Citizenship Application 2017

[betelgeuse]

Thanks, yes it does seem that they seem to have some points for Finnish usage in communications.

Niin. Siis, haluat olla suomen kansalainen vaikket pysty selvittämään asioita suomen kielellä? Sulle vielä pari vuotta odotusaikaa, kunnes pystyt käyttämään kansan kieltä.

The language requirement is satisfactory, not fluent, skills. It's reasonable to ask whether it's ok to use a stronger language to answer the questions.

[howdu]

Update:

Received Positive decision today.

Timeline:

Applied on Nov 3 2016
Visited Police on 11th Nov
Additional documents asked on May 3. Travel details and financial support
Replied to additional document request on the same day
Processed on May 5
Decision ready on May 8.

Good luck guys!

[brexit]

Update:

Received Positive decision today.

Timeline:

Applied on Nov 3 2016
Visited Police on 11th Nov
Additional documents asked on May 3. Travel details and financial support
Replied to additional document request on the same day
Processed on May 5
Decision ready on May 8.

Good luck guys!

That's awesome. Congratulations. I had visited Police on 25th Oct 2016 but still have nor heard anything yet. However, had received an email with a request to submit a travel plan and finance on 21 April 2017.

[futureFinn]

Hello,

have you seen the Finnish flags out there today?
Well, then you soon know why:
FutureFinn got a positive decision on the citizenship application. And this is now an official Finnish flag day!!
Some say, today is Europe day, they may be a just a bit right, because I have now two European citizenships.
It is just perfect to have the Europe flag day every year as citizenship celebration day.
Here the timeline for you - all the best for your applications - and thanks to those who have shared their timelines so far. It makes waiting much more interesting
Applied mid November (went to the police one day after sending the application)
Waiting, waiting, waiting -> application always on "waiting for processing" (stage 1)
No questions, nothing.
Today in processing (never seen stage 2 though) and decision.

[brexit]

Hello,

have you seen the Finnish flags out there today?
Well, then you soon know why:
FutureFinn got a positive decision on the citizenship application. And this is now an official Finnish flag day!!
Some say, today is Europe day, they may be a just a bit right, because I have now two European citizenships.
It is just perfect to have the Europe flag day every year as citizenship celebration day.
Here the timeline for you - all the best for your applications - and thanks to those who have shared their timelines so far. It makes waiting much more interesting
Applied mid November (went to the police one day after sending the application)
Waiting, waiting, waiting -> application always on "waiting for processing" (stage 1)
No questions, nothing.
Today in processing (never seen stage 2 though) and decision.

That's awesome, and congratulations !!!

[armin_nz]

Hi everyone,

Just heard from two of my friends who applied in November that they got their fantastic news as well. One of them I have the exact timeline:
applied (went to police station) on the 12th of November. Got her result on the 10th of May. The other one was similar maybe a week sooner.

Both of them were asked for additional financial support documents as they are PhD students.

Fingers crossed and cheers!

[hamkuas]

7/30/2009 A customer number has been created for you.
18/10/2016 We have received the processing fee for your application.
18/10/2016 We have received your application and it is pending.
26/10/2016 You have proved your identity and a diary number has been created for your application. You can see the diary number at the top of the page. Your application has been placed in a processing queue.
18/04/2017 received an email to update my income and travel abroad after I left the application.
09/05/2017 gave the requested update.
11/05/2017 The processing of your application has started. Contacting us does not speed up the processing of the application. If we need further information from you, we will send you a request through this service.

[brexit]

Hi everyone,

Just heard from two of my friends who applied in November that they got their fantastic news as well. One of them I have the exact timeline:
applied (went to police station) on the 12th of November. Got her result on the 10th of May. The other one was similar maybe a week sooner.

Both of them were asked for additional financial support documents as they are PhD students.

Fingers crossed and cheers!

That's an awesome news. Congratulations to both of your friends.

