Just a simple question, Im living in Finland exactly 4 years, I was away in this 4 years once for 3 months and half. Do the immigration count this 4 months or do I have to wait 4 months and apply for citzenship? (My partner is a finn)
Thnks
Residence time for citizenship... Asumisaika
Residence time for citizenship... Asumisaika
Hei,
Just a simple question, Im living in Finland exactly 4 years, I was away in this 4 years once for 3 months and half. Do the immigration count this 4 months or do I have to wait 4 months and apply for citzenship? (My partner is a finn)
Thnks
Just a simple question, Im living in Finland exactly 4 years, I was away in this 4 years once for 3 months and half. Do the immigration count this 4 months or do I have to wait 4 months and apply for citzenship? (My partner is a finn)
Thnks
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lakmehesse
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Re: Residence time for citizenship... Asumisaika
I actually have a question about this. In 2009, I was pregnant with my son. I went back to my home country to visit my mother, but wasn't able to leave due to complications in my pregnancy. I ended up staying for a total of 8 months. I returned to Finland as soon as I could. KELA decided that I was still able to be covered and have benefits since I was gone less than a year and it was medical reasons. Can I then assume that this absence will not affect my application for citizenship?
Re: Residence time for citizenship... Asumisaika
No.lakmehesse wrote:I actually have a question about this. In 2009, I was pregnant with my son. I went back to my home country to visit my mother, but wasn't able to leave due to complications in my pregnancy. I ended up staying for a total of 8 months. I returned to Finland as soon as I could. KELA decided that I was still able to be covered and have benefits since I was gone less than a year and it was medical reasons. Can I then assume that this absence will not affect my application for citizenship?
Kela and Migri are interested in different things, and it will affect your application for citizenship:
http://www.migri.fi/finnish_citizenship ... de_finlandIf you are temporarily absent from Finland for over six months but no longer than one year, your continuous period of residence will not be interrupted. However, the period of absence is not counted as continuous residential time.