Driving in Finland

Marakana · Post by **Marakana** » Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:03 pm

Hello everyone,i have finish visa permit for 1year,i wonder can i buy a used(registered)car and register it on my name?plus i have driving licence from a country that has signed the Geneva or Vienna Road Traffic Convention.
Thanks!!!

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foca · Post by **foca** » Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:24 pm

Marakana wrote:Hello everyone,i have finish visa permit for 1year,i wonder can i buy a used(registered)car and register it on my name?plus i have driving licence from a country that has signed the Geneva or Vienna Road Traffic Convention.
Thanks!!!

What is a visa permit? Most probably you mean residence permit. Though it does not really matter what status you have in Finland, the only thing you should need is an address - it is needed for insurance and tax payment reasons. So when I travelled to Finland on a visa, but had a summer cottage I already had registered vehicles in Finland. And I had no finish ID then.
As for driving with a foreign permit - you are right it should be issued by a country which is a signatory to the mentioned conventions. Although if you intend to drive after one year you should exchange you driving license into Finnish one

DMC · Post by **DMC** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 8:07 am

foca wrote:Although if you intend to drive after one year you should exchange you driving license into Finnish one

That depends where the OP's licence was issued. If it was issued in the EU it is not necessary to change it, although many people do.

foca · Post by **foca** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:39 pm

DMC wrote:
foca wrote:Although if you intend to drive after one year you should exchange you driving license into Finnish one
That depends where the OP's licence was issued. If it was issued in the EU it is not necessary to change it, although many people do.

Obviously the op's license is not from EU - he just received a residence permit

betelgeuse · Post by **betelgeuse** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:57 pm

foca wrote:
DMC wrote:
foca wrote:Although if you intend to drive after one year you should exchange you driving license into Finnish one
That depends where the OP's licence was issued. If it was issued in the EU it is not necessary to change it, although many people do.
Obviously the op's license is not from EU - he just received a residence permit

It is possible to just have received a residence permit and have a license from the EU. After all, you usually need to apply for a Finnish residence permit if you are currently residing in another member state with a permit for that country.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 1:14 pm

betelgeuse wrote: It is possible to just have received a residence permit and have a license from the EU. After all, you usually need to apply for a Finnish residence permit if you are currently residing in another member state with a permit for that country.

True, but while the initial description

have driving licence from a country that has signed the Geneva or Vienna Road Traffic Convention

technically applies to every EU country, using that when the license is actually from a EU country is bit like introducing yourself (in a Finnish immigration forum) as a somebody from a UN or OECD member state when you're French.

fholland · Post by **fholland** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 7:21 pm

Hello people, I'm not sure if this is the right place, I couldn't find a "creat a forum" button anywhere. But I have a question hopefully someone can answer. I have lived in Finland for 2 years and I just bought a van, it's a 2.4 diesel. Can anybody tell me how I can get an online quote for the insurance/an online quote for the tax? And just general information about what you need to do when you buy a car. Thanks in advance.

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 1:50 pm

fholland wrote:Hello people, I'm not sure if this is the right place, I couldn't find a "creat a forum" button anywhere. But I have a question hopefully someone can answer. I have lived in Finland for 2 years and I just bought a van, it's a 2.4 diesel. Can anybody tell me how I can get an online quote for the insurance/an online quote for the tax? And just general information about what you need to do when you buy a car. Thanks in advance.

Register it to your name. Take insurance.
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