- Residence permit
- EU citizen
- Finnish citizenship
- Asylum in Finland
- What are the grounds for asylum?
- Applying for asylum
- Living in a reception centre
- Living in private accommodation
- Accommodation of an unaccompanied minor asylum seeker
- Legal advice
- Representative of an unaccompanied minor asylum seeker
- Daily life in a reception centre
- Asylum seeker’s right to work
- Processing of asylum applications
- Cancelling an application
- Positive decision
- Negative decision
- Subsequent applications
- Family members seeking asylum in Europe
- Quota refugees
- Detention
- Assistance system for victims of human trafficking
- Transfer of refugee status to Finland
- Withdrawal of refugee status and subsidiary protection
- Cancellation of refugee status and subsidiary protection
- Voluntary return
- Effect of crime on the asylum process
- Travel documents
- Income requirement
- Processing of applications
- Notify us of changes
- Requests and certificates
- Legislation
- Informing of the decision
- Appealing a decision
- Cancellation of a permit
- Refusal of entry and deportation
- Right to work
- For employers
- Travelling
- Visiting Finland
Cancelling an application
You may cancel your application at any time during the asylum seeking process. If you cancel your application, we will stop processing it and make a decision on the expiry of your application. You cannot appeal the expiry decision to an Administrative Court.
Follow these instructions:
- You may cancel your application by giving us a written notification. You can write it in your native language.
- You must personally give the notification to an official of the Finnish Immigration Service, the police, the border authorities, or the director or the deputy director of a reception centre.
- Your notification must clearly and explicitly state that you are cancelling your asylum application. Date and sign the notification.
- This is what happens when you hand over your notification:
- The public officials will ask two competent witnesses to be present. The witnesses may be officials of the Finnish Immigration Service, border control authorities or police authorities.
- The public officials will ask you to state your opinion on your potential removal from Finland and prohibition of entry.
When the Finnish Immigration Service makes a decision on the expiry of your application, we may at the same time decide on your removal from the country and impose a prohibition of entry. We will only decide on your removal from the country and impose a prohibition of entry if this is required by law.
After you have received an expiry decision, you may apply for assisted voluntary return to your home country.