Residence permit application for other family members

My relative has been granted international protection

This is what you should do

Prepare:

General requirements for entry into Finland

Make sure you meet the general requirements for entry into Finland before you submit an application.

Requirements

Make sure you also meet the following requirements:

Income requirement

You must have sufficient financial resources:

• You cannot secure your means of support with benefits paid by the society.
• Your means of support may for example be secured by the income from employment or business activities of a sponsor living in Finland.

The income requirement does not apply to you if the sponsor who lives in Finland is under 18 years of age.

General attachments

• Valid passport accepted by Finland (um.fi). Present your passport when you submit your residence permit application
• A passport photo of the child, complying with the photo guidelines issued by the police (poliisi.fi), or a photograph retrieval code you received from a photo shop
  • The passport photo must be no more than 6 months old.
• Colour copy of the passport page containing your personal data and copies of all passport pages with notes
• Colour copy of the passport page containing personal data and of all pages with notes in the passport of the guardian living in Finland
• Form for clarification of family ties PK5_plus (pdf) (to be filled in and signed by your family member living in Finland)
• Document showing that you are legally staying in the country where you submit the application
• Form MP_1 (pdf) (if you already are in Finland and apply for your first residence permit)

Application-specific attachments

• Document(s) explaining your family relations with your family member residing in Finland (must be legalised if not issued in the Nordic countries)
• Statement on income in Finland:
  • Your family member’s bank statements from the past six months for all Finnish bank accounts the he or she can use
  • Copy of your family member’s latest tax card, tax decision and tax return
  • Copy of your family member’s employment contract
  • Documents concerning your/your family member’s business
    • income statement, balance sheet, audit report, number of employees and salaries paid to them, private withdrawals and deposits, bank statements, contact information of the accountant, trade register extract, bill of sale, tenancy agreement for the premises
  • Copy of your employment contract (if you work in Finland)
  • Report on other income or assets that you can transfer to Finland (for example, pensions, dividends, rents)
• Doctor’s certificate/health statement (if you refer to your state of health in the application)

Right to work

You have an unrestricted right to work. You cannot start working before you get a residence permit.

Fill in the application:

Prepare for your life in Finland