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inePost1
Fr
equent
lyAskedQuest
ions
Deadl
i
nes
1.Whatisthedeadli
neforpayi
ngthefee/appl
yi
ngfort
heresi
dencepermi
t/appl
yi
ngf or
accommodat i
on?
Ans:Thedeadli
neisMay31, however,
iti
sadvi
sedtoappl
ybymidofMayasi tmaytaketimeto
processt
hepay mentandtoapplyfort
heresi
denceper
mitandtoappl
yforaccommodationyou
mustpayy ourf
ee
2.Isthereadeadl i
neforprovi
dingmybi omet r
icsattheDel
hiEmbassy?
Ans: No,thereisnospecif
icdeadli
neforpr ov i
dingyourbi
ometri
cs,af
terpayingyourfee,
apply
fortheresidencepermitatmigrat
ionsverket.seandwhent hestat
usofy ourappli
cat
ionchanges
topending, y
oucanmakeacal ltotheDel hiembassyandpr ovi
deyourbiomet r
ics
Pay
mentofFi
rstSemest
erFee
1.Whatist
hebestwaytotransf
erthefee?
Ans:
Depends,youhav
eonlyt woopti
onseitherthroughcreditcar
d(Let
’sf
acei
t,notal
lhavethat
muchcredi
tli
mitonacredi
tcard),
soit’
sthewi r
et ransf
erthatisl
eft
.Theremi
tt
ancefeevari
es
fr
om bankt
obank,andalsodependsont hatparti
cularday’
sexchangerat
e.
2.Whatdet ai
l
sshouldIincl
udewhil
etransfer
ringthef
ee?
Ans:Iti
smandat oryt
hatyouincl
udeyourinvoicenumberstatedi
ntheinvoi
ceshar
edtoy ou,y
ou
canmaket heirl
if
eeasybystati
ngthecustomernumberaswel l
,andi
ncludi
ngyournamei s
opti
onal.Forsomebanksaccountnumberi srequir
edapartfr
om theI
BANnumber ,f
orthatyou
canuset heaccountnumber:12810118744
3.Wher
ecanIf
indthedet
ail
sfort
ransf
err
ingthefee?
Ans:
Allt
her
equir
eddetai
l
sfortr
ansfer
ri
ngthefeecanbef
oundi
nthef
oot
not
eoft
hei
nvoi
ce
4.Wil
lIgetanyacknowl edgmentf r
om KTHr egardi
ngthereceiptofpayment?
Ans:NotuntilMid-June,butyoucancheckwhet heryourpaymenthasbeenpr ocessedeit
herat
pay.
kth.seandent eryourinv
oiceandcust omernumberi fi
tsay s"t
hisi
nvoi
cehasbeencl osed",
it
meanst hatyourpay menthasr eachedthem,ory oucanmailthem attui
ti
on-
fee-i
nvoice@kth.
se
forf
urthercl
arif
icati
on
Accommodat
ion
1.CanIapplyf
oraccommodati
onwit
houtpay
ingt
hefee?
Ans:No,youhavet
opaythefeeandt
henyoumustapplyf
ort
heaccommodat
ion
2.Wi
llIneedanoffi
cial
admi tl
etterfr
om pr
ogr
am coor
dinat
ortoappl
yforKTH?
Ans:
Noy ouneednotwaitforthat(whi
chBTW wil
lmost
lybesenti
nthemidofMay
),oncey
ou
payt
hef eeyoucanapplyfortheaccommodation.
Resi
dencePer
mit
1.WhencanIapplyf
ort
her
esi
dencepermit
?
Ans:Assoonasyouhav
epai
dthetui
ti
onfeeyoucanappl
yfort
her
esi
denceper
mitat
migr
ati
onsver
ket
.se
2.Whatdocument sarerequi
redf orapplyi
ng?
Ans: Youwoul dneed:
I.Scannedcopyofy ourpasspor t(Fi
rst,
SecondandLastpagesar
eimportantandal
soify
ou
hav eanyot herv i
sasst
ampedi ny ourpassport,scant
hatt
oo)
II.Thepdff rom theuni
versi
tyadmi ssi
ons.se
III.Yourinsuranceprovi
dedbyt heuni v
ersit
y
IV.Abankst atementwithabalanceof8190* 11=90090SEK,abankcer
ti
ficat
e/pr
oofor
schol arshi
porgr ant
3.WhenshouldIgotoDelhif
orbiometr
ics?
