- Residence permit
- EU citizen
- Finnish citizenship
- Asylum in Finland
- What are the grounds for asylum?
- Applying for asylum
- Living in a reception centre
- Living in private accommodation
- Accommodation of an unaccompanied minor asylum seeker
- Legal advice
- Representative of an unaccompanied minor asylum seeker
- Daily life in a reception centre
- Asylum seeker’s right to work
- Processing of asylum applications
- Cancelling an application
- Positive decision
- Negative decision
- Subsequent applications
- Family members seeking asylum in Europe
- Quota refugees
- Detention
- Assistance system for victims of human trafficking
- Transfer of refugee status to Finland
- Withdrawal of refugee status and subsidiary protection
- Cancellation of refugee status and subsidiary protection
- Voluntary return
- Effect of crime on the asylum process
- 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
Representative of an unaccompanied minor asylum seeker
Finnish District Courts assign a representative to each asylum seeker who is younger than 18 and has arrived in Finland without a guardian. The representative’s task is to ensure that the child’s best interests are taken into account in different situations. The Finnish Immigration Service will pay the representative’s fee.
The representative uses the right of action that belongs to the guardian of a minor child, helps the child with official matters or takes care of the child’s matters on his or her behalf with the Finnish authorities. For example, the representative participates in the child’s asylum interview which is a part of the processing of his or her asylum application.
The representative is not responsible for the daily maintenance, upbringing or other care of the child. These matters are the responsibility of the reception centre.
Read more:
Instruction for representatives: handling matters with the Finnish Immigration Service
Enter Finland for counsels and representatives
Information about the asylum process for children without a guardian
Other instructions for representatives are available only in Finnish and Swedish
- Representing a child applying for asylum without a guardian (Finnish, Swedish)
- Instruction on fees and compensations for expenses for representatives of children without a guardian (Finnish, Swedish)
- Specification of a representative’s fees and compensations for expenses (Finnish, Swedish)
- Representative's form for specification of travelling expenses (Finnish, Swedish)
- Invoice of a representative’s fees and other expenses (Finnish, Swedish)
- Tietoa turvapaikkaprosessista: ilman huoltajaa olevat lapset (Finnish)