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Personal identification

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An identification service provider is a service provider, such as a bank, that provides its customer with bank identifiers they can use in an online bank. If the identifiers have been issued in accordance with the requirements of the Act on Strong Electronic Identification and Electronic Trust Services, they are an electronic means of identification that can be used for strong electronic identific ...

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The application for identification is completed in advance with the help of the service provider before coming to the police department. You should check that the service provider’s address information mentioned in the application is correct.

The person to be identified must carry a valid passport or identity card and two identical passport photographs that can be used to identify them clearly. At the time of submitting the application, the applicant will be charged a fee for initial identification by the police in accordance with the decree on the charges of the police’s performances, regardless of whether the applicant can be identified or not.

If the police are able to identify the applicant, a certificate on the identification of the person is issued, which is mailed directly to the identification service provider as a registered letter to the address indicated by the applicant. The registration fee is included in the fee for identification. The certificate is delivered to the service provider also in cases where the police have not been able to identify the applicant. In this case, the service provider is informed that reliable identification has not been possible.

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To whom and on what terms

A valid passport or identity card is required for identification at the police department. If the applicant does not have a valid passport or identity card, they will try to verify the applicant’s identity with other means. It is also possible that the police will not be able to identify the applicant reliably enough.

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Poliisi

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Text edited by: Poliisi
Updated: 27/3/2024