[brexit]

7/30/2009 A customer number has been created for you.
18/10/2016 We have received the processing fee for your application.
18/10/2016 We have received your application and it is pending.
26/10/2016 You have proved your identity and a diary number has been created for your application. You can see the diary number at the top of the page. Your application has been placed in a processing queue.
18/04/2017 received an email to update my income and travel abroad after I left the application.
09/05/2017 gave the requested update.
11/05/2017 The processing of your application has started. Contacting us does not speed up the processing of the application. If we need further information from you, we will send you a request through this service.

Wish you a good luck. Keep updated please.

[paki]

13/7/2011 A customer number has been created for you. You can see your customer number at the top of the page.
6/10/2016 We have received the processing fee for your application.
6/10/2016 We have received your application and it is pending.
25/11/2016 You have proved your identity and a diary number has been created for your application. You can see the diary number at the top of the page. Your application has been placed in a processing queue.
25/11/2016 The processing of your application has started. Contacting us does not speed up the processing of the application. If we need further information from you, we will send you a request through this service.
06/04/2017 received request to submit latest info about travelling and incomes. submitted same day.

its 15/5/2017 and still the same

[Oria]

7/12/2016 We have received the processing fee for your application. (€350; Transaction ID: 20160712593731FQ2086)
7/12/2016 We have received your application and it is pending.
7/13/2016 You have proved your identity and a diary number has been created for your application. You can see the diary number at the top of the page. Your application has been placed in a processing queue.
4/27/2017 The processing of your application has started. Contacting us does not speed up the processing of the application. If we need further information from you, we will send you a request through this service.
4/28/2017 Your application is waiting for your reply to a request for supplementary information.
4/30/2017 You have replied to a request for supplementary information.

Just waiting and waiting now!

Got it today 17.05.2017

[Uusi Mies]

Can someone who has experience can advise me what to do with the residence permit card after receiving the citizenship. I have been granted the citizenship and have applied the passport too and when i visited the police station, they handed back me my residence card. In the decision for citizenship, it has been written that the residence permit shall no longer be used as Finished Citizen and the card shall be returned back. Are we suppose to return the residence permit card to some where other than police station?

Thanks in advace

[Beds]

No doubt, the police man/woman committed blunder by forgetting to withdraw the permit card from you. It was written in the decision that the permit has been cancelled and should be returned. I would advice that you take it back to the police.
Mine was collected from me last week while I applied for the passport at the police station and the woman told me that they will return it back to the immigration as it has been cancelled immediately the decision was given..

God bless you and He loves you .

[tavastia]

Can someone who has experience can advise me what to do with the residence permit card after receiving the citizenship. I have been granted the citizenship and have applied the passport too and when i visited the police station, they handed back me my residence card. In the decision for citizenship, it has been written that the residence permit shall no longer be used as Finished Citizen and the card shall be returned back. Are we suppose to return the residence permit card to some where other than police station?

Thanks in advace

It shall be returned, probably now that police does not handle permits anymore you may have to return it to Migri. In any case even if you don't returned you cannot use it anymore, so if they did not take it and you get the passport then is ok. I heard someone had the passport application pending until he returned the card, but was last year when both were handled by the police.

[Oria]

Can someone who has experience can advise me what to do with the residence permit card after receiving the citizenship. I have been granted the citizenship and have applied the passport too and when i visited the police station, they handed back me my residence card. In the decision for citizenship, it has been written that the residence permit shall no longer be used as Finished Citizen and the card shall be returned back. Are we suppose to return the residence permit card to some where other than police station?

Thanks in advace

It shall be returned, probably now that police does not handle permits anymore you may have to return it to Migri. In any case even if you don't returned you cannot use it anymore, so if they did not take it and you get the passport then is ok. I heard someone had the passport application pending until he returned the card, but was last year when both were handled by the police.

Send it to the address given below. It was mentioned in the other file with the decision.
Toimita oleskelulupaa osoittava erillinen oleskelulupakorttisi, oleskeluoikeuden rekisteröintitodistuksesi tai passiin tai matkustusasiakirjaan liitetty oleskelulupatarra Maahanmuuttovirastolle mitätöitäväksi postitse osoitteeseen PL 18, 00581 Helsinki.