Requirements
Make sure you meet the following requirements:
- You are 18–22 years of age
- Your identity has been reliably established
- You can establish your identity by showing us reliable documents (such as your passport) or by giving us reliable information about at least your real name, date of birth, nationality and family ties. When we are determining your identity, we will also take into account any information you have given us earlier about your identity.
- You have not been sentenced to imprisonment
- You live in Finland and have lived here for at least 10 years on a continuous residence permit (an A or P permit), with the last two years without interruption.
- If you were born in Finland, the required period of residence is shorter. In this case, you need to have lived in Finland for six years, with the last two years without interruption.
- If you have lived in another Nordic country before you turned 16, this is considered the same as living in Finland, but only the last five years before you made your declaration are taken into account. The Nordic countries are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
These requirements must be met at the time you give us the declaration.
