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Finland citizenship: required documents

The documents you'll gather for Finland citizenship by descent, by route and by ancestor. Your exact list is generated from your lineage in the wizard.

Citizenship by descent (§9)

Confirm your Finnish parent's citizenship at your birth (and your retention at 22) with Migri / DVV.

You

  • •Birth certificate

Each ancestor in the chain

  • •Birth certificate
  • •Marriage certificate — if_married
  • •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes

Your qualifying ancestor

  • •Birth certificate
  • •Marriage certificate — if_married
  • •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes

Naturalisation via residence

The ordinary residence-based route, where citizenship did not pass by descent.

You

  • •Birth certificate
  • •Valid passport / national ID
  • •Residence permit / registration
  • •Proof of continuous legal residence
  • •Language / integration certificate
  • •Criminal-record / police clearance
  • •Naturalisation application form

Each ancestor in the chain

  • •Birth certificate
  • •Marriage certificate — if_married
  • •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes

Your qualifying ancestor

  • •Birth certificate
  • •Proof of your ancestor's citizenship
  • •Marriage certificate — if_married
  • •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes

Citizenship by declaration

The declaration procedure (e.g. a child of a Finnish unwed father born on/after 1 Sep 2003).

You

  • •Birth certificate
  • •Citizenship declaration

Each ancestor in the chain

  • •Birth certificate
  • •Marriage certificate — if_married
  • •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes

Your qualifying ancestor

  • •Birth certificate
  • •Proof of your ancestor's citizenship
  • •Marriage certificate — if_married
  • •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes

Determination / application

An application to confirm citizenship where it did not pass automatically (e.g. a child of a Finnish unwed father born before 1 Sep 2003).

You

  • •Birth certificate

Each ancestor in the chain

  • •Birth certificate
  • •Marriage certificate — if_married
  • •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes

Your qualifying ancestor

  • •Birth certificate
  • •Proof of your ancestor's citizenship
  • •Marriage certificate — if_married
  • •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes

Automatic acquisition by adoption

A child under 12 adopted by a Finnish citizen acquires citizenship automatically; document the adoption and the adoptive parent's citizenship.

You

  • •Birth certificate

Each ancestor in the chain

  • •Birth certificate
  • •Marriage certificate — if_married
  • •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes

Your qualifying ancestor

  • •Birth certificate
  • •Proof of your ancestor's citizenship
  • •Marriage certificate — if_married
  • •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
  • •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes

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