Hello, we (me, my wife and a kid) have been living in Finland for about four years and next year we are planning to apply for Finnish citizenship. We are from a non-european country. I have a few questions about the application process and i would be very greatful for any help.
First, do we need to apply for the citizenship for our child? If we do how the process differ? Does the child need to know Finnish? And if she does need, how they are gonna test it because the kid is only 5 years old.
Second do we need to apply for the citizenship all at the same time? Or we can start applying for the citizenship separately?
All help is very much appreciated.
Citizenship application family of three
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Re: Citizenship application family of three
https://migri.fi/en/citizenship-applicationAlpenuser wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 4:07 amHello, we (me, my wife and a kid) have been living in Finland for about four years and next year we are planning to apply for Finnish citizenship. We are from a non-european country. I have a few questions about the application process and i would be very greatful for any help.
Yes.
When parents acquire or lose citizenships after the birth of the child, this does not affect the citizenships of the child.
The child applies together with a parent.
No.
The child should apply with a parent, parents apply separately and might also be eligible for citizenship at different times.
Re: Citizenship application family of three
FinlandGirl wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 12:15 pmhttps://migri.fi/en/citizenship-applicationAlpenuser wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 4:07 amHello, we (me, my wife and a kid) have been living in Finland for about four years and next year we are planning to apply for Finnish citizenship. We are from a non-european country. I have a few questions about the application process and i would be very greatful for any help.
Yes.
When parents acquire or lose citizenships after the birth of the child, this does not affect the citizenships of the child.
The child applies together with a parent.
No.
The child should apply with a parent, parents apply separately and might also be eligible for citizenship at different times.
Thank you very much. All my questions were answered in one post