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  • Electronic declaration fee

    110 €

  • Paper declaration fee

    130 €

A child will automatically become a Finnish citizen if 1 of the child’s parents is a Finnish citizen and the parents have married each other after the child was born. In such a case, a citizenship declaration for the child is not required. Instead, the Digital and Population Data Services Agency will enter the child’s Finnish citizenship in the Population Information System of Finland. 

You will find the declaration form at the foot of this page. Please read the instructions on this page first before filling in the form.

This is what you should do:

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A citizenship declaration for a child born abroad, KAN_4_Lapsi

Fill in an online application (only available in Finnish and Swedish)