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Registrations of EU citizens and their family members

EU registration: register an EU citizen's right of residence

You must apply for registration of your right of residence in Finland if you reside in Finland for over 3 months and are a citizen of an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland.

Complete the online application and pay the processing fee on Enter Finland. Visit a service point of the Finnish Immigration Service to prove your identity within 3 months of arriving in Finland. Please note that proving your identity at a Finnish mission abroad is not possible.

Children must be registered, too. Submit an application for each child who is an EU citizen. If a child is born to you in Finland, submit an application for the child within 3 months of the birth.

Nordic citizens (citizens of Denmark, Iceland, Norway or Sweden) must register their right of residence at the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.

Family members: residence cards and permanent residence cards for family members

Are you a family member? If you are not an EU citizen or a citizen of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland but your family member is, you must apply for a residence card of a family member of an EU citizen if you reside in Finland for over 3 months.

Apply for your first residence card or for a permanent residence card with this application: Application for a residence card of a family member of an EU citizen. You can apply for a permanent residence card if you have legally resided in Finland with an EU citizen for an uninterrupted period of 5 years.

There is a separate application form for those who have, for instance, lost their card or changed their name and need to renew their card: Renewal of residence permit card or residence card of a family member of an EU citizen.

Please note that you cannot apply for a residence card of an EU citizen’s family member if your family member is a Finnish citizen and you have not lived together in another EU Member State before moving to Finland. Instead, you can apply for a residence permit on the basis of family ties. Before you apply, please make sure that you meet the permit requirements.

Certificate of an EU citizen’s right of permanent residence

You can apply for a certificate of your right of permanent residence if you are an EU citizen or a citizen of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland and have resided legally in Finland for a continuous period of 5 years. Applying for this certificate is voluntary.

If you are not sure which grounds for applying you should choose, use the Application Finder on the Finnish Immigration Service website to find out.

Information about Brexit for citizens of the United Kingdom

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Registration of an EU citizen’s right of residence

You are an EU citizen and your stay in Finland exceeds three months.

Certificate of an EU citizen’s right of permanent residence

You are an EU citizen and have resided legally in Finland for a continuous period of at least five (5) years

Residence card and permanent residence card for an EU citizen’s family member in Finland

When you are a family member of an EU citizen but are not an EU citizen yourself and your stay in Finland exceeds 3 months or you apply for a permanent residence card.