Citizenship Application 2023

[Oussbe7]

Sometime between 3 months and 3 years. I recommend to do your best to try to just get on with life and the wait goes faster.

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

Now it becomes 7700 after one month

[Auringon_kukka]

Migri in the news again: https://yle.fi/a/74-20059643

[Auringon_kukka]

Thanks! I applied and had my meeting in January 2023, still sitting in stage 1 and queue number 37xx (it was about 69xx at the beginning). The queue number was going down by 400-500 per month at first but since the summer it's slowed to 100 or less per month, which is driving me a bit crazy...

Your application should have received a decision by now.
Currently, they are processing applications for June 2023, and the latest someone has posted about receiving a decision on June 15, 2023 (Migri visit and applied a day before).

The decision was served at the 50XX queue. If you haven't received a decision between the 4000~5000 queue, it might take some time to process the application.

Is there a specific reason in your case for such lengthy processing? Is your country on the list?
Did you arrive in Finland without a prior residence permit (RP)?
Do you have a valid passport?
Is this a refugee case?
Do you have a Finnish Permanent Residence permit?

I don't know why I would be in the lengthy processing queue. My country is not on the list, I have a valid passport, always had the correct permits, have a Finnish spouse and children and have been here 5 years. The only thing I can think of is my income/work situation, I've mainly been a stay-at-home parent here and relied on my spouse, although I've made a small amount from my own business in the last couple of years and have some rental income from my home country. I haven't claimed anything from Kela except child benefits though, and I've paid my taxes and don't have any debts.

As I said earlier, without insider knowledge, it's hard for us on the outside to know why some applications are processed quickly, and why others seem to languish. I've often wondered if the "easier" applications are pulled from the queue for training purposes for newer migri staff.

I frankly wouldn't worry too much about the time it's taking. Life goes on. I have an extended four-year residence permit, and I'm confident that I'll have a decision on my citizenship application by next spring.

[Guess.who]

My observation: Nowadays, Migri is quite active, and the application queue is moving at a fast pace, approximately 140-170 applications per week in the past few weeks. Additionally, they have started processing citizenship applications on Saturdays as well.

[another_one]

My observation: Nowadays, Migri is quite active, and the application queue is moving at a fast pace, approximately 140-170 applications per week in the past few weeks. Additionally, they have started processing citizenship applications on Saturdays as well.

I remember only one person said that their application was processed on Saturday, isn't it?
I've checked multiple weekends and it looks like my queue number does not change during that time, only on workdays.
Do you have any changes in your queue number on Saturday?

My queue moves for about 30-40 each week. Current queue is 35XX

P.S. I keep in mind that queue numbers update during night time. So it is only possible to check your queue number on the next day.

[Karima]

migri is generally a strange organization. I created an application on 11.07. my daughter on the same day, but our numbers in the queue and movements in the queue are more different .

[X6InhEswsi7lLAQ]

My observation: Nowadays, Migri is quite active, and the application queue is moving at a fast pace, approximately 140-170 applications per week in the past few weeks. Additionally, they have started processing citizenship applications on Saturdays as well.

I remember only one person said that their application was processed on Saturday, isn't it?
I've checked multiple weekends and it looks like my queue number does not change during that time, only on workdays.
Do you have any changes in your queue number on Saturday?

My queue moves for about 30-40 each week. Current queue is 35XX

P.S. I keep in mind that queue numbers update during night time. So it is only possible to check your queue number on the next day.

2023-11-04 -> 2023-11-05 (Sat->Sun) Queue pos down by 4
2023-11-11 -> 2023-11-12 (Sat->Sun) Queue pos down by 8

[Guess.who]

My observation: Nowadays, Migri is quite active, and the application queue is moving at a fast pace, approximately 140-170 applications per week in the past few weeks. Additionally, they have started processing citizenship applications on Saturdays as well.

I remember only one person said that their application was processed on Saturday, isn't it?
I've checked multiple weekends and it looks like my queue number does not change during that time, only on workdays.
Do you have any changes in your queue number on Saturday?

My queue moves for about 30-40 each week. Current queue is 35XX

P.S. I keep in mind that queue numbers update during night time. So it is only possible to check your queue number on the next day.

Hi there!

