Residence permit application on the basis of family ties for a child whose parent or guardian has a residence permit

• The child’s valid passport. Present your passport when you submit your residence permit application. For more information, see the page Passports and other travel documents.
• A passport photo of the child, complying with the photo guidelines issued by the police, or a photograph retrieval code you received from a photo shop
  • The passport photo must be no more than 6 months old.
• Evidence of income or financial resources. The application form contains further details on what documents you must submit as proof of your income and financial resources. What documents you must provide depends on how you will secure sufficient financial resources for yourself in Finland.
  • Examples of acceptable income sources for parents and guardians:
    • gainful employment or business activities
    • pension, assets or other income (such as rental income or income from dividends).

The documents must be legalised, unless they have been issued by authorities of the Nordic countries or by authorities of an EU Member State. See the page Interpretation, translation and legalisation for instructions on how to have your documents legalised.

• The child’s valid passport. Present your passport when you submit your residence permit application. For more information, see the page Passports and other travel documents.
• A passport photo of the child, complying with the photo guidelines issued by the police, 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.
• Document on the custody of the child.
• Consent given by the other guardian (pdf) 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).
• Consent from the guardian’s spouse who lives in Finland for the child to move to the same household with the guardian and the spouse (if the guardian lives in Finland with a spouse who is not the child’s parent).
• Certificate of establishment of paternity (if the child is born out of wedlock).
• Decision on adoption (if the child is adopted).
• Evidence of income or financial resources. The application form contains further details on what documents you must submit as proof of your income and financial resources. What documents you must provide depends on how you will secure sufficient financial resources for yourself in Finland.
  • Examples of acceptable income sources for parents and guardians:
    • gainful employment or business activities
    • pension, assets or other income (such as rental income or income from dividends).
• Divorce certificate (if the parents of the child are divorced).
• Death certificate (if one or both of the child’s parents have died).

The documents must be legalised, unless they have been issued by authorities of the Nordic countries or by authorities of an EU Member State. See the page Interpretation, translation and legalisation for instructions on how to have your documents legalised.

• The child’s valid passport. Present your passport when you submit your residence permit application. For more information, see the page Passports and other travel documents.
• A passport photo of the child, complying with the photo guidelines issued by the police, 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.
• Supplement form for parent or guardian, LIITE_LAPSI (pdf) (to be filled in and signed by the guardian living in Finland).
• Supplement form for parent or guardian, LIITE_LAPSI (pdf) (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.
• Document on the custody of the child.
• Consent given by the other guardian (pdf) 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).
• Consent from the guardian’s spouse who lives in Finland for the child to move to the same household with the guardian and the spouse (if the guardian lives in Finland with a spouse who is not the child’s parent).
• Evidence of income or financial resources. The application form contains further details on what documents you must submit as proof of your income and financial resources. What documents you must provide depends on how you will secure sufficient financial resources for yourself in Finland.
  • Examples of acceptable income sources for parents and guardians:
    • gainful employment or business activities
    • pension, assets or other income (such as rental income or income from dividends). 
• Certificate of establishment of paternity (if the child is born out of wedlock).
• Decision on adoption (if the child is adopted).
• Divorce certificate (if the parents of the child are divorced).
• Death certificate (if one or both of the child’s parents have died).