Citizenship Application 2019

[rucindrea]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering how does migri check travelling records of person applying for citizenship specially of one travels in EU zone where there is no passport stamps in the passport or anything of that sort, any ideas ?

Also do you have to list all your trips from last 4/5 years, i find that a bit too much!

Lastly, once one submits the application, can i choose date to prove my identity or do they send to me specific date ? And what happens there when one goes to prove identity, how good does my finnish need to be as i have very limited skills .

Thanks!

I don't know if they can actually check your travels within the EU, at least I cannot imagine how they would...

I added all the travels from the past 9 years, it was the most difficult part of the application for me. But since most of my travels were by plane, I had the booking info in my email and I searched for it that way. I travel for work on average once every 2 months, so it was a lot of work..

After you fill in and pay for your application, you get to choose what date and time you book to prove your identity, and also which Migri center you want to visit.

The interview itself was not very difficult in terms of Finnish skills, they are not testing you again (you have a document that should prove your language skills). They only asked me a couple of clarifying questions about my travels (is it work related?) and one about the company I work for (since it's partly my own). I started to explain the company situation in Finnish but I switched to English to explain more complicated stuff and the Migri officer didn't seem to mind.

I only received the automatic message about travel and means of support at 6 months, and once the application went to phase 2 (after 8.5 months) I got a positive decision in a couple of hours.

[ozil-madrid]

Hi,

Thanks for your info!

When you mention :: I only received the automatic message about travel and means of support at 6 months, and once the application went to phase 2 (after 8.5 months) I got a positive decision in a couple of hours.

Do you mean you hadn't provided the travelling info before and after 6 months they asked for you to add info about travelling in your residence time ?

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I was wondering how does migri check travelling records of person applying for citizenship specially of one travels in EU zone where there is no passport stamps in the passport or anything of that sort, any ideas ?

Also do you have to list all your trips from last 4/5 years, i find that a bit too much!

Lastly, once one submits the application, can i choose date to prove my identity or do they send to me specific date ? And what happens there when one goes to prove identity, how good does my finnish need to be as i have very limited skills .

Thanks!

I don't know if they can actually check your travels within the EU, at least I cannot imagine how they would...

I added all the travels from the past 9 years, it was the most difficult part of the application for me. But since most of my travels were by plane, I had the booking info in my email and I searched for it that way. I travel for work on average once every 2 months, so it was a lot of work..

After you fill in and pay for your application, you get to choose what date and time you book to prove your identity, and also which Migri center you want to visit.

The interview itself was not very difficult in terms of Finnish skills, they are not testing you again (you have a document that should prove your language skills). They only asked me a couple of clarifying questions about my travels (is it work related?) and one about the company I work for (since it's partly my own). I started to explain the company situation in Finnish but I switched to English to explain more complicated stuff and the Migri officer didn't seem to mind.

I only received the automatic message about travel and means of support at 6 months, and once the application went to phase 2 (after 8.5 months) I got a positive decision in a couple of hours.

[ozil-madrid]

by the way, do they usually ask for the older passport or just the current one ?

Cheers!

[heretostay]

by the way, do they usually ask for the older passport or just the current one ?

Cheers!

Yes older passport will need to be provided.

[ozil-madrid]

What if i don't have it anymore :O ?!?!?

by the way, do they usually ask for the older passport or just the current one ?

Cheers!

Yes older passport will need to be provided.

[rucindrea]

Hi,

Thanks for your info!

When you mention :: I only received the automatic message about travel and means of support at 6 months, and once the application went to phase 2 (after 8.5 months) I got a positive decision in a couple of hours.

Do you mean you hadn't provided the travelling info before and after 6 months they asked for you to add info about travelling in your residence time ?

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I was wondering how does migri check travelling records of person applying for citizenship specially of one travels in EU zone where there is no passport stamps in the passport or anything of that sort, any ideas ?

Also do you have to list all your trips from last 4/5 years, i find that a bit too much!

Lastly, once one submits the application, can i choose date to prove my identity or do they send to me specific date ? And what happens there when one goes to prove identity, how good does my finnish need to be as i have very limited skills .

Thanks!

No, what I mean is: I provided all the travel info in my application. After 6 months had passed, I received an automatic message requesting me to update my travel info and means of support since the application time and I supplied that info. At the time of the automatic message, my application was still in phase 1, so no one had yet looked at it.

[rucindrea]

by the way, do they usually ask for the older passport or just the current one ?

Cheers!

They only asked to see my current passport, when I went to prove my identity. I didn't have to provide any older ones.

[Naeem89]

Bad news for new and probably old applicants, the processing time for citizenship application has been changed to 12 months

[ozil-madrid]

Is this from the processing time calculator or is it some official news ?

Bad news for new and probably old applicants, the processing time for citizenship application has been changed to 12 months

[rucindrea]

The processing time checker shows 11-12 months now for new and old applications...

[ozil-madrid]

All,

Anyone here knows/applied for the citizenship without mentioning full travel dates as they couldn't track all their travels and had a positive/negative decision based on that ?

How do they check/know/ask you to provide info if there is a system to track it ? Or is there no system and it just depends if you remember all the info or not ?!

Appreciate answers based on facts !!

Thanks.

[Upphew]

Is this from the processing time calculator or is it some official news ?

Bad news for new and probably old applicants, the processing time for citizenship application has been changed to 12 months

Probably related to this: https://migri.fi/en/article/-/asset_pub ... euvottelut

[random-username]

Another week started, any news from anybody?

[Beetlejuuuice]

Hello, got a positive decision today, here is the timeline:
27/03/2019 proved identity
26/09/2019 sent additional information
29/10/2019 A decision has been made

Good luck to all, who are waiting! I hope you get your positive decisions soon!
Applied in Rasio service point. Non EU-citizen.

[daramolad]

My friend of mine who applied in March 28th 2019 just received a positive decision today. 3 hours after her Appplication moved to stage 2 she got the decision.