Are you under 22 and have dual citizenship? Make sure you can keep your Finnish citizenship
If you are between 18 and 21 and a citizen of Finland and another country, you can lose your Finnish citizenship when you turn 22 if you do not have a sufficient connection with Finland. However, keeping your Finnish citizenship is easy.
Keeping your Finnish citizenship
Before you turn 22, do the following:
- Check that your personal details and other details are up to date in the Finnish population information system (suomi.fi) and enter any missing information and correct any incorrect information. It is important that you keep your contact details and citizenship information up to date. Learn more about reporting your details on the website of the Finnish Digital and Population Data Services Agency (dvv.fi).
2. Check whether you meet the conditions for keeping your Finnish citizenship after you turn 22.
If you meet the conditions for keeping your citizenship, and your details are up to date, you do not need to do anything. You automatically retain your citizenship.
If you do not meet the conditions for automatically retaining your citizenship or you are unsure whether you meet them, do the following:
Submit a written notification that you wish to keep your Finnish citizenship. You can submit the notification at
There are no format requirements for the notification. It can be in Finnish, Swedish or English. Your notification must be received by a Finnish mission or the Digital and Population Data Services Agency one day before the date on which you turn 22 at the latest.
The Digital and Population Data Services Agency then processes your notification, and you retain your citizenship. You do not need to do anything else in addition to the notification.
More information about automatically retaining or losing Finnish citizenship can be sought from Finnish missions (um.fi) outside Finland, and the Finnish Digital and Population Data Services Agency (dvv.fi) and the Finnish Immigration Service in Finland.
