Registration of EU citizen in Finland - Can u help?

[Bob Hamilton]

Your predicament sounds strange. My wife has an EU (UK) passport, but is not an EU citizen (we're both Canadian), and she has no job here, but she had no problem getting a residency permit and KELA card.

Hank can probably come up with an explanation (what would we do without you, Hank?)

[dave071061]

Your predicament sounds strange. My wife has an EU (UK) passport, but is not an EU citizen (we're both Canadian), and she has no job here, but she had no problem getting a residency permit and KELA card.

If your wife has a UK passport then she is a EU citizen!!!!

[Hank W.]

Ah, see Latvia is one of the "new EU countries" which places the people in a stupid limbo.

If you were married it'd go in the family category, but you could apply under the 2 year cohabiting rule.

There's several categories of "foreignness"- Nordic, Eu, new-Eu and non-EU.
And all of these have different rules.

[Bob Hamilton]

Oops, you're right, Dave. My wife IS an EU citizen now. I thought she just got the passport without actual citizenship -not thinking clearly What really frosts me is that she was able to get an EU passport because her father was British, but I couldn't get one even though my mother was British.

[Rosamunda]

What really frosts me is that she was able to get an EU passport because her father was British, but I couldn't get one even though my mother was British.

My guess is that your wife's father was born in the UK, whereas your own mother was not (even though she was British).

My kids are British because I have a British passport and was born in the UK (they were born in France). Their own kids will not be British because their father although British was not born in the UK.... unless he marries a lady-Brit born in the UK.

Am I making sense...?

[Hank W.]

Since we have only been LIVING together for 1 year and 4 months we are unable to register my girlfriend according to this section of the law.

People are known to have gotten creative.

You have read the law thoroughly. You understand the options. Nobody says the law is exactly fair in this case, but it doesn't believe in "love at first sight".

So I guess its between choices of good/bad options.

[AnaBanana]

How do you actually prove you have been living together for 1 year and something and not 2 years?

I can tell you one experience I know (very close friend of mine). He was transfered to Finland (from Brazil) and of course the company did all the paperwork, got him a vsia, etc. He got 1 year visa even though he had 2 year contract with a finnish company. He wanted to bring his girlfriend (nowadays wife) to Finlad, but they had never even lived together. All the finnish embassy in Brazil asked was a letter of a prominent citizen (who decides that??) stating that they were engaged in a serious and long lasting relationship. She was granted an 1 year visa like him, but got no KELA benefits.

After his visa was renewed (and this time for a longer period), her visa was also renewed and she got all benefits.

One trick thing about KELA is that people not intending to live permanently in Finland might not be granted the benefits. So when you fill the application, on the field for "date of departure of Finland" (or something like that) leave it blank, it will mean that you plan to stay in Finland.

[Hank W.]

How do you actually prove you have been living together for 1 year and something and not 2 years?

My point exactly.

This clause is of course to hinder cases of new "boyfriends" and "girlfriends" popping up every week you across the sea to Estonia. Not that I'd doubt love at first sight would exist, but they're slightly more sceptical about the issue.

[alpn]

Hi,

I'm Finnish citizen and my spouse is German citizen. We have some questions about registeration. Could someone assistant us? My spouse is about to move to Finland in next month.

a) According to law, you must have stayed with your spouse 2 years together before you can apply for family reasons. Does this rule also apply for old EU countries?

If so, how is it possible that we must have stayed 2 years together when we must register after 3 months?

b) What kinda document they need about it?

Or does my own goverment force me to get married on the first sight to complete the process? Any experiences?

[Hank W.]

Basically, "old" countries guys need to "declare residence", but they may start being stroppy at the magistrate if one can't prove having a job etc.

Oh, the two years together means two years - somewhere else - getting back to the "love at first sight is not believed".

[alpn]

Basically, "old" countries guys need to "declare residence", but they may start being stroppy at the magistrate if he can't prove having a job etc.

Oh, the two years together means two years - somewhere else - getting back to the "love at first sight is not believed".

Declare residence? We do not have job for her - yet. I'm by myself at military service. Two years? In that case looks like I'm getting married only in paper in next month - seems like it is the most easiest way.