Citizenship declaration for a young person with long-term residence in Finland

• You are 18–22 years of age.
• Your identity has been reliably established.
  • To establish your identity, you need to present us reliable identity documents (such as your passport) or give us reliable information about at least your name, date of birth, citizenship and family ties. When we are determining your identity, we will also take into account any information you have given earlier about your identity.
• You have not been sentenced to imprisonment.
• You live in Finland.
• You have lived in Finland for at least 10 years in total, with the last 2 years without interruption.
  • If you are not an EU citizen, you need to have lived in Finland with a continuous (A) residence permit or a permanent (P) residence permit.
  • If you are an EU citizen, you need to have applied for registration of your right of residence within 3 months of entering the country.
  • If you were born in Finland, you need to have lived in Finland for at least 6 years in total with a continuous (A) residence permit or a permanent (P) residence permit, or as an EU citizen who has registered his or her right of residence. For the last 2 years, you need to have lived in Finland without interruption.
  • Living in another Nordic country before turning 16 is comparable with living in Finland, but only for the 5 years preceding the date on which you submitted your citizenship declaration. The Nordic countries include Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

• Valid travel document or some other identity document if you do not have a travel document. The travel document must be valid during the entire time your application is being processed.
• Document as proof of moving inside Finland or abroad.
• You can add minor children who are in your care as co-applicants to your declaration. Fill in a separate Attachment form for a child’s citizenship application or citizenship declaration (as a co-applicant), KAN_LIITELOMAKE for each child.

You can fill in the application online in Enter Finland. 

If you cannot use Enter Finland, fill in a paper application. You will find a link to the application at the bottom of this page.

To pay the processing fee in Enter Finland: 

• pay the fee with a credit card or Finnish online banking credentials when you submit your application

To pay the processing fee for a paper application:

• pay the fee when you visit a service point of the Finnish Immigration Service in Finland to prove your identity.

• Book an appointment to visit a service point of the Finnish Immigration Service.

For more information, see: 

• Handling matters at a service point of the Finnish Immigration Service

• If you applied online in Enter Finland, you will receive notifications of your application's progress and of any requests for additional information by email and text message.
• If you applied on paper, you will receive notifications of your application's progress and of any requests for additional information by email.

For more information, see: Processing of applications

• You can receive a message from us when the processing stage of your application changes. For more information, see: Automated messages.
• Processing Time Checker will tell you the expected processing time of your application. 
• For more information, see: What affects the processing time of your application?