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Processing fees and payment methods

The processing of an application is subject to a fee. We will not start processing your application until you have paid the fee. If you do not pay the processing fee, your application for a residence permit, a travel document or revocation of a prohibition of entry will expire.

For information about refunds of payments, see the page Refund of a payment.

Payment methods

You cannot pay the processing fee to the account of the Finnish Immigration Service, unless there are such instructions on the application form.

Voucher

If you have been granted a voucher, bring it with you to the service point. Only paper vouchers are accepted. Please make sure that the voucher is still valid. The voucher must state 

  • who the voucher is for 
  • which application or applications the voucher is for and 
  • that the voucher is meant for the Finnish Immigration Service.

Fees of the Finnish Immigration Service (EUR) in 2024

The fees charged by the Finnish Immigration Service are laid down in the Ministry of the Interior's Decree. Note! Certain applications are free of charge, as laid down in the decree mentioned above. The applications that are free of charge are listed at the bottom of this page.

Processing fees are not subject to value added tax (VAT).

Citizenship matters

  

EUR
  Paper application Electronic application
Citizenship application 690 490
Application for release from citizenship 690 -
Citizenship declaration 220 150
- declaration of a minor applicant (younger than 18) 100 80
Request for determination of citizship status 100 -
  • If you fill in a citizenship application online, you need to pay the application fee through the e-service.

Residence permits and registration of an EU citizen

  

EUR
  Paper application Electronic application
First residence permit (others than those mentioned below) 520 470

First residence permit for work:
- work requiring a partial decision

 740 540

First residence permit, no labour market testing:

  • other work
  • specialist
  • specialist, EU Blue Card
  • researcher
  • athlete, coach or trainer
  • internship
  • au pair
  • Working holiday
 480 380

First residence permit for seasonal work for 3–6 months, no labour market testing

 480 380

First residence permit for seasonal work for 6–9 months (requires a partial decision)

 740 540
Certificate for seasonal work 250 90
Application for the addition of a new employer to a seasonal work permit 250 90

First residence permit for an entrepreneur

- start-up entrepreneur

- other entrepreneur

 

480

690

 

400

490
First residence permit for studies 450 350
First residence permit, minor holder 270 240
Extended permit 430 170
Extended permit for studies or for a minor 250 180

Extended permit for victim of employer negligence or exploitation

 180 -

Certificate of expanded right to work for victim of employer negligence or exploitation

 65 -
Permanent residence permit 270 220
Permanent residence permit, minor holder 150 150
Registration of an EU citizen's right of residence 52 52
Residence card or permanent residence card for a family member of an EU citizen 52 52
Certificate of an EU citizen's right of permanent residence 52 52
Renewal of a residence permit card 75 60
Renewal of the residence card of a family member of an EU citizen 52 52
New residence permit card to replace a lost one 120 120
Application for preventing the cancellation of a residence permit 100 -
Right of residence under the withdrawal agreement 52 52
Right of permanent residence by virtue of the withdrawal agreement 52 52
Application for right of residence for family member of a British citizen 52 52
Application for right of permanent residence for a family member of a British citizen 52 52
D visa 120 95

Travel documents

EUR
Alien's passport and refugee travel document 44
Alien's passport and refugee travel document (rejection) 44
New document to replace a lost one 170

Other payments

EUR
Application to revoke a prohibition of entry 100
Notification of relocation within EU (mobility notification for students, researchers or researchers' family members) 100
Certificate issued at request 50
1–20 photocopies, price per page 0,85
21 or more photocopies, price per page 0,40
Mailing 5,05 + postage

Unattended appointment that has not been cancelled

 50

 

A processing fee is not charged for the following applications

Citizenship matters

  • An application of a child who is a co-applicant in his or her parent’s citizenship application or declaration
  • A citizenship declaration of an applicant who can prove that he has served in the Finnish army during the Finnish wars in 1939–1945 as conscripted or summoned to military service or as a volunteer
  • A citizenship declaration of an applicant who can prove that he or she was sent to Sweden, Denmark or Norway as a child due to the Second World War 

Residence permit matters

  • A fixed-term residence permit of a foreign national who is accepted to Finland as a quota refugee
  • An application for international protection or for a new fixed-term extended residence permit on the basis of international or temporary protection
  • A residence permit which is granted to a foreign national on the basis of him or her being a victim of human trafficking and a new fixed-term extended residence permit on the same grounds

    • A processing fee is charged for the application. The processing fee is returned if the applicant is granted a residence permit as a victim of human trafficking.

  • A residence permit which is granted to a foreign national on the basis of section 52 d of the Aliens Act (301/2004)
  • A new fixed-term extended permit on the grounds that the personal situation of the foreign national is especially difficult because the foreign national’s spouse has acted violently or abusively towards him or her or his or her child, or accepted such violence or abuse towards them, during the time that the foreign national and the spouse have had family ties to each other
  • A continuous residence permit for a foreign national who, according to section 52 e of the Aliens Act, is in a witness protection programme as referred to in the act on the witness protection programme
  • A residence permit which is granted to a foreign national who is employed at a foreign mission (embassy or consulate)
  • A residence permit application of a citizen of New Zealand. No processing fee is collected because Finland and New Zealand agreed on the abolition of visas in 1973.