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APPLICATION FOR PREVENTING THE CANCELLATION OF A RESIDENCE PERMIT

This form is for requesting that your residence permit will not be cancelled because of your residence abroad.
There has to be a special or exceptional reason for your residence abroad. You must submit your application
within two years of moving from Finland. If you have an EU residence permit (PE-U) granted by Finland and you
reside within the European Union, you must submit your application within six years of moving from Finland.
A processing fee pursuant to the decree on fees will be charged for the application. The processing fee of 100
euros should be paid in advance to the Finnish Immigration Service’s bank account FI50 5000 0121 5029 82. If
you pay the fee abroad, please give the following information: Pohjola Bank Plc, BIC: OKOYFIHH and IBAN:
FI50 5000 0121 5029 82. Write your name and the text “Application for preventing the cancellation of a
residence permit” in the message field of the bank transfer. Attach a document on the payment to your
application.
Send your application to the Finnish Immigration Service.
Address: Finnish Immigration Service, P.O. BOX 10, FI-00086 Finnish Immigration Service
Fax: +358 295 411 720
E-mail: migri@migri.fi
(If you send your application by e-mail, you do so at your own risk. The connection is not secure.)

1 Applicant’s personal and contact information

Family name

First names

Finnish Immigration Service

customer number

Citizenship(s)

Latter part of your Finnish personal

Date of birth (dd.mm.yyyy)
identity code (if applicable)

Street address

Postal code City/town Country

Telephone E-mail

2 Prevention of the cancellation of a residence permit

I request that my residence permit not be cancelled.

Why are you residing abroad?

Since when have you resided

abroad (dd.mm.yyyy)?

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When will you return to Finland?

Will you return to Finland

permanently or temporarily?

If you return to Finland temporarily, how long will you stay in Finland?
When you leave Finland again, how long will you stay away?

What ties do you have to Finland (for example family members, job, housing etc.)?

If you have a spouse and/or children, do they reside in Finland or abroad with you?
If they are not in Finland, how long have they resided abroad?

3 Date and signature

I hereby affirm with my signature that the information I submit in this form and in the attached documents is correct. I am aware
that providing false personal information and false written documentation to the authorities is an act punishable under the
Criminal Code of Finland.
Place and date Signature

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Name in block letters

4 Attachments
If the documents are not in Finnish, Swedish or English, they must be accompanied by a translation into one of these languages made by
an authorised translator.

Copy of payment receipt

Copy of the passport page containing personal data and of all pages in your passport with notes
Certificate of employment (if the reason for your residence abroad is employment)
Certificate of studies (if the reason for your residence abroad is studying)
Document on a relative’s health (if the reason for your residence abroad is taking care of a relative)

The information you have given on this form will be recorded in the electronic case management system (UMA) of the Finnish
Immigration Service. The UMA system is used for processing, decision-making and monitoring of matters governed by the Aliens
Act and the Nationality Act. All documents related to the processing of your matter will be filed in the UMA system. More detailed
information of the processing on your personal data and your rights related to the processing will be given in the privacy statement
of the UMA system. You can read the statement on our website www.migri.fi/en/registers or get a paper statement when you submit
your application.

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