Residence permit application on the basis of family ties for a child whose guardian lives in Finland

Guardian in Finland as a refugee, income requirement

This is what you should do

Prepare:

General requirements for entry into Finland

Make sure you meet the general requirements for entry into Finland before you submit an application.

Requirements

Make sure you also meet the following requirements:

Income requirement

Please notice that you need to have sufficient financial resources because you do not meet either of the following two conditions:

• Your guardian has been granted asylum or refugee status as a quota refugee before 1 July 2016 and your family has been started before your family member came to Finland.
• Your guardian has been granted asylum or refugee status as a quota refugee on 1 July 2016 or after this date, and you are applying for a residence permit within three months after the Finnish Immigration Service made a decision on your guardian’s application. The three months are counted from the date your guardian was informed of the decision.

Right to work

You have an unrestricted right to work. You cannot start working before you get a residence permit.

Attachments when a child is born in Finland and the child’s parents are foreign nationals who live in Finland with a residence permit

• The child’s valid passport accepted by Finland (um.fi). Present your passport when you submit your residence permit application
• A passport photo of the child, complying with the photo guidelines issued by the police (poliisi.fi), or a photograph retrieval code you received from a photo shop
  • The passport photo must be no more than 6 months old.

Attachments when a child is applying for a residence permit at the same time with his or her guardian

• The child’s valid passport accepted by Finland (um.fi). Present your passport when you submit your residence permit application
• A passport photo of the child, complying with the photo guidelines issued by the police (poliisi.fi), or a photograph retrieval code you received from a photo shop
  • The passport photo must be no more than 6 months old.
• Document showing that you are legally staying in the country where you submit the application
• Form MP_1 (pdf) (if the child is already in Finland and applies for his or her first residence permit)
• Birth certificate 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 (must be legalised if not issued in the Nordic countries)
• Consent given by the other guardian for the child to move to Finland (if the guardian will not move to Finland at the same time) (the document must be confirmed by a notary public or another authority)
• 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)

Attachments when the child is applying for a residence permit alone in order to move in with his or her guardian who is living in Finland

• The child’s valid passport accepted by Finland (um.fi). Present your passport when you submit your residence permit application
• A passport photo of the child, complying with the photo guidelines issued by the police (poliisi.fi), or a photograph retrieval code you received from a photo shop
  • The passport photo must be no more than 6 months old.
• Colour copies of the child’s passport page containing personal data and of all pages with notes in the passport
• Colour copies of the passport page containing personal data and of all pages with notes in the passport of the guardian living in Finland
• Form for clarification of family ties PK4_plus (to be filled in and signed by the guardian living in Finland)
• Form for clarification of family ties PH4_plus (to be filled in and signed by the guardian living in the child’s home country)
• Document showing that you are legally staying in the country where you submit the application
• Form MP_1 (pdf) (if the child is already in Finland and applies for his or her first residence permit)
• Birth certificate 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 (must be legalised if not issued in the Nordic countries)
• Consent given by the other guardian for the child to move to Finland (if the guardian will not move to Finland at the same time) (the document must be confirmed by a notary public or another authority)
• Statement on income in Finland:
  • Bank statements of the guardian living in Finland from the past six months, for all Finnish bank accounts the guardian can use
  • Copy of the latest tax card, tax decision and tax return of the guardian living in Finland
  • Copy of the employment contract of the guardian living in Finland
  • Documents concerning the business of the guardian living in Finland (income statement, balance sheet, audit report, number of employees and salaries paid to them, private withdrawals and deposits, bank statements, contact information of the accountant, trade register extract, bill of sale, tenancy agreement for the premises)
  • Report on other income or assets that can be transferred to the guardian living in Finland (for example, pensions, dividends, rents)
• 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)

Fill in the application:

Prepare for your life in Finland