- 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
Obligations of the sponsor
As a sponsor, you have the obligation to present a statement on the grounds for the residence permit application and to help investigate the matter.
- Send the following documents to your family member before he or she submits his or her application: a filled out and signed form for clarification of family ties, and the documents that are needed from Finland and mentioned on the application form, for example a statement on your means of support. Fill in the form for clarification of family ties in detail. Use full sentences.
- Make sure your family member pays the processing fee of the application for a residence permit.
- If the Finnish Immigration Service asks you for additional information, please provide it within the time limit stated in the request. You might, for example, be asked to give additional information for the application, provide documents or give a statement on your means of support.
- If the Finnish Immigration Service sends you questions that are meant for your family member, send these questions to him or her.
- The Finnish Immigration Service will let you know if there is a need to hear your family member in person at a Finnish mission (embassy or consulate). If you get a notification, book an appointment for your family member or ask him or her to book an appointment for himself or herself.
- If you are asked, go to an oral hearing at the Finnish Immigration Service.
- Inform the Finnish Immigration Service about changes in your family ties, for example when you file for a divorce, someone gets pregnant or when a child is born.
- Inform the Finnish Immigration Service about changes in your means of support.
- Inform the Finnish Immigration Service about changes in your contact information or your family member’s contact information.