checklist for Citizenship :
Valid passport or another identity document (if you do not have a passport)
Certificate of language skills
Statement on current and earlier income. You do not need to send us a statement concerning information that the Finnish Immigration Service receives from the tax authorities or from the operator that has granted a benefit to you.
You are at least 18 years of age and your identity has been reliably established
- You know Finnish or Swedish at least on a satisfactory level
- You live in Finland and you have lived here long enough
- You are not guilty of any crime and no restraining order has been issued against you
- You have met your payment obligations
Application-specific attachments
Send us the following attachments
if you request an exception to the period of residence requirement:
Statement from your employee concerning the exception to the period of residence requirement
Your own free-form written statement concerning the exception to the period of residence requirement
Send us the following attachments if you request an exception to the language skills requirement:
Statement from your employee concerning the exception to the language skills requirement
Your own free-form written statement concerning the exception to the language skills requirement
Medical certificate concerning the exception to the language skills requirement
Certificate of elementary skills in Finnish or Swedish
Certificate of regular participation in Finnish or Swedish studies
Certificate of illiteracy
Further statement on children
Further statement on travel
Statement on moving inside Finland or abroad
