Civil status certificate

You can use a civil status certificate to prove your marital status. This certificate shows whether you are married, in a registered partnership, unmarried, divorced or widowed.

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The following information is included in the certificate when you order a standard certificate via the self-service. A standard certificate means that the certificate always contains the same information and the selected optional information: 

  • Name
  • Date of birth
  • Marital status
  • Municipality of residence 

If you need other information, order the certificate by email, phone or a form.

Please first check with the foreign authority if you need a certificate pursuant to Finnish legislation to get married abroad. Further information on the certificate: Examination of impediments to marriage.
 

How to order certificates

You can order a civil status certificate of yourself. Certificates ordered and delivered through the self-service are cheaper, and you receive certificates quickly. Prices can be found at the bottom of the page.

Self-service

You need online banking codes or a mobile certificate for the order. You pay the certificate by making an online payment. Please note that you can only order an extract from the self-service for yourself or your dependants.

Ordering a certificate for use in Finland through the self-service is cheaper and is immediately available online. 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 a foreign authority, the certificate will be sent to you by mail. Your order will be processed within 2-5 business days, after which the postal service will deliver the certificate.

 

Check your data! 

You can check your personal data in the Population Information System from the Personal Data service. You can find your current personal data, name history information and property and building ownership information on the service. You can also check your residential history data saved in the Population Information System.

Personal Data service

If your personal data contains mistakes, you can correct your own given name, occupation, email address, native language and communication language. In other cases, please contact our customer service by phone at 0295 536 220 or visit a service location. 

Processing times 

  • 1 week (+ mail delivery time)
  • You can get an online certificate for use in Finland immediately through the self-service.

Price

Self service
You pay for the certificates when placing your order. 

•    Electronic certificate from the self-service, €10/document
•    Certificate from the self-service by post, €16/document
•    Certificate and multilingual EU standard form by post, €28/person
•    Certificate and Apostille by post from the self-service, €46/person

Lomake.fi, e-mail, phone and visiting at the service location
We send the invoice separately. If you visit one of our service locations, you pay at the service location. 

•    Extract/certificate €20/document
•    Report on family relationships €30/document and from the digitalized civil / population registers €65/document
•    Manually prepared extract/certificate €65/document
•    Multilingual EU standard form attached to the extract/certificate (translation assistance form) €12/document
•    Apostille €30/document

Delivery of the certificate

Self-service:

When you order a certificate for a Finnish operator from the self-service, you will receive it as an electronic PDF document. You can download the certificate from the My Certificates tab of the self-service to your device immediately after payment. The certificate can be downloaded from the self-service within 24 hours.

The certificate will also be sent to you on Suomi.fi Messages if you have enabled the service before ordering.

No signature will be added to the certificate, and you cannot add a translation form or an Apostille certificate to it later.

Certificates ordered from the self-service are not delivered by paper mail or electronically by encrypted mail.

 

When you order a certificate for a foreign operator from the self-service, it will be sent to you by paper mail to your home address. In this case, the certificate is stamped and signed. You can also order an EU translation form or an Apostille. Which one you need depends on the area that you need the certificate for. Your order will be processed within 2-5 business days, after which the postal service will deliver the certificate.

If you wish, we can also send you the scanned version of the certificate either to Suomi.fi Messages or by encrypted e-mail to your e-mail address. The scanned copy has a stamp and signature.

If you live abroad, you will receive certificates as electronic PDF documents or by post to your home address, depending on whether you need a certificate for a Finnish actor or abroad.

 

Order placed by email, phone or online form:

The certificate will be sent to you via Suomi.fi Messages, encrypted e-mail to your preferred address, or by paper mail. You can choose the delivery method yourself when placing the order.

Contact us

Telephone service

Telephone number +358 295 536 230

Service hours:

  • Mon-Fri 9-15

Email

Use secure email, if your message contains personal or otherwise confidential information. Choose this address as the recipient: [email protected]

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