in a common-law marriage.
It's approaching the two-year mark that I've been living with my boyfriend at the same residence. However, I suppose I didn't read this site very carefully when I first looked at it, because I never before saw anything about registering with the local maistraatti.
All I have as evidence of living here with him is a lease in both our names, a bank account with both our names and a few bills in both our names. Now I'm wondering if I messed up. To be honest, when I first came here, we weren't really thinking about it being a permanent situation, so I didn't research as vigorously as I suppose I ought to have.
Will this present a large obstacle for applying for a permit based on family ties?
I did register online with the U.S. Embassy when I came here. I think that's only an unofficial list to keep track of who might need help though. It didn't require any certifiable information when I signed up.
Also, when a person wishes to change his or her basis for staying in Finland from the last time he or she applied, is that person required to file a first-time application and pay the full fee, or is he or she eligible to file an application for an extension and simply pay the extension fee?
Requirements for being officially recognized ...
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ImberNocti
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If you have been living here for over a year, the Register Office should have marked you into the population register... There should be e.g. your home address and if it is the same as your spouse's, I guess you have been "officially" living together. You can also present some evidence or unbiased witnesses (neighbours) etc.
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Hank W.
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Hmmm... what permit are you currently on then? Basically one should *always* register with the local maistraatti as to where one lives - you can be fined in principle for not doing it. And say unless you live in the boonies such thing as bus pass and health care require you to be a "resident of the county" (thats a separate thing from "resident in Finland). Not coming to all places where you get asked your "henkilötunnus". Of course on a temporary residence permit in some cases the maistraatti's won't register one as a "permanent resident of the county", but a "temporary resident of the county" (but that has nothing to do with police, us embassy, directorate of immigration or anything like that).
Do you have a "henkilötunnus"? If you have, you are registered somewhere, and you can then take your lease papers and bills and whatnot and go to the maistraatti and 'play innocent' with big eyes. They can 'fix the books' to some extent.
Do you have a "henkilötunnus"? If you have, you are registered somewhere, and you can then take your lease papers and bills and whatnot and go to the maistraatti and 'play innocent' with big eyes. They can 'fix the books' to some extent.
Cheers, Hank W.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
It can be considered common law married if the 2 of you have been living to gether for at least 2 years, and can prove it! so yes, in the right circumstances.zoltar wrote:Does a boyfriend qualify for an A-type family tie permit/visa?
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ImberNocti
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Student permit.
I never got the henkilötunnus because I haven't needed it for anything yet. I walk or bike when I can, and when that's not feasible, my boyfriend drives me to where I need to go. And the University's basic health services have been adequate so far.
I guess I really dropped the ball on this one. Where I come from, there isn't really a central office that you have to notify when you move. So, when I got here, I never really thought to track down that kind of information.
What you're saying is that if I take my paperwork in and explain the situation, the maistraatti might be able to fix that situation. However, if I don't do that and just try to send in my lease, bills, etc. with my permit application, the foreign ministry will not accept that kind of documentation as adequate proof of the situation. Did I understand you correctly?
I never got the henkilötunnus because I haven't needed it for anything yet. I walk or bike when I can, and when that's not feasible, my boyfriend drives me to where I need to go. And the University's basic health services have been adequate so far.
I guess I really dropped the ball on this one. Where I come from, there isn't really a central office that you have to notify when you move. So, when I got here, I never really thought to track down that kind of information.
What you're saying is that if I take my paperwork in and explain the situation, the maistraatti might be able to fix that situation. However, if I don't do that and just try to send in my lease, bills, etc. with my permit application, the foreign ministry will not accept that kind of documentation as adequate proof of the situation. Did I understand you correctly?