How to get a Swedish "birth certificate" Embassy of Sweden Canberra - How to obtain a copy of your Swedish birth certificate You need to contact Skatteverket Startsida | Skatteverket [NS4 version] and get a Personbevis (which can be ordered online).
Jim: Got it sorted already, thanks. Our "personbevis" are not the same as birth certificates. They are actually a withdrawal from the "peoples registry". I had to get one called "For Foreign Use", which had to be printed on the spot(Stockholm in my case), as it has to be stamped and signed. My dear mom took care of it though.
V: Yeah, the number should be unique, but unfortunately it doesnt satisfy the need of the company, haha. Im gonna ask for the card - seems like a "smoother" thing to carry around than the booklet.
Scorpio: In IMSS´s defense(haha), I knew they wouldn't accept my application, as I couldn't present a birth certificate. Im pleased that other institutions are more flexible when it comes to us Swedes not having the damn certificate. Im more p*ssed off with A: The failure of delivering info the first few visits, and B: The company NOT even telling me "hey, guess what! We can help you..." In the end of the day, its just another experience. Same and worse has happened in Thailand, Norway(!!), Greece and Australia... In Australia I was 36 hours from being deported, since the Swedish "study-board" had a different pay-out date than the entire school system in Australia... After quite a few nervous weeks, countless phone-calls back home and fuming visits to the Embassy, it got sorted. The Swedish study-board finally realized that "hey, its THEIR country, THEIR rules" etc. A very apologetic letter from my Embassy and a 3 hour sit-down at the immigration office in Melbourne, did the job...
Rawkus, ever get the feeling bad luck just follows you around? I was by Unidad de Medicina Familiar No.15 today (the place where you got the Carnet): it was deadly quiet, with no lines, and no waiting, at any of the windows or stations.
My boss is Swedish and has the same luck!!! Just for you Rawkus: [ame=&feature=related]PAT TRAVERS BAND LIVE-BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN PART 2‏ - YouTube
