- 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
Residence permit application for other family members
Apply with this application for a residence permit if you are some other family member than a spouse, child or guardian. . Your family member living in Finland is a Finnish citizen or has been issued asylum or a residence permit on the grounds of subsidiary protection or temporary protection.
This is what you should do
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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.
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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.
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Fill in your application.
Fill in your application.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
- he or she was granted asylum in Finland on the basis of an asylum application or as a quota refugee;
- he or she was granted a residence permit on the basis of subsidiary protection;
- he or she was granted a residence permit on the basis of temporary protection; or
- he or she was granted a residence permit before 1 June 2009 on the basis of need for protection.
Financial dependence alone is not enough. The elderly parents, adult children and unmarried siblings of a person who lives in Finland are usually considered to be dependent on their family member. Residence permits are not usually granted on the grounds of poor health and need for care if the applicant has the opportunity to get treatment for his/her illnesses in his/her home country.
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 guardian living in Finland
- Form for clarification of family ties PK5_plus (to be filled in and signed by your family member 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)
Application-specific attachments
- Document(s) explaining your family relations with your family member residing in Finland (must be legalised if not issued in the Nordic countries)
- Statement on income in Finland:
- Your family member’s pay slips and bank statements from the past six months for all Finnish bank accounts the he or she can use
- Copy of your family member’s latest tax card, tax decision and tax return
- Copy of your family member’s employment contract
- Documents concerning your/your family member’s business
- 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
- Copy of your employment contract (if you work in Finland)
- Report on other income or assets that you can transfer to Finland (for example, pensions, dividends, rents)
- Doctor’s certificate/health statement (if you refer to your state of health in the application)