- 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
Age assessment, or establishment of age of a person younger than 18 (age test)
Assessing your age is an important part of determining your identity.
We seek to determine your age on the basis of documents or your interview. If you cannot show us any documents, we will register the age you tell us as your age.
However, if the authorities have well-founded reasons for suspecting that you have not told us your real age, we may perform a forensic age assessment.
For example, we may have doubts if you seem older than you claim to be, or if the information you have given us leads us to suspect that you are older than you say.
The age assessment can be performed if you, your guardian or your other legal representative gives a written consent. If you refuse the age assessment without an acceptable reason, you will be treated as an adult. However, this alone is not a reason for us to reject your asylum application.
At present, the examination methods most commonly used include dental and carpal bone examinations by X-ray and clinical examination.
You will get more information about the age assessment if you are going to get one.
If the age assessment reveals that you are 18 years of age or older, we will process your application as an adult’s application.