Ans:Therei
snospecif
icdeadl
ineforpr
ovidi
ngy
ourbi
ometri
cs,whent
hestatusofyour
appl
i
cationchangest
opending,youcanmakeacal
ltotheDel
hiembassyandprovi
deyour
bi
ometr
ics.
Thet
imingsforv
isi
ti
ngar
easf
oll
ows:
Monday,Thur
sday
,andFr
iday:
09:
00-11:
00hr
s
Tuesday:14:
00-16:
00hrs
Tel
ephoneHour
s:Monday
,WednesdayandThur
sday:
15:
00-16:
00hr
s
4.Whati
stheprocedur
etoappl
yfortheresi
dencepermit
?
Ans:
Kindl
yref
ertotheimageat
tachedtotheprocedur
e
5.Whenwi
llIr
eceivetheresi
dencepermit?
Ans:
Theapproximateti
mei sthati
twil
ltake1.
5monthsfort
her
esi
dencepermitt
oreachyou.
Youcanav
ailthecouri
erservi
cetorecei
vetheper
mitaty
ourhomeortoyourdesi
redaddr
ess.
6.Inthefor
m,iti
saski
ngfortheper
iodforwhichIshoul
dappl
yfort
hevi
sa,
whatdat
esshoul
dI
gi
v et
here?
Ans:Formasterst
udent
swhosecour seisfor2year
sstar
ti
ngt
hisaut
umn2018,
youmay
provi
dethedatesas1-
Aug-2018to1-Sep-2019
7.WouldIhavetosubmitmypassportatt
heembassydur ingt
heprocess?
Ans:No,youneednotsubmi
tyourpassportatanyti
me, howev
er,
carryyourpasspor
twhi
l
e
goi
ngtotheDelhiembassyf
orregi
steri
ngyourbiometr
ics
SSSB
1.WhencanIregist
erforSSSB?
Ans:Youcanregi
steratSSSBont hei
rwebsit
eright
-awaywhenthecredi
tday
sreaches90,
you
mustsuspendyourwait-
li
standoncey ougett
oSwedenandr egi
steratTHS,
youcanupdate
yourdet
ail
sandyourcredit
swill
resume
2.Igotamailst
ati
ngthataft
er120daysifI
'm notamembermyqueuewi l
lbedel
eted,
what
doesthatmean?
Ans:Whenthecredi
tdaysreaches120yourqueuewil
lbesuspended,
butsi
nceyoucanfr
eezeat
90,noworri
es
3.Will
mycreditdaysresett
ozer oaft
erfreezi
ngat90?
Ans:No,y
ourcreditdayswil
lresettozer
oonl yify
ouareonthewai
tl
istf
or36mont
hsory
ou
takeupatenancyagreementory oudecl
ineanapar t
mentt
wice
Ai
rl
ineTi
cket
s
1.Whatar ethecheapestai
rl
ines?
Ans:Sof ar
,wehav eseenEmi r
atesandAi
rIndi
atobecheapest(
Thef
aresar
echeckedonl
yfor
thearr
ivaldays)
2.Whatarethebaggageall
owancesfortheair
li
nes?
Ans:Assumingyouwanttoflycheap,
Iam li
sti
ngonlyfortheEmirat
esandAirI
ndi
a;Emirat
es
off
ers:30+10+7andAirI
ndiaoff
ers23*2+23+7(Thesearestudentof
fer
sfr
om theai
rl
ines)
3.Whatistheproceduret
oav ai
ltheEmirat
esstudentoffer
?
Ans:Therearet
woway syoucandot hi
s,ei
theryoucanaskanagentt obooky ourti
cket
sforyou,
hassl
efreebuttheymighttakesomecommi ssi
on,dependsonwhaty ouwantt odo.Theother
wayisthatyoucanv i
si
tthenearestEmirat
esoffi
ce,carr
yyourpassportcopy
,y ouri
nvoi
ce,and
thepdffr
om theuniver
sit
yadmissionsandbookt her
e.
Onl
inePost2
What
'sSSSB?
