I was looking into applying for Finnish citizenship (which is still a long, long way down the road) because naturally, I'm in love with a Finnish woman and wish to move there eventually.
One of the requirements for citizenship is: "To be able to acquire Finnish citizenship you must have paid any applicable taxes, fines, student loans, hospital fees, and other such payments."
Do those include debts you have in the US? I have a lot of medical bills, and I owe a local college money because I had to drop out; I have to repay my Pell grant. Do I have to cover those before even thinking about applying?
Clearing US Debts Before Applying for Citizenship
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undertakerfreak
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Re: Clearing US Debts Before Applying for Citizenship
Debts in Finland... and actually applies only to debts to the state.
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betelgeuse
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Re: Clearing US Debts Before Applying for Citizenship
It's not only the state:tavastia wrote:Debts in Finland... and actually applies only to debts to the state.
The obligations could be, for example, towards the municipality.he or she has not materially failed to provide maintenance or to meet his or her
pecuniary obligations under public law;
https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/kaannokse ... 030359.pdf