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Personal data and names
The personal data of foreigners living in Finland is collected in the Population Information System. The basic information includes name, date of birth, nationality and address. The name of a newborn baby must be registered in the Population Information System within two months of the birth.
Personal data registration is carried out in the local registry office. The data is needed for taxation, health care and statistics, for example. Everyone has the right to check their personal data at the registry office or online with an electronic identification code.
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- Time reservation system to Local Register Offices
You can make a reservation for example for marriage, confirmation of sale, registration of a foreigner or concerning matters within Notary Public or guardianship. This service is on trial in some localities.
Local register offices - Registering a child's name
Information about registering a child's name and changing his/her surname and given name.
Local register offices - Name service
Most popular first names and most common surnames in Finland.
Population Register Centre - Registration of foreigners residing in Finland
How to register and obtain an identity number and use it as a means of identification.
Local register offices - Application for a criminal records extract: work with children
Application for a criminal records extract, required for the establishment of a person's criminal background who works with children. The extract is subject to a charge, an invoice will be sent separately.
Legal Register Centre - Application for a criminal records extract: student's practical training with children
An extract for a student's practical training with children.
Legal Register Centre - Population Register Centre's service - Check Your Registered Data !
This service, provided free of charge by the Population Register Centre, allows you to check your personal details recorded in the Population Information System. You can also make a corrections in some of your personal details. In order to check your d...
Local register offices - Personal identity code
The personal identity code is a means of identification that is more specific than a name. The Finnish personal identity code is issued on the basis of a birth certificate to Finnish citizens born in or outside Finland.
Population Register Centre - Change-of-address notification
One change of address will update your information both in the national Population Information System and for Posti.
Population Register Centre - Application for a criminal records extract: visa, work permit etc.
Application for a criminal records extract for the application of visa, work permit or residence permit, or for an equivalent reason for foreign authorities.
Legal Register Centre
The latest e-services and forms
- Application for a criminal records extract: student's practical training with children
- Population Register Centre's service - Check Your Registered Data !
- Time reservation system to Local Register Offices
- Change-of-address notification
- Application for a criminal records extract: work with children
- Application for a criminal records extract: visa, work permit etc.
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