How quick can you get a personal ID number?

KahvinYstävä · Post by **KahvinYstävä** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:40 pm

Bf moving to Finland, has a 6 month contract and is a EU-citizen.

The million dollar question is how long will it take for him to get a personal ID number?

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Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:48 pm

Depending if he has the right papers and goes to the right office and says the right things usually 5 minutes. Wrong papers etc. could take the 6 months...

KahvinYstävä · Post by **KahvinYstävä** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:57 pm

exactly the answer i WASN'T lookin for.. oh god, finland, the promised land of byrocracy.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:43 pm

KahvinYstävä wrote:Bf moving to Finland, has a 6 month contract and is a EU-citizen.

The million dollar question is how long will it take for him to get a personal ID number?

The law as such should be clear. He should go to the police, register his residence (based on the work as a EU-citizen) in Finland and the to magistrate office to register the municipality of residence.

It should be straightforward and quick, but I have some personal experience on these matters....
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Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:59 pm

Going to the magistrate and getting a number is easier than convincing the police, they want to know that you actually are working instead of promises promises... the magistrate gives you a number and tix the temporary box on the fly as long as you flutter the work contract...

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:03 pm

KahvinYstävä wrote:oh god, finland, the promised land of byrocracy.

...all the papers... ALL THE PAPERS

raamv · Post by **raamv** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:26 pm

loll just curious, How many times have you posted this video?
Might be qualifying you for the GBWR!!

KahvinYstävä · Post by **KahvinYstävä** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:46 am

KahvinYstävä wrote:oh god, finland, the promised land of byrocracy.

Had to do a spell check on this one.. it's spelled bureaucracy.
One good reason to learn finnish; words are always spelled the way they are pronounced..

Rip wrote:It should be straightforward and quick, but I have some personal experience on these matters....

Are we talking hours, days or weeks here?

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:17 pm

KahvinYstävä wrote:
Rip wrote:It should be straightforward and quick, but I have some personal experience on these matters....
Are we talking hours, days or weeks here?

There was link supplied with that post to regarding that personal experience. Anyway, I hope you get the registration in the magistrate office done without problems, I don't know if you get the ID in that case immediately or perhaps next day, as we weren't as lucky.

interleukin · Post by **interleukin** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:19 pm

I don't know if you get the ID in that case immediately or perhaps next day,

If there are no problems, you should get a paper in the post one or two days later confirming that you have registered, etc. It should contain your number also.

KahvinYstävä · Post by **KahvinYstävä** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:15 pm

Rip wrote:There was link supplied with that post to regarding that personal experience.

Sorry, was just lookin for a short and simple answer..
I might as well be lookin for Jimmy Hoffa..

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:07 pm

KahvinYstävä wrote: Sorry, was just lookin for a short and simple answer..

For that you need to ask a shortly and simply answerable question

fatherchristmas · Post by **fatherchristmas** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:45 am

My process was quite simple. The Mrs came over first about 2 months before me and got the kids signed up at schools. I came for a visit, filled out the forms, went back to the old country to tie up some loose ends and 2 weeks later my residence card was ready to be picked up over here. Kela gave me my ID number before I even applied for the Finnish national ID card at the Police. I also got the ID card 2 weeks after applying for it.

What may have smoothed things for me is that I've been married to my wife for 10 years and she's registered our marriage in Finland almost immediately. We also own property here.

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