Check the application form to see which attachments are required and submit the documents that are relevant to your situation.
The documents must be legalised, unless they have been issued by authorities of the Nordic countries or by authorities of an EU Member State. For instructions on how to have your documents legalised, see the page Interpretation, translation and legalisation.
When you apply for a P-EU permit for a child, submit the [corresponding/relevant] attachments together with the child’s application as well.
When you visit a service point of the Finnish Immigration Service, bring with you the original documents.
Attachments:
1. Copy of valid national passport and a passport photo
- You are usually required to have a valid passport issued by your country of nationality. If you have been granted an alien’s passport for the purpose of obtaining a national passport, obtain a national passport as soon as possible.
If you have been granted international protection, you are not required to have a national passport. For more information on the passport requirement, see the page Passports and other travel documents.
- You must have a passport photo that complies with the passport photograph instructions issued by the police, or a photograph retrieval code from a photo shop. Read more on the website of the Finnish police (poliisi.fi).
- The passport photo must be no more than 6 months old.
2. Documents on your financial resources in Finland
Provide proof of your financial resources. The application form states what documents you must submit as proof of your income and financial resources. What documents you must provide depends on how you will secure sufficient financial resources for yourself in Finland.
- Examples of possible income sources:
- Your or your partner’s paid employment or business activities.
- Your or your partner’s pension, assets or other income (such as rental income or income from dividends).
When you apply for a P-EU permit for your child, the source of the sufficient financial resources may be the salary of the parent or guardian who lives in Finland or income from business activities, for example.
3. Certificate proving that the level of your Finnish or Swedish language skills is good
- Submit a copy of the certificate. Read more about which certificates can be accepted as proof of your language skills on the page Language skills requirement.
4. Consent of the other person who has custody of the child if you apply for a P-EU permit for a child
- The other person who has custody of the child must fill in the form Consent from the guardians for a passport or a residence permit application for a child (pdf). Attach the form to the application.
- If one of the persons who have custody of the child lives outside Finland / If the other person who has custody of the child lives outside Finland, the consent must be confirmed by a notary public or a similar authority.
- If there is no other person who has custody of the child, attach free-form proof of this to the application.
