Confirmation of gender

Confirmation of gender means that your gender entered in the Population Information System will be corrected to correspond to your gender identity.

We can confirm that you belong to another gender if the following conditions are met:

  • you are an adult

  • you are a Finnish citizen or have a place of residence in Finland

  • you write a separate account of your feeling of permanently being of the gender to be confirmed in the application.

 Your personal identity code changes at the same time when your gender is confirmed.

Confirmation of gender requires you to submit an application and confirm it later

You can apply for confirmation of gender with an application from us. After that, you must confirm your application. You can do this at the earliest 30 days and no later than six months after submitting the application. If you do not confirm your application, we cannot confirm your gender and the matter will lapse. In this case, you can submit a new application if you wish.

Follow these instructions

1. Apply using our online form

You will need online banking codes or a mobile certificate to use it.

Online form (in Finnish)

Are you unable to handle your matter online?

Contact us by calling our national service number +358 295 536 220. We serve on weekdays between 9:00 and 12:00 am.


2. Read the information package

We will send you information on the impacts of confirmation of gender and changing your personal identity code either by post or in Suomi.fi Messages, if you have enabled it. Please read the information package carefully.


3. Confirm your application using the online form

Confirm your application at the earliest 30 days and no later than six months after submitting the application. The easiest way to do this is by using our online form.

Online form to confirm the application (in Finnish) 

Are you unable to handle your matter online?

Contact us by calling our national service number +358 295 536 220. We serve on weekdays between 9 am and 12 noon.


4. We will make a decision.

If the decision is positive, we will register the data in the Population Information System and change your personal identity code.

If you are married or in a registered partnership at the time of confirmation of gender, your form of partnership remains unchanged. We will notify your spouse of the confirmation of your gender.


 

 

Need help?

See frequently asked questions at the bottom of the page.

Telephone service number is +358 295 536 220 

Service hours:

  • Mon 9-15
  • Tue-Fri 9-12

Processing time

We will send you an information package without delay when your application has arrived. 

We will resolve your confirmed application in about two weeks.

Price

Free of charge

Frequently asked questions