My family is Finland, residence permit base on family ties. I need your candid views or advice please.

[Joe's 01]

Hei and greetings to all. Basically i am looking for candid advice. I am in Finland with an other schengen country residence permit. I have a child in Finland who is Finnish citizen and we are all living together with the mother of my child, my girlfriend. We are planning to get married but the document from my home country as a bachelor single which can allow us to get married is delayed.
So can i apply residence permit in Finland base on guardian of a Finnish citizen or to wait until i got married and apply base on family ties wife and child?
What are the advantage or possibly of the strongest case to apply? Thanks looking forward to your honest and positive views.

[Ousman]

Yes you can apply residence permit for a guardian of finnish citizen, if u have paternity confirmed and have a joint custody with you girl friend.. Read more
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... tvMNzW91EU

[rinso]

both options are possible, but being married is by far the easiest one.

[tavastia]

You need to be married when the child is born.

[Ousman]

Yes but you would still need to confirm paternity since the child is born outside married

[Joe's 01]

Yes you can apply residence permit for a guardian of finnish citizen, if u have paternity confirmed and have a joint custody with you girl friend.. Read more
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... tvMNzW91EU

Thanks, but kindly to add that both paternity and custody has been confirmed long time. The only delay is the document from my home country. So advice and view base on stronger case, that's guardian or wait till after marriage and apply?

[Ousman]

you can apply for a residence permit based on a guardian of Finnish citizen
i think its the best residence permit to apply and will give you stronger ties with Finland