Withdrawal of Brexit permits
Your Brexit permit is valid until further notice if you continue to meet the requirements for your permit.
The Finnish Immigration Service may withdraw your Brexit permit in the following cases:
- You have resided outside Finland for a long time.
- You no longer meet the requirements for the right of residence.
- You have knowingly given false information or concealed a relevant fact.
The Finnish Immigration Service issues a decision on withdrawal of the right of residence granted under the EU–UK withdrawal agreement. If we consider withdrawing your right of residence, you and your family member living in Finland will be heard before we issue a decision.
Asking us not to withdraw your residence permit due to residence outside Finland is not possible if your residence in Finland is based on the right of residence under the withdrawal agreement.
Withdrawal of right of residence granted under the EU–UK withdrawal agreement
Your right of residence granted under the EU–UK withdrawal agreement can be withdrawn in the following cases:
Your continuous residence in Finland is interrupted in the following cases:
- Your temporary absences from Finland exceed six months per year in total.
- You reside outside Finland for more than 12 consecutive months. Your residence is interrupted even if there are important reasons for your absence, such as pregnancy and childbirth or a serious illness.
Your right of residence can be withdrawn if there are no longer legal grounds for your stay.
- Such legal grounds include work, self-employment, studies and family ties to a British citizen who is residing in Finland. If none of these grounds apply to you, you may still reside in Finland if you have sufficient financial resources to support yourself and your family members.
- It is possible that more than one of these grounds are applicable to you during your stay in Finland. If the grounds for your residence change, you do not need to apply for the right of residence again.
If you are not a British citizen and you have been granted the right of residence under the withdrawal agreement as a family member of a British citizen:
- Your right of residence can be withdrawn if there are no longer legal grounds for your stay.
- You no longer have family ties to your sponsor who is a British citizen. For example, you and your British spouse are no longer married.
- Your sponsor who is a British citizen no longer meets the requirements for the right of residence or has moved away from Finland.
- You have knowingly given false information about your identity.
- You have knowingly given other false information that has affected the granting of your right of residence.
- You have concealed information that would have affected the granting of your right of residence.
- You have obtained your right of residence by other abuse of rights, such as by getting married to obtain the right of residence.
Withdrawal of permanent right of residence granted under the EU–UK withdrawal agreement
Your permanent right of residence granted under the EU–UK withdrawal agreement can be withdrawn in the following cases:
You have continuously resided outside Finland for over 5 years.
- You have knowingly given false information about your identity.
- You have knowingly given other false information that has affected the granting of your right of residence.
- You have concealed information that would have affected the granting of your right of residence.
- You have obtained your right of residence by other abuse of rights, such as by getting married to obtain the right of residence.