I
t'
sthestudenthousi
ngqueuewhi
chwi
l
lbeusedt
ofi
ndapar
tment
saf
ter11mont
hsofKTH
Guar
anteedAccommodation
Themor
ecr
edi
tday
syouhav
e,t
hebet
tery
ouhav
eachanceofget
ti
ngt
heapar
tmenty
ou
appl
i
ed.
Credi
tdaysstar
taccumul
ati
ngf r
om thedayyouregist
eratSSSBWebsit
e,y
oucangat
hercr
edi
t
daysforupt
o90day sbef
oreregi
ster
inginaStudentUnionatSweden(
THS)
1.Open SSSB.se/
en
2.Gotomypagesandr egi
stery
oursel
f
3.Logi
nt omypages.
4.That'
sit.Youstar
tcoll
ect
ingcredi
tday
s
YYYYMMDD-Tempor
arySt
udentI
D
YouneedtobeapartofStudentor
ganizat
ionwhichi
saff
ili
atedtoSSSB(THS)withi
n90days
fr
om thedat
eofappl
icat
ion.Asyouregi
sterinTHS,t
hecreditdayst
haty
ou'veaccumul
atedwil
l
becomeoffi
ci
al.
I
fyoudecl
i
neaf
terappl
yi
ngf
oranapar
tmentTWI
CE,
yourcr
edi
tday
swi
l
lber
eset
.
I
fyouf
ail
tor
egi
stery
our
sel
finaSt
udentUni
onwi
thi
n120day
s,y
ourcr
edi
tday
swi
l
lber
eset
.
Dur
ing90-
120day
sofnon-
regi
str
ati
oni
naSt
udentUni
on,
thecr
edi
tday
swoul
dbef
rozen.
Suspendy
ourcr
edi
tday
s
Aft
er90daysonwaiti
ng-l
ist
, aSuspendbut
tonwillappearonMypagesandyouwil
lbeablet
o
seethedeadl
i
nedatebywhi chyoumustclickt
hebut t
onandputyourqueueonhol
d,unl
essyou
havebecomeaful
lstudentunionmember ,
inordernottolosey
ourpl
aceontheli
st.
Suspendi
ngyourplaceont
hewaiti
ng-
li
stmeansthatyour
etai
nthedaysyouhav
esavedsof
ar
butyoucan’
tcol
lectanymoreday
sunti
lyouhavebecomeastudentuni
onmember.
I
f,whi
leyouareonthewai
ting-l
ist
,youcancelyourst
udentunionmember shi
p,y
ourcr
editdays
wi
llbeautomati
cal
l
ysuspended.Ifyoubecomeamemberagai n,
yourpl
aceonthewait
ingli
st
wi
llbeautomati
cal
l
yreact
ivatedandyouwi l
lconti
nuetocoll
ectcredi
tdays.
Pl
easenotet
hatyoucanonl
ysuspendy
ourpl
aceont
hewai
ti
ng-
li
stf
oramaxi
mum of36
monthsi
ntot
al.
Youcanregi
sterupt
o120credi
tdayswit
houtbei
ngamember
.You’
l
lrecei
veanot
if
icat
iononce
you’
rear
ound90.Soyoucaneasi
lygoti
l
l118-119saf
ely
.
I
fyougetar
oom successf
ull
yaf
terappl
i
cat
ion,
yourcr
edi
tday
swi
l
lber
eset
.
THS: StudentUnionofKTH
THS.kth.se
SSSB: Studenthousingqueue
ht
tps://www.sssb.se/en/
Sor
egi
steratSSSBASAP!

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inePost3
THI
NGSTOBUY
1.55Cms(or21I
nches)Pol
ycar
bonat
eLuggageBagor60LRucksackf
orCabi
nBaggage
(Per
fect
!)
IboughtCar
let
on21i
nches
Phot
oatendofpost
.
60LRucksack 
htt
ps:
//bi
t.
ly
/2j
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2.Pol
ycar
bonat
eCheckinLuggage
Amer
icanTour
ist
erChecki
nLuggage30i
nches
Photoatendofpost
.
