Asylum in Finland Legal advice You have a right to a legal counsel. If you want a legal counsel, contact the closest legal aid office . Your legal counsel will participate in the interview at his or her own discretion. If you want your legal couns...

Asylum in Finland Border procedure The Finnish Immigration Service can apply a border procedure to your asylum application if the grounds presented in your application suggest that the Finnish Immigration Service can consider the application inadm...

Services Online service Enter Finland Enter Finland is the online service of the Finnish Immigration Service. You can manage almost all permit and citizenship matters with the Finnish Immigration Service using the online service Enter Finland. Whe...

Asylum in Finland Processing of asylum applications After a police or a border control official has accepted your application and you have arrived in a reception centre, the Finnish Immigration Service takes responsibility for handling your applic...

Permits and citizenship Employer’s announcements on employment relationships In certain situations, an employer is legally obliged to notify the Finnish Immigration Service when an employee’s employment relationship begins or ends. On this page, y...

Services Data protection Rights relating to the processing of personal data Description of document publicity: How the data held by the Finnish Immigration Service is organised Requests for documents and information Contact information Finnish Imm...

Temporary protection Health and social services After you have been granted a residence permit on the basis of temporary protection, you are entitled to the same healthcare services as those permanently resident in Finland. Your reception centre i...

Asylum in Finland Representative of an unaccompanied child asylum seeker Client information forms for minors When a child under 18 years of age arrives in Finland without a parent or guardian and applies for international protection or temporary p...

Services Projects Every year, the Finnish Immigration Service runs a number of projects funded by the European Union (EU) to develop our work. The projects are financed by the European Union Home Affairs Funds and the European Union Recovery and R...

Permits and citizenship Document and information requests Information and documents concerning the customers of the Finnish Immigration Service are confidential as a rule. You can request the following documents from the Finnish Immigration Servic...

To the information bank Asylum Applying for asylum How many asylum seekers have arrived in Finland? Statistics on asylum seekers are available in our statistical service . What are the grounds for asylum? A person may be granted asylum in Finland ...

Services Some of the content has been moved to Instructions . Brochures by topic Customer bulletins Finnish citizenship Asylum and the Dublin procedure Quota refugees Counsels, representatives and interpreters Voluntary return Moving to a municipa...

Temporary protection Work and studies You obtain the right to work and study as soon as you register your application for temporary protection with the police or a border control authority. If you do not have a bank account, your pay can also be l...

Residence permit Moving to Finland to be with a family member If you have a family member who lives in Finland and you want to move in to live with him or her, you need a residence permit on the basis of family ties. Your family member who lives i...

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Services Frequently asked questions: Family Amendments to family reunification provisions on 16 June 2025 Residence permit for a spouse Residence permit for other relative Residence permit for a child Rights Family member of a recipient of interna...

Travel documents Refugee travel document You can get a refugee travel document if you have been granted refugee status in Finland and your status has not been ended or revoked. Expected processing times: Processing times Paper application fee 42 €...

Asylum in Finland Negative decision When the Finnish Immigration Service has made a decision on your asylum application, you will be informed about it by the Finnish Immigration Service or the police. The decision will be served to you in your mot...

Travel documents Alien’s passport You will always get an alien's passport if: you have been granted a residence permit on the basis of subsidiary protection in Finland; or you have a residence permit on the basis of temporary protection but do not...

Services Frequently asked questions: Visiting a service point and the processing of applications Booking an appointment Submitting an application Handling matters at a service point Waiting for the decision Booking an appointment I have applied fo...