I'm not sure why you can't see the significant drop in the queue number. I assume it's mostly because you have passed the fast track processing zone of 4000-5000 in the queue (5-8 months).

For the last three Saturdays, I have observed small drops in the queue. It's not the same as weekdays, around 30-40, but an average of 8-10 in the queue. Again, I assume this is due to it being a Saturday (half working day).

In the month of November alone, my application queue dropped from 5835 to 5535 (a difference of 300 numbers).

Hope this helps!

[another_one]

Hi there!

I'm not sure why you can't see the significant drop in the queue number. I assume it's mostly because you have passed the fast track processing zone of 4000-5000 in the queue (5-8 months).

For the last three Saturdays, I have observed small drops in the queue. It's not the same as weekdays, around 30-40, but an average of 8-10 in the queue. Again, I assume this is due to it being a Saturday (half working day).

In the month of November alone, my application queue dropped from 5835 to 5535 (a difference of 300 numbers).

Hope this helps!

Yeah, looks like your queue moves faster than mine.
Anyway, it is a good thing if they started to process applications on Saturdays. The faster they process people in the 4000-5000 zone the sooner they will move to other applications.

[mamutti]

Hi there!

I'm not sure why you can't see the significant drop in the queue number. I assume it's mostly because you have passed the fast track processing zone of 4000-5000 in the queue (5-8 months).

For the last three Saturdays, I have observed small drops in the queue. It's not the same as weekdays, around 30-40, but an average of 8-10 in the queue. Again, I assume this is due to it being a Saturday (half working day).

In the month of November alone, my application queue dropped from 5835 to 5535 (a difference of 300 numbers).

Hope this helps!

Yeah, looks like your queue moves faster than mine.
Anyway, it is a good thing if they started to process applications on Saturdays. The faster they process people in the 4000-5000 zone the sooner they will move to other applications.

Actually I am waiting for 15th month, so my queue number is 285x and I have observed that moving from 4600 to 3000 was super slow, while moving from 3100 to 285x has happened in a matter of couple or three weeks I’m not sure what it actually means, but at least I see some movement now

[Amzely]

Finally, My citizenship application approved today following is the timeline
Applied and visited Migri on 15/03/2022
Queue number at start 76..
went to stage 2 In process on 10/11/2023
Queue number at this stage was around 1680(Got an email that processing has been started)
Decision is ready 13/11/2023(Got no SMS or Email curiously checked and got pleasant surprise)
My profile:
Came as spouse of Finnish citizen in 2018
Have two Finnish children
My country was on list
Never worked
Thank you everyone and best of the luck to everyone!

[Auringon_kukka]

Finally, My citizenship application approved today following is the timeline
Applied and visited Migri on 15/03/2022
Queue number at start 76..
went to stage 2 In process on 10/11/2023
Queue number at this stage was around 1680(Got an email that processing has been started)
Decision is ready 13/11/2023(Got no SMS or Email curiously checked and got pleasant surprise)
My profile:
Came as spouse of Finnish citizen in 2018
Have two Finnish children
My country was on list
Never worked
Thank you everyone and best of the luck to everyone!

Congratulations, yet more great news!!!

I applied in August 2022, so I guess I can expect a decision in five or six months from now.

[Guess.who]

Based on my observation, if your application is not picked up for processing in the 4000-5000 queue (5-8 months), the next stop is the 1500-2000 queue (16-20 months). Alternatively, you might get lucky in between!

[m02b06]

Hi! I applied on 12.10.22, visited migri on the same day. The application has moved to phase 2 immidiately after the migri visit, so I have been in the phase 2 for about 13 months. Has anyone had similar situation and is this normal? Migri just replies to wait and that the application is fine. Currently I am ~3100 in queue.

[Auringon_kukka]

Hi! I applied on 12.10.22, visited migri on the same day. The application has moved to phase 2 immidiately after the migri visit, so I have been in the phase 2 for about 13 months. Has anyone had similar situation and is this normal? Migri just replies to wait and that the application is fine. Currently I am ~3100 in queue.

Never heard of such before, but maybe others can chime in here? My guess is someone at migri inadvertently hit the "processing" button after your application landed in the queue. Maybe there's no way for them to send it back to stage 1, so they left it as is.

I applied in 8/22 and am still in stage one (and 26xx in the queue).