Renewing your PUT card: step by step
Your permanent residence never expires, but the card is valid at most 3 years. How to book photo and fingerprints via Min sida without a new application.
Many people get worried when the expiry date on their residence permit card approaches. There is no need: a permanent residence permit (PUT) is valid without any time limit. Only the plastic card itself has an expiry date, just like a passport.
Cards issued today are valid for at most three years. Cards issued before 2022 could be valid for five years. The date is printed on the front of the card, and that is the date to plan your renewal around.
You do not submit any new application and there is nothing to fill in. All that is required is that you book an appointment with Migrationsverket to be photographed and give fingerprints. You book on Min sida at migrationsverket.se, at the earliest three months before the card expires.
Bring your passport or other valid ID and the old card to the appointment. The visit itself usually takes only a few minutes. The new card is mailed to your home within about two weeks, so book well in advance if you plan to travel.
If the card has already expired you still have your PUT — but you may run into problems when travelling, or with employers and banks that want to see a valid card. So book as soon as you can. If you travel outside Schengen you need a valid card to re-enter Sweden without trouble.
Note that the changes on 12 July 2026, when asylum-related permits stopped leading to PUT, do not affect anyone who already holds PUT. A proposal to revoke existing asylum-based PUT (SOU 2025:99) has been postponed. Your permit is therefore valid exactly as before, and the card renewal works the same way.