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Subsidiary protection

The Finnish Immigration Service may grant you a residence permit on the basis of subsidiary protection if you have applied for asylum but the requirements for granting you asylum are not met. If we grant you subsidiary protection, you will have subsidiary protection status.

A residence permit on the basis of subsidiary protection may be granted for the following reasons:

  • You are under the threat of death penalty, execution, torture or other inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in your home country or country of permanent residence.
  • You cannot return to your home country or country of permanent residence without facing serious personal danger because of an armed conflict that causes indiscriminate violence in that country.

Subsidiary protection is granted for one year. After one year, you must apply for an extended permit. Remember to apply for an extended permit before your current residence permit expires.