- 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
Applying for assisted voluntary return
If you wish to return to your home country voluntarily, you can apply for assisted voluntary return.
The reception centre or the Finnish Immigration Service can assist you to return home voluntarily if
- you have received a negative decision on your asylum application
- you withdraw your asylum application
- you are a victim of human trafficking and do not have a municipality of residence in Finland
- you have received temporary protection
- you have been granted a temporary residence permit because you cannot be removed from the country, but you do not have a municipality of residence in Finland
- your international protection status in Finland has been withdrawn or cancelled and a decision has been made to deport you
- you have been granted humanitarian protection, but your residence permit is about to expire or has expired.
Assistance is provided only for voluntary return. You must withdraw all your pending applications for asylum, a residence permit or an alien’s passport, and all appeals against decisions concerning these matters.
You will only be granted assistance for voluntary return if you need it and cannot pay for your return yourself.
Where do I bring my application?
Amounts of assistance by country
More information: http://voluntaryreturn.fi/en/