain about circumstances concerning 'dog-tags',however why don't you check the link,or give them a call...

http://www.migrationsverket.se/english.jsp

*lycka-till*

[Kibiri]

It is not migrationsverket, it is skatteverket.

And you dont need to bring a photo, but you need to pay the fee beforehand. There is a link for id-kort at the front page of skatteverkets website.

[Tim Harrison]

Just go to Skatteverket in your hometown to let them know that you have come to Sweden to live here permanently. The process is called Folkbokföring. I am not sure if the dog tags will suffice, but doesn't he have any old ID with the Swedish personnummer, such as a passport or a driver's license?

My wife had lived in the States for 15 years when we moved back to Sweden. We just went to Skatteverket in person with all our IDs and passports with us, and she had her personnummer "reactivated" as now living permanently in Sweden and not abroad. I had to get a new number myself, which usually takes two weeks if it is not vacation times, back logs, or near major Swedish holidays.

Not sure about the new ID card process, as I got mine a few years back, However, this information can be found at the Skatteverket's website.

[kaze]

At the least surely if you give them your various foreign ID and the like they'll go through the process that would normally result in a new personnummer and maybe find he has that old one still existing so reactivate that instead/

[Tim Harrison]

He does not need to get a new nummer, since he already has one. The old personnummber still exists, as it does not expire or disappear if you do not live in Sweden.

As I stated earlier, go to Skatteverket with his dog tags and if possible some kind of Swedish ID (passport or driver's license) showing the personnummer.

[Skåne Inhabitant]

Thanks for all your answers.

Have been to Skatteverket's website and read through how you go about getting an ID.

Really complicated directions BTW. Ah, those Swedes

So you need to pay the fee (400 SEK, I think it was?) BEFORE you apply, into some sort of bank account or "giro".
You can't pay it right there which I find ridiculous.

And isn’t 400 SEK a lot to pay the government just to issue an ID card???

Anyway, so you don’t need to bring a photo, right? They take it right there?

I am not sure if the dog tags will suffice, but doesn't he have any old ID with the Swedish personnummer, such as a passport or a driver's license?

Well, as he lived there when he was 8-13 years old in 1980-85, he has no Swedish ID (doubt he ever had one, if he did it's long lost).

P.S. What are your experiences regarding ID cards.
If you have a Swedish personnummer, do you really need a Swedish ID card (if you are an EU citizen, have an international drivers licence and a passport)?

[Johno]

Quoting from an earlier exchange where I joined in, it was asserted that you dont need it, but ...

Sometimes they will want and will only accept Swedish ID from you, since only that allows them to identify that you "är folkbokförda i Sverige" with an address in Sweden. A foreign passport certainly identifies you, but does not show your address, and also could indicate that you live abroad, not in Sweden.

For example I dont have Swedish ID cos I'm not resident and have had payment with a Swedish Maestro card refused. Only Swedish ID acceptable, the guy said. So there can be instances where it is required, if you want their service. Collecting things from the post office for example has been said to sometimes be problematical.

[Skåne Inhabitant]

Yeah, I think we're gonna get them (Swedish ID cards), but it just ticks me off to pay 800 SEK for 2 IDs.

Is it just me or isn't that a lot?