When your name changes, you can get a new residence permit card with your new name only after the Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV) has registered your name change. This is what you should do:

1. Submit an application to change your name (dvv.fi) to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.
2. Wait for the Digital and Population Data Services Agency to confirm your name change before you apply for a new residence permit card.

• Note the processing time of your application. See the page Processing times of services for private customers (dvv.fi) to check the processing times of name changes.

3. Once your name change has been confirmed by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency, you can apply for a new residence permit card for temporary protection. State your new name, confirmed by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency, in your application. The new card is subject to a fee. Your card application must include the photograph retrieval code for your digital passport photo that you can get from a photo shop. The retrieval code must be no more than six months old.

Please note the following if your name has changed after you have received a residence permit card with the expiry date 4 March 2027:

• Fill in the form Renewal of residence permit card or residence card for a family member of an EU citizen in the Enter Finland online service. Please note that this is a different form than the form for renewing a temporary protection residence permit card. 
• The processing fee is higher than usual because you have already renewed your card once. 

• Fill in the form Renewal of residence permit card or residence card for a family member of an EU citizen in the Enter Finland online service. Please note that this is a different form than the form for renewing a temporary protection residence permit card.
• You should always report your lost or stolen residence permit card to the Finnish police. If your card is lost or stolen outside Finland, report it to the authorities in the country in question and to the police in Finland. The new card is subject to a fee.

Please contact the Finnish Immigration Service if you suspect that your residence permit card contains an error (if your name is wrong or if you already had a Finnish personal identity code but it is not printed on the card, for example).

• Ask the Finnish Immigration Service to correct the information printed on your residence permit card by sending an email to the address tilapainen.suojelu.korjauspyynnot@migri.fi. Send an encrypted message by using the Finnish Immigration Service’s Securemail service (securemail.migri.fi). For more detailed instructions on using the service, see the page Contact information.
  • Write your name, date of birth and your customer number at the Finnish Immigration Service in the message field of your email. 
• In our reply, we will tell you whether getting a new card is free of charge or whether you need to pay a fee to apply for a new card.
  • You will get a new residence permit card free of charge if your name needs to be corrected due to an error made by the Finnish Immigration Service. Otherwise, the card renewal application is subject to a fee.