Passport

• Passport fee
• Lost passport
• Processing time
• Dual citizenship
• Identity card

Finnish nationals may file a passport application at any passport issuing point regardless of their place of residence, either at Finnish missions or in Finland at a police station. In Canada, an application for a Finnish passport can be made at the Finnish Embassy in Ottawa as well as the honorary consulates in Vancouver and Toronto.

Please note that a passport application can only be made in person and by appointment only.

When travelling abroad, Finnish nationals may file a passport application at any passport issuing point regardless of their place of residence, either at other Finnish missions or in Finland at a police station, also only in person and by appointment only.

Finland introduced biometric passports August 21, 2006. They include an image of the face on a microchip and as of 18 May 2009, fingerprints.

Children can not be inscribed on the passport of a parent. Each child regardless of age will require his or her own passport.

Instructions for Passport Applicant

The Finnish passport is valid for five years.

Before submitting the passport application, the applicant has to make sure that their personal data is up-to-date in the Finnish Population Registry. If the information is incorrect, the application cannot be processed.

For example, if the passport application involves a name change (i.e. through marriage), the information must be updated in the Finnish population registry before submitting the application.

Anyone registered in the Finnish population register can check his or her information for free once a year. More information: Local register offices or Population Register Centre

Instructions for passport applicant over 18 years

You must submit the following documents:

• One (1) passport photograph, see passport photo guidelines. Please note: photo not required in Vancouver as their unit is equipped with a camera.
• Previous Finnish passport, if you have one, and/or a passport issued by another country, if you have one.
• For Finnish citizens only: Canadian Permanent Resident Card or a valid Canadian permit.
• For adult holders of dual citizenship: Your most recently obtained citizenship certificate and your Canadian passport. Applicants with dual/multiple citizenship from birth will have to prove that they have retained/will retain their Finnish citizenship after the age of 22. Finnish immigration service: Retaining Finnish citizenship at the age of 22
• Dual citizens through naturalization as of June 1, 2003 shall ensure that their Canadian citizenship has been updated to the Finnish Population Register. Updating citizenship information
• For men under the age of 30: Military passport, suspension order or exemption decision.
• Passport fee (in the form of cash, a money order, or a certified cheque made out to the Embassy of Finland or Consulate of Finland if applying in Toronto or Vancouver.)

Instructions for passport applicant under 18 years

Minors can be issued a passport only with written permission from parents which can be presented in the form of a notarized letter from parent or guardian unable to attend.

You must submit the following documents:

• One (1) passport photograph, see passport photo guidelines                      Please note: photo not required in Vancouver as their unit is equipped with a camera

• Previous Finnish passport, if the child has one, and/or a passport issued by another country, if the child has one.

• Passports of both parents or guardian(s). Both parents or guardian(s) must sign the application in the presence of a consular official. If one or both of the guardians are unable to accompany the child to the appointment, a separate consent letter dated and signed by the absent guardian must be presented. The letter needs to be certified by a Finnish honorary consul, notary public or a commissioner of oaths. A photocopy of his/her passport is also required. Sole custodians must present the original certificate of their custodial authority, or a notarized copy thereof.

• If the child is born outside Canada, his/her own or Finnish parent's Canadian Permanent Resident Card or a Canadian visa. For Finnish parent(s) who have dual or multiple citizenship, documentation confirming citizenship status.

• Passport fee (in the form of cash, a money order, or a certified cheque made out to the Embassy of Finland or Consulate of Finland if applying in Toronto or Vancouver).

Please note! A passport can only be issued to a child that has been registered to the Finnish population registration system. Registering a birth

If a child is a dual citizen, the passport is valid until he/she reaches the age of 22, unless a certificate for retaining Finnish citizenship between the ages of 18 - 22 is provided.

Passport fee

The fee may be paid either by cash, money order, or certified cheque made out to Embassy of Finland. Personal cheques will not be accepted. The fee is non-refundable.

Passport fee is subject to change with the exchange rate fluctuations.

• Passport fee

Lost passport

If your valid passport has been stolen or lost, you must report it to the police, and present a police report at the time of application.

Processing time

Processing time for a 5-year passport is about 3 weeks.

Emergency passports valid only for a return trip to Finland are processed by the Embassy or the consulates in Vancouver and Toronto for Finnish citizens visiting Canada whose passports have been stolen or lost.

The new passport can be picked up from the Embassy of Finland or a Finnish honorary consulate by the applicant or a person authorized by the applicant. Otherwise, please provide a prepaid, self-addressed Expresspost or courier service envelope for forwarding the passport securely to you.

Dual citizenship

A dual Finnish-Canadian citizen travelling to or transiting through Canada by air will need to have a valid Canadian passport to board their flight. Please find more information from the Government of Canada web site.

Identity card

From beginning of 2017 Finnish missions which also serve as application points for passports may issue identity cards to Finnish citizens. Identity cards are valid travel documents in 28 European countries.

The missions may issue standard identity cards only. Temporary identity cards, identity cards for minors or foreigners may not be applied for from the missions.

Identity card must be applied for in person at the Finnish mission, the same as passport. Current passport/identity card and recently taken passport photo are required for the identity card application. Identity cards do not contain fingerprints.

Identity card fee is paid according to current service fees and it is non-refundable.

More information on identity cards can be found on the Police website.