Civil status certificate
You can use a marital status certificate to prove your marital status. This certificate shows whether you are married, in a registered partnership, unmarried, divorced or widowed.
The certificate includes the following information:
Name, date of birth, marital status and and municipality of residence.
In addition, you can choose to replace your date of birth with your personal identity code.
Do the following
The information shown on the certificates is taken from the Population Information System. You can check your personal information by using the Check Your Registered Data service.
You can order certificates after you have identified yourself in the service. You can identify yourself, for example, by using your online banking codes or a mobile certificate. You can pay the certificate by making an online payment.
If you are going to use the certificate in Finland, it will be delivered electronically. You can download the certificate in PDF format right after paying or the certificate will be sent to you in Suomi.fi Messages. To have the certificate sent to you, you will need to have enabled Suomi.fi Messages. Due to privacy reasons, the certificate will not be sent directly to your email.
If the certificate is required by an authority in a foreign country, the certificate will be posted to you. Your order will be processed within 2–5 business days, after which the Post will deliver the certificate.
Certificates from the Population Information System
Please note that if you are permanently living abroad, you cannot order certificates using the e-service. Instead, you need to contact Digital and Population Data Services Agency's Customer service for private customers.
In addition to the electronic service, you can order the certificate either by encrypted e-mail, telephone or by submitting a form. All electronic and printable forms can be found in the Forms section of our website.
Price
Ordering from self-service
- Electronic certificate, 10 €/document
- Certificate by post, 14 €/document
- Certificate and EU standard form by post 24 €
- Certificate and Apostille certificate by post 44 €
Using other channels
- Certificate 18 €/document
- EU standard multilingual form 10 €/document
- Apostille certificate 30 €/document
Contact us
Telephone service
Telephone number +358 295 536 230
From Monday to Friday kello 9–12
Use secure email, if your message contains personal or otherwise confidential information. Choose this address as the recipient: [email protected]
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