Certificates and documents issued by the Finnish Immigration Service

The Finnish Immigration Service may, at your request, issue a certificate relating to the following matters that concern you:

• the grounds for and the validity period of your residence permit issued by the Finnish Immigration Service,
• your refugee status in Finland,
• the acquisition and loss of Finnish citizenship,
• the asylum seeker’s right to employment.

Certificates may only be issued that relate to a matter in process or decided on at the Finnish Immigration Service. Information concerning your identity code, for example, is available from the local register office of your home municipality.

Travel documents

The Finnish Immigration Service issues refugee travel documents and alien’s passports.

Certificates issued by other authorities

• identity code ►local register office
• identity card ►police
• driving licence ►police
• extract from the trade register ►National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland
• Finnish passport ►police

As a rule, certificates issued by foreign authorities must be legalised and translated into Finnish, Swedish or English. More detailed information on legalisation is available on the Local Register Offices website. For documents that are to be appended to an application, see the pages concerning the relevant application.

More information

Document and information requests from The Finnish Immigration Service