Applying for Citizenship 2024

[browndude]

What should someone needs to do, if she/he got a negative decision after a long waiting? re-apply or appeal or wait for certain time before re-apply again?

What you would need to do will very much depend on the reason for the rejection.

[No_doo]

Hi guys

How long have you been waiting? Do we have any good news from people who have applied in 2022?

In any case, have an amazing New Year

Over 18 months of waiting here.
Have a great New Year

[Aasinkinttu]

Hi guys

How long have you been waiting? Do we have any good news from people who have applied in 2022?

In any case, have an amazing New Year

About 3 weeks.
So, it's safe to assume that I'll be around for awhile
Even though I somehow went to stage 2 immediately after my service point visit


Two people who I know that applied in 2022: One 6 months and other 9 months.
One who I know that applied in 2023 waited 6 months.

[Guess.who]

Next week it'll be 7 months for me. My queue number is 44xx. Hopefully what people say about the 4k-5k line is true and I'll get a decision soon. Would be nice to start 2024 with good news.

The wait haven't been that bad for me though. I applied for the citizenship and the permanent residence on the same week. After 4 months I got the permanent residence permit and that made me happy/relieved for some time. Only recently I started to wonder more about what's up with my citizenship application and how long will it take after all.

Have you noticed slow progress after 4500 in queue?

Hopefully you will get the decision in January 2024.

[TUserFin]

My queue is 4970 today, waiting time soon will be 6 months the queue in these last days moved by 3-10 positions per day

[Guess.who]

Next week it'll be 7 months for me. My queue number is 44xx. Hopefully what people say about the 4k-5k line is true and I'll get a decision soon. Would be nice to start 2024 with good news.

The wait haven't been that bad for me though. I applied for the citizenship and the permanent residence on the same week. After 4 months I got the permanent residence permit and that made me happy/relieved for some time. Only recently I started to wonder more about what's up with my citizenship application and how long will it take after all.

Have you noticed slow progress after 4500 in queue?

Hopefully you will get the decision in January 2024.

I have noticed slower progress in December, but maybe because of holidays like independence day and of course Christmas. But I'm almost in the 4300s so the queue still moved fairly enough.

Today is first working day of the year 2024. Based on migri statistics, they are super active between January to June and process most of the pending applications.

Even mine is at 4900+ range and hopefully I will get the decision soon!

[just_passing_by]

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[karhu86]

Have you noticed slow progress after 4500 in queue?

Hopefully you will get the decision in January 2024.

I have noticed slower progress in December, but maybe because of holidays like independence day and of course Christmas. But I'm almost in the 4300s so the queue still moved fairly enough.

Today is first working day of the year 2024. Based on migri statistics, they are super active between January to June and process most of the pending applications.

Even mine is at 4900+ range and hopefully I will get the decision soon!

Hopefully we will all get our decision in the first half of this year. for me the 21 month official processing time ends in july 2024, so let us hope that they will give me an answer before that. it has been super silent for my case, i just got an email in april to update my travels and never heard from them again

[mamutti]

I have noticed slower progress in December, but maybe because of holidays like independence day and of course Christmas. But I'm almost in the 4300s so the queue still moved fairly enough.

Today is first working day of the year 2024. Based on migri statistics, they are super active between January to June and process most of the pending applications.

Even mine is at 4900+ range and hopefully I will get the decision soon!

Hopefully we will all get our decision in the first half of this year. for me the 21 month official processing time ends in july 2024, so let us hope that they will give me an answer before that. it has been super silent for my case, i just got an email in april to update my travels and never heard from them again

Hi

I don't want to ruin the optimism anyhow, but 21 months is not a deadline, because when I asked Migri in the end of May 2023 about my processing, they told me it is going to be 18 months, which is around February this year at the latest. However, when I asked the same question in November 2023, the time has risen to 20 months. Today it is around 21 months, but that is not something like a hard deadline, because it can be moved further again. Nevertheless, 17th month of waiting has started for me, so let's hope for the best

[Guess.who]

Today is first working day of the year 2024. Based on migri statistics, they are super active between January to June and process most of the pending applications.

Even mine is at 4900+ range and hopefully I will get the decision soon!

What stitistics are you referring to? Could you share a link?

Here you go....
https://statistik.migri.fi/#decisions?l=en

[just_passing_by]

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[Anonym321]

Hi guys! I’m planning to travel within EU in the next few months, but I have a pending citizenship application (currently queue no 59xx).So I wanted to check if anyone knows what are the latest instructions for traveling while waiting for your decision?

The latest Migri article on travel doesn’t mention notifying Migri when going abroad: https://migri.fi/en/-/are-you-planning- ... e-finland-
It just says that you should consider how absence will affect your period of residence (and I’m not planning any long trips) and that they “cannot make a citizenship decision for you if you are abroad”.

However, I’ve been reading on this forum that it’s pretty important to notify Migri when traveling… Can someone share their experiences regarding this? Is traveling in the EU different from traveling outside of Schengen area?

[Guess.who]

Hi guys! I’m planning to travel within EU in the next few months, but I have a pending citizenship application (currently queue no 59xx).So I wanted to check if anyone knows what are the latest instructions for traveling while waiting for your decision?

The latest Migri article on travel doesn’t mention notifying Migri when going abroad: https://migri.fi/en/-/are-you-planning- ... e-finland-
It just says that you should consider how absence will affect your period of residence (and I’m not planning any long trips) and that they “cannot make a citizenship decision for you if you are abroad”.

However, I’ve been reading on this forum that it’s pretty important to notify Migri when traveling… Can someone share their experiences regarding this? Is traveling in the EU different from traveling outside of Schengen area?

Bro, in simple words, just attached one supplement with your traveling details that’s all they want to know.

[riku2]

The latest Migri article on travel doesn’t mention notifying Migri when going abroad

Yes it does although indirectly unless you understand the reason why

We cannot make a citizenship decision for you if you are abroad.

That's not actually correct, the "cannot make" should be "do not want to make".
The reason for telling about future travels is so that they won't award you citizenship while you are abroad.

What will happen is that the moment they make you a citizen your residence permit is cancelled. This is because citizenship and residence permits are exclusive and citizens are not allowed to have residence permits.

The problem will be is that if they make you a citizen while you are travelling, you will return to Finland and try to get back in with a cancelled residence permit.

I think if you are outside of schengen when this happens and re-enter schengen in Finland then things will be a lot easier to sort out (finnish border control probably have access to the citizenship database). If this happens in another country (eg you are flying Hong Kong - Munich - Helsinki) then border control in another country will see your passport and cancelled residence permit and this will not be so easy to resolve.

I'm not really sure why this is a big deal if you can get in without a permit (eg USA, UK and especially EU citizens). They make no distinction.


But there also seems the possibility that you are in Finland, you have a trip planned and they award you citizenship today and cancel your residence permit. What do you do then? If you cannot get a finnish passport in time you are in the same position as somebody awarded citizenship who's abroad. So should you tell them well in advance based on the processing time of a finnish passport?

[kunglao]

Hello everyone, I've been reading these citizenship threads for several months, preparing for YKI and hoping to join the queue someday. Well, today is that day. Best of luck to us all. Cheers!