Family reunification for a refugee

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browndude
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Family reunification for a refugee

Post by browndude » Sat Apr 01, 2023 8:25 pm

A friend of mine who is a permanent resident of Finland (he came here as a child refugee almost a decade ago and has applied for citizenship but this is still in process) would like to see if he can sponsor his younger brother who is most probably under 14 years old or so (exact age unkown since the country he is from has essentially no functioning government) for a family re-unification permit. The child is in an extremely dangerous location/situation now. I have no experience with such things but would like to help him in any way I can. Does someone here have any advice on how to find out if family re-unification is possible and if so how to proceed with such a process?


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Re: Family reunification for a refugee

Post by FinlandGirl » Sun Apr 02, 2023 5:40 pm

browndude wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 8:25 pm
A friend of mine who is a permanent resident of Finland (he came here as a child refugee almost a decade ago and has applied for citizenship but this is still in process) would like to see if he can sponsor his younger brother who is most probably under 14 years old or so (exact age unkown since the country he is from has essentially no functioning government) for a family re-unification permit. The child is in an extremely dangerous location/situation now. I have no experience with such things but would like to help him in any way I can. Does someone here have any advice on how to find out if family re-unification is possible and if so how to proceed with such a process?
A sibling is not a family member for residence permit purposes.

Becoming the guardian of a younger sibling might be possible, but he should ask lawyers in both countries whether this would actually work.

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Re: Family reunification for a refugee

Post by browndude » Mon Apr 03, 2023 9:52 pm

FinlandGirl wrote:
Sun Apr 02, 2023 5:40 pm
browndude wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 8:25 pm
A friend of mine who is a permanent resident of Finland (he came here as a child refugee almost a decade ago and has applied for citizenship but this is still in process) would like to see if he can sponsor his younger brother who is most probably under 14 years old or so (exact age unkown since the country he is from has essentially no functioning government) for a family re-unification permit. The child is in an extremely dangerous location/situation now. I have no experience with such things but would like to help him in any way I can. Does someone here have any advice on how to find out if family re-unification is possible and if so how to proceed with such a process?
A sibling is not a family member for residence permit purposes.

Becoming the guardian of a younger sibling might be possible, but he should ask lawyers in both countries whether this would actually work.
Thanks for the reply. As you said, it does not look like the child qualifies for family reunification based on what I have read too. My friend who is in Finland is looking into it from this end but unfortunately the brother is in a non-functioning country which has almost no lawyers (nor functioning laws) at the moment.
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Re: Family reunification for a refugee

Post by inkku » Tue Apr 04, 2023 2:25 pm

This is a place where he could ask for advice

https://www.pakolaisneuvonta.fi/en/


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