Is Permanent Residency permanent?

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Is Permanent Residency permanent?

Post by z001600z » Tue Sep 21, 2004 2:31 pm

I'm trying to get to Poliisi phone line (9-11) but it seems you people know best anyhow....

I am about to leave Finland for a year or two after 3 years here. I already have a permanent residency and I assumed it's for life (at least of the passport, and then I have to move it).

Someone mentioned that it can be revoked or something like that after a while. Is that so? How long after I change my address out of Finland would that happen? Would there be a problem applying again?

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Post by Hank W. » Tue Sep 21, 2004 4:00 pm

http://www.uvi.fi

A fixed-term or permanent residence permit is revoked if the person who has been granted the permit

has moved away from Finland on a permanent basis, or
has resided outside Finland for two years without interruption with the intention of staying there permanently.
If there is an acceptable reason for the absence, the Directorate of Immigration may decide not to revoke the permit. An application to halt the revocation of the permit must be submitted before the period of absence reaches two years.

The residence permit can be revoked if the applicant has deliberately given false information or concealed some matter that is relevant to the application.

A fixed-term permit can also be revoked if the grounds for granting the permit no longer exist. If the change in circumstances is not up to the applicant, the permit can be revoked within a short period after the change has taken place. In practice, this will take a few months.

The residence permit can also be revoked if another Schengen State decides to deport an alien and to issue an alert for the person for the purposes of refusing entry .


So, the permanent residence permit is permanent only if you reside permanently.
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Post by Dan » Tue Sep 21, 2004 4:01 pm

The period is two years. If you'll be returning for certain then you can apply to have that period extended. If it does expire then no, there's no problem applying again. It only means you need to go through the same procedures again.
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Post by z001600z » Tue Sep 21, 2004 5:19 pm

Wow,

I can't say I'm relieved, but thanks for the quick reply.

I remember reading somewhere a lengthy description of what "without interruption" is. Counting days and so on. As we are intending to come back, and of course visit for Christmas and such, I wonder if it delays the counting. (For example, I discovered that if you can "can't remember the term" postpone your car insurance for up to a year only. But if you "activate" it even for a few days, the counting start again...)

Can you post the link to where you got this info from? I know it has been mentioned probably various times, but I did search the forum before posting, and could not find it. (find the right key words, isn't that becoming the biggest problem of our time?)

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Post by Hank W. » Tue Sep 21, 2004 5:31 pm

Cheers, Hank W.
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