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Suomi.fi Web Service will have a maintenance break on Wednesday, 3 June

Published 1/6/2020

Suomi.fi Web Service will not be available on Wednesday, 3 June from 16.00 to 19.00 because of a maintenance break.

Suomi.fi Web Service enables you to check your personal data recorded in the Population Information System

Published 15/5/2020

You will now find more detailed personal data when you log into the Registers section of Suomi.fi.

Suomi.fi e-Authorisations: Authorise another person to pick up your prescription medicine for you

Published 7/5/2020

If you feel that you have flu-like symptoms, stay at home until you feel better. You can authorise another person to pick you for you online using Suo

E-Authorisations make it easier to use pharmacy services on behalf of others

Published 7/5/2020

Your own proof of identity is now sufficient for collecting another person's prescription medicines from the pharmacy provided that you have received an e-Authorisation in the Suomi.fi service. This change will particularly help with the daily life of families with children and those taking care of their spouse’s affairs.

Making acting on behalf of another party in social welfare e-services easier – a separate Suomi.fi mandate code for social welfare

Published 14/2/2020

A separate e-services mandate code has now been specified for social welfare in Suomi.fi e-Authorizations. With the new mandate code, allowing an assignee to act on behalf of another party is easy. The mandate code specifies the matters in which the assignee can act on behalf of the assignor. The mandate code has been jointly specified by the National Institute for Health and Welfare and the Population Register Centre.

The authorities joined forces and compiled an information package for young people turning 18

Published 12/2/2020

The electronic information package gathers together all of the rights and obligations related to using official services that become the responsibilit

Suomi.fi Messages is here! It is now possible to receive mail from the authorities electronically

Published 23/1/2020

Through Suomi.fi Messages, citizens can receive newsletters, decisions and other important official messages electronically direct to the Suomi.fi Web Service instead of the traditional paper mail.

Emergency SMS can now be sent to the 112 number – service users are required to register in advance

Published 22/1/2020

The emergency notification can now be sent as an SMS to the emergency number 112. Register first as a user of the Emergency SMS Service on the Suomi.fi.

State employees take up skiing: If 100,000 citizens activate electronic messages from the authorities, the authorities promise to ski 10,000 kilometres

Published 22/1/2020

The Population Register Centre and the Finnish Tax Administration invite Finnish citizens to move to electronic communication with state authorities instead of paper mail. If 100,000 Finns activate the Suomi.fi Messages service by the end of February, Population Register Centre Director General Janne Viskari and Tax Administration Director General Markku Heikura, together with their colleagues, promise to clock up 10,000 kilometres on cross-country skis.