Finnish RP (Family Ties)

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BatMan
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Finnish RP (Family Ties)

Post by BatMan » Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:42 pm

Hi,
I have been reading this forum for a while, however I could not find an answer to my specific case (Or I must have missed it), so I would be grateful for any help.
I have been married to a Finnish National for 4+ years, and we have one son together.
We are living outside of EU, (I am a non-EU citizen) and honestly never had the intention of moving to Finland, every year I apply for a visit visa and we go for our holidays, visit my wife's family.
Now, seeing that my wife is non resident citizen and so is my son, do I qualify for a RP should I apply based on family ties? I have recently started up my own consultancy firm and I do not need to be physically located anywhere in specific so we thought about trying out life in Finland.
Thing is, the move may not materialize, whats the situation here?
Would I be better of staying with the visit visas until we move there for sure?
Many thanks ,I hope I could get my point across.



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Upphew
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Re: Finnish RP (Family Ties)

Post by Upphew » Thu Aug 14, 2014 8:04 pm

BatMan wrote:Hi,
I have been reading this forum for a while, however I could not find an answer to my specific case (Or I must have missed it), so I would be grateful for any help.
I have been married to a Finnish National for 4+ years, and we have one son together.
We are living outside of EU, (I am a non-EU citizen) and honestly never had the intention of moving to Finland, every year I apply for a visit visa and we go for our holidays, visit my wife's family.
Now, seeing that my wife is non resident citizen and so is my son, do I qualify for a RP should I apply based on family ties? I have recently started up my own consultancy firm and I do not need to be physically located anywhere in specific so we thought about trying out life in Finland.
Thing is, the move may not materialize, whats the situation here?
Would I be better of staying with the visit visas until we move there for sure?
Many thanks ,I hope I could get my point across.
www.migri.fi
You can't get RP on family ties until someone of your family is living here.
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Visa is for visiting, Residence Permit for residing.

betelgeuse
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Re: Finnish RP (Family Ties)

Post by betelgeuse » Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:12 pm

Upphew wrote: http://www.migri.fi
You can't get RP on family ties until someone of your family is living here.
True but section 49 of the Aliens Act [1] allows for the OP to apply for the RP in Finland. However, I don't know if it's possible to get a visa for the purpose of coming to Finland in order to apply for RP.

http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2 ... 0301#L4P49


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