3.ORICOUTAElectr
ical
Uni
ver
sal
Adapt
er(
forusi
ngI
ndi
anPl
ugst
her
e)
ht
tps:
//bi
t.
ly
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Phot
oatendofpost
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GN
Phot
oatendofpost
OPTIONALACCESSORY:
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tchboar
d
ht
tps:
//bi
t.
ly
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4.Xiaomi20000mahPowerBank
htt
ps://
bit
.l
y/2Hs8ef
z
5.Dual
BandModem (
3ant
ennas)
6.Per
for
maxSpor
tst
-shi
rt(
Addot
herSpor
tsst
uffsuchasshor
ts)
ht
tps:
//bi
t.
ly
/2I
dei
bv
Li
-Ni
ngSneakersavail
abl
eatbestpr
ice 
htt
ps:
//bi
t.
ly
/2KhNZBo
5.Wi
ntershoes(af
teryoureacht
her
e)
6.Mi
crowav
esaf
efl
atbasesmal
lsi
zer
icecooker(
agai
n,canbuyf
rom Lappi
sFacebookgr
oup)
7.Fl
atbasePressurecooker(f
orhotplat
e)
BuyHawkinsStainl
essSteel2LInduct
ion
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ps:
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t.
ly
/2KhP8sG
8.Ex
traPhoneCov
ers/
Scr
atchGuar
ds(
buyatAl
i
expr
ess)
8.Spar
eGasket
sandSaf
etyVal
ves(
buyatI
KEA)
9.Swi
ssAr
myKni
feorNai
lCut
ter(
Opt
ional
,buyatI
KEA)
10.Visi
tyourfamil
ydoctorandaskthem t
oprescri
beyousomemedi ci
nesthatar
enotbanned
i
nt hi
spartoftheworl
df orsomenormalprobl
ems.Medici
nesforCough,Col
d,Mil
dFev er
,
StomachPr obl
ems,Eyedrops,Toot
hpain.Bri
ngthepr
escri
pti
onaswell.However
,ift
heprobl
em
i
smi l
dthenonl yt
akethese,ot
herwi
segoseeadoct or
.
11.Mi niMedi calFirstKit
Band-ai d
Smal lPainRel i
everSpr ay
Burnol
Vicks
AntiAllergy-Al l
egra
DigeneTabl ets
AntisepticCream
Gauge
Smal lAlcohol PadandI odi
nePrepPad
PBTBandage
1pcWoundDr essingPad
1pcPl asti
cTweez ers
Thermomet er: 
https://
bit.
ly
/2I
f9PVA
12.Vaccum Bags 
htt
ps:
//bi
t.
ly
/2KVKi
5N
Nopumpr equir
ed
13.TuxedoorBl
azer(
opt
ional
)
14.For
mal
Shi
rtandTr
ouser
s
15.Guy
s,y
ouneedt
oleav
eurmai
nsi
m car
dher
e(unl
essbuy
ingi
nter
nat
ional
roami
ngpl
an)
Sot
hatBankOTPscanbeoper
atedeasi
l
y.
Formoredetai
leddescr
ipti
onvi
si
tthebel
ow
l
ink 
htt
ps:
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i
v i
nglagoml
ife.
wor
dpress.
com/…/
05/
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ng4swe…/

Onl
inePost4
Whattodoaf teryouarri
veinSweden?
1.RegisteryourselfatKTHEnt r
e,andtakeyourkeyst
otheapar
tment.
2.GotoTaxOf fi
ceandr egi
steryoursel
f(y
ou'l
lgetaSwedi
shpersonal
nummer
),t
hisi
sonl
yfor
thosestayingfor>1Yeari nSweden 
Fornon-
Eur
opeans,i
tmightt
ake3t
o4mont
hst
ogetI
DnumberandI
Dcar
dbef
orey
ou'
reabl
e
toopenabankaccount
3.GetaSI M-Hal l
onPr eferr
edat ht
tps://www. hal
lon.se/ 
(Comvi
qorTeli
aorTel enoror
Lycamobi l
e)
4.Regist
eratTHSwi t
hy ournewper sonalnummer( ortemporar
yone)andphoneet c,y
ourSSSB
credi
tday swil
lbeof f
iciall
yconti
nuedf rom thereon.YourSSSBaccountwillal
sobeupdatedwith
thenewdet ail
s.
5.Aft
ery ouhavey ourper sonal
nummer ,youcaneasi lyopenabankaccount(SeeDanskeBank
bestforstudents)
TheSwedishbanki
ngsystem i
sdif
fer
entfr
om I
ndi
anBankingsystem,t
heyof
fernoi
nter
eston
savi
ngsbankaccountandinst
eadchargeyouf
orpr
ovi
dingserv
ices,SOCHOOSEWISELY!
