Become a customer – guide for embassy staff
Are you working for a foreign embassy and have a Swedish ID card issued by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs? Here is a guide on how to become a customer at SEB and which documents you need.
Complete and sign the customer information form
Complete the customer information form, print it and sign it in ink.
When completing the form, please enter your registered address in your home country under Official Address and the embassy’s address in Sweden under Postal Address.
Attach the documents required for your application
Go through the checklist below. Select each heading to see what each document should include.
Checklist
Please provide a copy of your passport and your ID card issued by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Both copies must be marked with the original embassy stamp.
Please provide a certificate of employment issued by the embassy, including your salary and with the original embassy stamp.
If you plan to transfer a larger amount of money from another bank or another country, please provide documents showing where the money comes from. The documents required will depend on the source of the funds.
For example, if the money comes from an inheritance, you may need to provide an estate inventory. If it comes from the sale of a property, you may need to provide the purchase agreement, settlement statement and bank statements.
The documents must be in Swedish or English. Documents in another language must be translated by an authorised translation agency.
If you are liable to pay tax in another country that issues Tax Identification Numbers (TINs), please provide a copy of a document confirming your TIN.
Please print the product list, select the products you would like and sign it.
Submit your application
Check one last time that you have added the place and date, signed the form and included all the documents that apply to you. If anything is missing, it will take us longer to process your application.
Send the signed form and your documents to the address below. You don’t need a stamp if you post your application in Sweden. Please don’t staple the documents together, as we scan them.
Private customer onboarding
GÖH 570
Svarspost
Kundnummer 22238958;
408 00 Göteborg
We will review your application
Once we have processed your application, we’ll contact you. If we need any additional information, we’ll let you know what you need to provide.
More information from the Swedish Bankers’ Association about becoming a customer of a Swedish bank.
Frequently asked questions about your application
We will usually get back to you within two weeks of receiving your application. If your application is complete, we will arrange a meeting at your nearest SEB branch. You will receive information about the meeting by text message and email.
If we need any additional information, we will contact you.
Being a tax resident of a country generally means that you are liable to pay tax on your income in that country, regardless of where the income comes from. You are normally a tax resident of the country where you live and work, but in some cases you may be a tax resident of more than one country.
TIN stands for Tax Identification Number and is a number used by tax authorities to identify you. In Sweden, your Swedish personal identity number (personnummer) is your TIN.
International payments are payments made either directly through SEB or through a third party.
To get to know you as a customer, we need to be able to communicate with you. If you do not understand Swedish or English well enough, you need to bring someone with you who can interpret for you at the meeting.
We cannot arrange an interpreter for you. Please contact your municipality to ask if they offer this service free of charge.