- Residence permit
- First residence permit
- Working in Finland
- Moving to Finland to be with a family member
- My spouse is in Finland
- My child is in Finland
- My guardian is in Finland
- My other relative is in Finland
- Adoption
- Income requirement for family members of a person who has been granted a residence permit in Finland
- Income requirement for family members of a person who has been granted international protection
- Who is the child’s guardian?
- Missing documentation of family ties
- Missing passport
- Oral hearing or interview
- DNA analysis for family members
- Establishment of the age of a person under 18 years of age
- Changes in your family ties
- For a family member
- Studying in Finland
- Remigration
- Coming to Finland on other grounds
- Residence permit for a victim of human trafficking
- Personal identity code in connection with a residence permit
- Extended permit
- EU residence permit
- Permanent residence permit
- Residence permit types
- Residence permit card
- First residence permit
- EU citizen
- Finnish citizenship
- Asylum in Finland
- 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
This is what you should do
1
Make sure you meet the requirements for the residence permit you are applying for.
Make sure you meet the requirements for the residence permit you are applying for.
2
Make sure you have all the attachments needed. If necessary, have them translated and legalised. The processing time may be longer if you have not filled in your application sufficiently.
Make sure you have all the attachments needed. If necessary, have them translated and legalised. The processing time may be longer if you have not filled in your application sufficiently.
3
Fill in your application.
Fill in your application.
4
Pay for your application in the online service Enter Finland, at a Finnish mission (embassy or consulate) or at a service point of the Finnish Immigration Service.
Pay for your application in the online service Enter Finland, at a Finnish mission (embassy or consulate) or at a service point of the Finnish Immigration Service.
5
If you are abroad, visit a Finnish mission (embassy or consulate). If you are already in Finland, book an appointment at a service point of the Finnish Immigration Service.
If you are abroad, visit a Finnish mission (embassy or consulate). If you are already in Finland, book an appointment at a service point of the Finnish Immigration Service.
6
Wait for a decision. The Finnish Immigration Service will contact you if necessary.
Wait for a decision. The Finnish Immigration Service will contact you if necessary.
7
Read what happens after you have applied. Check the estimated processing time of your application here.
Read what happens after you have applied. Check the estimated processing time of your application here.
8
You should wait for the residence permit in the same country or locality where you submitted your application and proved your identity.
You should wait for the residence permit in the same country or locality where you submitted your application and proved your identity.
General requirements for entry into Finland
Make sure you meet the general requirements for entry into Finland before you submit an application.
You can only get a residence permit if you are able to travel to Finland and stay in the country legally. To do this, you must have a passport that is valid throughout the time your residence permit is valid.
Requirements
Make sure you also meet the following requirements:
- Your child is under the age of 18.
- Your child is not married.
- If the child is your biological child, demonstrate your family ties by presenting a birth certificate.
- If the child is your adopted child, present proof of adoption.
- The documents must be legalised, unless they have been issued in the Nordic countries or in an EU Member State.
- If the child is your foster child, present a document given to you by an authority that shows you are the child’s guardian. You also need to show reliable proof that you have actually been responsible for the child’s guardianship already before he/she arrived in Finland. These documents must be legalised, unless they have been issued in the Nordic countries.
Income requirement
You have secure means of support.
- You cannot secure your means of support with benefits paid by the society.
- Your means of support may for example be secured by the income from employment or business activities of a sponsor living in Finland.
Right to work
You have an unrestricted right to work. You cannot start working before you get a residence permit.
General attachments
- Valid passport (you must present it when you submit the residence permit application)
- Passport photo complying with the photo guidelines issued by the police, or a photograph retrieval code you received from a photo shop, OLEL_PK
- Colour copy of the passport page containing your personal data and copies of all passport pages with notes
- Colour copy of the passport page containing personal data and of all pages with notes in the passport of the child living in Finland
- Form for clarification of family ties PK3_plus (to be filled in and signed by the child living in Finland)
- Document showing that you are legally staying in the country where you submit the application
- Form MP_1 (if you already are in Finland and apply for your first residence permit)
- Birth certificate of the child living in Finland, with information on the child’s parents (must be legalised if not issued in the Nordic countries or in an EU Member State)
- Document on the custody of the child living in Finland (must be legalised if not issued in the Nordic countries)
Application-specific attachments
- Statement on income in Finland
- Certificate of establishment of paternity (if the child is born out of wedlock) (must be legalised if not issued in the Nordic countries or in an EU Member State)
- Decision on adoption (if the child is adopted) (must be legalised if not issued in the Nordic countries or in an EU Member State)
- Divorce certificate (if the parents of the child are divorced) (must be legalised if not issued in the Nordic countries or in an EU Member State)
- Death certificate (if one or both of the child’s parents have died) (must be legalised if not issued in the Nordic countries or in an EU Member State)