Mor
eonBanki
ng 
htt
ps:
//www.
kth.
se/
blogs/
student
blog/
tag/
banki
ng/
Br
ingaFOREXCar
dfr
om I
ndi
afori
nit
ial
emer
genci
esbef
orey
ouopenabankaccount
6.Getacy
clei
fyoul
i
venear
byoranSLPass(
Bus/
Trai
n/Tr
am pass)atSL.
se
7.Av
anza.
sef
orMut
ual
Fundi
nvest
ing/
Stocks(
Theyal
soof
ferAv
anzaBank)
8.I
ndi
ausesPay
TM,
SwedenusesSwi
sh!
Mor eon
Transpor
tat
ion 
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ps:
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com/
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mal
i
nk/
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Onl
inePost5
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KTHACCOMMODATI ONS
**
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Thi
sisadetai
l
edpostregardi
ngAccommodati
ons(f
acili
ti
es,
locati
onsetc.
)whi
chshal
lhel
pyou
i
ndecidi
ngwhataccommodat i
ont
opref
er(budget
,locati
on,pr
ivacyet
c.)
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Typesofaccommodati
on
Ty
pe1)Si
ngleone-r
oom apartment–kit
chenett
eandbathroom i
napar
tment
Ty
pe2)Shar
edone-room apart
ment-kit
chenett
eandbathroom i
napar
tment
Ty
pe3)Shar
edapartmentwithtwoormor erooms-ki
tchenett
eandbathroom i
napar
tment
Ty
pe4)Corr
idorr
oom –shar edki
tchen,
insomecasesalsosharedbat
hroom
NOTE-Laundryroomsar ecommonnomattert
het
ypeofaccommodat
ionandav
ail
abl
eint
he
housi
ngarea,notalwaysi
nthesamebui
l
ding.
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CAMPUS(4locat
ions)
1.DKV-Thisisnotavail
abl
eforMaster
'spr
ogr
am st
udent
sbutonl
yforexchangeones,
whi
chi
s
clear
lymenti
onedonthewebsite
(Theref
ore,
Iam notaddi
ngdetai
ls)
2.HEMMET
->Si
ngleoner oom (t
y pe1)andsi
ngl
esharedroom (
type2)apar
tment
savai
l
abl
e
->Rent4100SEK/ mont hperper
sonforshar
edand6800SEK/ mont
hperper
sonforsi
ngl
e
->Water,el
ectri
ctyandinter
neti
ncl
uded
-
>Near estsubwayst ati
on-5minswalk
->Li
braryandKTHFi tnessCentr
einclosepr
oximi
ty
3.OSQULDASVAG
-
>Singleoner oom (t
y pe1)apar
tment
savai
l
able
-
>Rent6300- 7500SEK/ monthperper
son
->Water,el
ectri
ctyandinter
neti
ncl
uded
->Nearestsubwayst ati
on-5minswalk
->Li
braryandKTHFi tnessCentrei
ncl
oseproxi
mit
y
4.TEKNIKRINGEN(new,wewil
lbeamongthefi
rstt
enants)
->Si
ngleone-r
oom, t
wo-
bedr
oom andt
hree-
bedroom apart
ment
sav
ail
abl
e(mostpr
obabl
yty
pe3)
->Rentnotsetyet
NOTE-Wecanchooset hetypeofaccommodat
ionwepr
eferbutcan'
tchooseex
act
lywhi
ch
l
ocat
ionwewillbeall
ott
edoncampus
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KI
STACAMPUS
1.HANSTAVAGEN
->Si
ngleoneroom (ty
pe1)andsi ngl
esharedroom (
type2)apar
tment
savai
l
abl
e
->Rent2600SEK/ monthperpersonforshar
edand5000SEK/ mont
hperper
sonforsi
ngl
e
->Water,
elect
rict
yandinter
netincl
uded
->Subwaystati
onnearby-Kista
->Cit
ycentre-20minutesviasubway
-
>KTHMai ncampus-30mi nut
esv i
asubway
2.JYLLANDSGATAN
-
>Si ngleoneroom (type1)apar tment savai
labl
e
-
>Rent6100SEK/ mont hperper son
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