Citizenship Application 2023

[Auringon_kukka]

My friend from a non-EU country applied for citizenship last November and got a positive decision in March this year. It only took her 4 months. I identified myself in the end of May and have waited for a bit over 4 months now. It worries me to read about how some of you have waited for even 2 years or more. I hope i can get my decision soon.

Four months is exceptionally fast, probably an EU record.

[No_doo]

I am over 15 months now. Queue number 25xx

Same for me: 15+ months with 26XX queue number.
My gut feeling is that ~18 months is what we should be expecting just to start the phase 2.

Let’s hope so

[No_doo]

Hopefully they don't increase the processing time window! Now it is 20 months...

[dude238818]

Hopefully they don't increase the processing time window! Now it is 20 months...

It is now 6 - 28 months https://migri.fi/en/citizenship-for-adults They will keep increasing this year for the simple reason many people have been applying because of the so-called 8 years. This might lead to making processing to 3 years or more soon

[mamutti]

Hopefully they don't increase the processing time window! Now it is 20 months...

It is now 6 - 28 months https://migri.fi/en/citizenship-for-adults They will keep increasing this year for the simple reason many people have been applying because of the so-called 8 years. This might lead to making processing to 3 years or more soon

Feels kinda sad that they have to prolong the processing, even though they have one year processing target, which wasn’t met in 2022, so I’m not sure how they are going to meet it in 2023 (at least, by the end of this year trying to process everything that is over one year pending).

[dude238818]

Hopefully they don't increase the processing time window! Now it is 20 months...

It is now 6 - 28 months https://migri.fi/en/citizenship-for-adults They will keep increasing this year for the simple reason many people have been applying because of the so-called 8 years. This might lead to making processing to 3 years or more soon

Feels kinda sad that they have to prolong the processing, even though they have one year processing target, which wasn’t met in 2022, so I’m not sure how they are going to meet it in 2023 (at least, by the end of this year trying to process everything that is over one year pending).

I have been waiting for over 27 months and am still on stage 1. I am still around 47x queue number and you can imagine there are many people in front of me

[Guess.who]

My friend from a non-EU country applied for citizenship last November and got a positive decision in March this year. It only took her 4 months. I identified myself in the end of May and have waited for a bit over 4 months now. It worries me to read about how some of you have waited for even 2 years or more. I hope i can get my decision soon.

Hopefully you will get the decision soon in few months!

May I know your queue number ?


Cheers!

[march9320]

My friend from a non-EU country applied for citizenship last November and got a positive decision in March this year. It only took her 4 months. I identified myself in the end of May and have waited for a bit over 4 months now. It worries me to read about how some of you have waited for even 2 years or more. I hope i can get my decision soon.

Hopefully you will get the decision soon in few months!

May I know your queue number ?


Cheers!

My queue number is 51XX. And thanks i do hope to get the decision before my RP expires.

[No_doo]

Hopefully they don't increase the processing time window! Now it is 20 months...

It is now 6 - 28 months https://migri.fi/en/citizenship-for-adults They will keep increasing this year for the simple reason many people have been applying because of the so-called 8 years. This might lead to making processing to 3 years or more soon

Feels kinda sad that they have to prolong the processing, even though they have one year processing target, which wasn’t met in 2022, so I’m not sure how they are going to meet it in 2023 (at least, by the end of this year trying to process everything that is over one year pending).

How long have you been waiting now?

[Auringon_kukka]

My friend from a non-EU country applied for citizenship last November and got a positive decision in March this year. It only took her 4 months. I identified myself in the end of May and have waited for a bit over 4 months now. It worries me to read about how some of you have waited for even 2 years or more. I hope i can get my decision soon.

Hopefully you will get the decision soon in few months!

May I know your queue number ?


Cheers!

My queue number is 51XX. And thanks i do hope to get the decision before my RP expires.

Should your residence permit be nearing its expiration date and you still haven't had a decision on your citizenship application, I would recommend applying for an extended residence permit. I did exactly that, and the extended residence permit application was processed in less than an hour (no in-person visit required). I applied for citizenship over 13 months ago and am still waiting in stage 1. Not worried, though, as my RP is valid until 2027, and migri should have made a decision on my citizenship application by then.

[march9320]

Hopefully you will get the decision soon in few months!

May I know your queue number ?


Cheers!

My queue number is 51XX. And thanks i do hope to get the decision before my RP expires.

Should your residence permit be nearing its expiration date and you still haven't had a decision on your citizenship application, I would recommend applying for an extended residence permit. I did exactly that, and the extended residence permit application was processed in less than an hour (no in-person visit required). I applied for citizenship over 13 months ago and am still waiting in stage 1. Not worried, though, as my RP is valid until 2027, and migri should have made a decision on my citizenship application by then.

Shouldnt you have applied for a PR permit in this case?

[Auringon_kukka]

My queue number is 51XX. And thanks i do hope to get the decision before my RP expires.

Should your residence permit be nearing its expiration date and you still haven't had a decision on your citizenship application, I would recommend applying for an extended residence permit. I did exactly that, and the extended residence permit application was processed in less than an hour (no in-person visit required). I applied for citizenship over 13 months ago and am still waiting in stage 1. Not worried, though, as my RP is valid until 2027, and migri should have made a decision on my citizenship application by then.

Shouldnt you have applied for a PR permit in this case?

A permanent residence permit would have been an option of course. However, I heard those applications take longer to process, and I thought perhaps that might make it more difficult for return trips to Finland, without an actual valid residence permit card in hand.

I'm confident my application for citizenship will be approved, eventually.

[Oussbe7]

Hello I have applied for citizenship and went for the migri office on the 2nd October, my queue number is 8039 , any guess how long it would take to stage 2

[Toololainen]

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[Auringon_kukka]

Hello everyone,

Has anyone experienced this when applying for the citizenship that you no longer need to visit Migri?

https://migri.fi/en/-/you-can-avoid-vis ... ermit-card

This is new, I believe. When I applied in August 2022, I still had to visit the local service point. The new process makes sense, especially since you are already proving your identity online by logging in with your banking credentials (in most cases). Migri will of course notify applicants (once processing begins) if anything is missing or if information needs to be updated.