How to use Digital and Population Data Services Agency´s services
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Contact us by phone or email
Get advice on how to manage your affairs by phone and email. You can find the service-specific channels at the bottom of this page.
The call and the waiting time will cost you the local and mobile rates agreed with your operator.
Call centre hours: Mon-Fri 9am-3pm.
The busiest times are usually in the mornings and early in the week.
Looking for processing times?
You can check the average processing time on our website.
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Book an appointment if necessary
You can book an appointment for services that require a personal meeting.
Check which services require you to go to the office in person. For other matters, we will serve you online or by phone.
Book an appointment online or by phone using the dedicated number for the service.Remember to cancel your appointment if you can't make it. We charge €50 for unused appointments.
Looking for a mailbox?
You can leave documents, such as guardianship papers, in the lobby of the Office or in the mailbox without queuing. See location-specific addresses.
Service-specific contact details
0295 535 188
Service hours:
- Mon–Fri 9–15
You can also send secure email and choose "Muuttoneuvonta" as recipient.
0295 539 080
Service hours:
- Mon–Fri 9–15
You can also send secure email to [email protected].
PLEASE NOTE! When submitting details of your children (such as their names), select [email protected] as the recipient in the secure mail. Read more about notification of a child's name
0295 536 256
Service hours:
- Mon–Fri 9–15
Guardianship:
- appointment of a guardian
- power of attorney
- actions that require a permission
- annual and final statement
- guardianship for a minor
0295 537 314
Service hours:
- Mon–Fri 9–15
Confirmation of parenthood:
- confirming and annulling paternity
- confirming maternity
You can also send secure email to [email protected]
0295 536 244
Service hours:
- Mon–Fri 9–15
Marriage:
- examination of impediments to marriage
- marriage ceremony
- prenuptial agreement
- partnership
- a certificate of the right to enter a marriage in a foreign country
You can also send secure email to [email protected] (messages regarding prenuptial agreement) or [email protected] (everything else).
Certification of the shareholders in an estate inventory deed
0295 539 099
Service hours:
- Mon–Fri 9–15
If you wish to order a report on family relationship please call 0295 536 230
European Certificate of Succession
0295 536 404
Service hours:
- Mon–Fri 9–15
You can also send secure email to [email protected].
Report on family relationships
0295 536 230
Service hours:
- Mon–Fri 9–15.
You can also send secure email to [email protected].
0295 536 320
Service hours:
- Mon–Fri 9–15
Registration of foreigners and international matters:
- Registration of a foreigner (requires visit at a service location).
- Citizenship
- Life changes while living abroad
- Marriage concluded abroad
You can also send secure email to [email protected].
0295 536 404
Service hours:
- Mon–Fri 9–15
Notary public:
- Notarisation of the authenticity of a signature
- Apostille
- notarization of a copy of a document
- other certificates issued by the notary public
You can also send secure email to [email protected].
You can contact us about:
- Converting a partnership in Finland into a marriage
- Declaration of mother tongue, language of communication, profession, calling name and e-mail address
- Security bans and other bans on disclosure of information
- Change of personal identity number
Contact:
0295 536 220
Service hours:
- Mon–Fri 9–15
You can also send secure email to [email protected].
- Phone service in Finnish tel. 0600 0 1000
- Phone service in Swedish tel. 0600 0 1001
The lines of our phone service are open every day 8 am to 10 pm.
Calls cost € 2.50/min + local network/mobile call rate.
Phone service is only in use in Finland.
Áššehasbálvalus: 0295 539 262
Davvisámegielat bálvalannummir bálvala disttagaid dmu 9–11.
Davvisámegielat telefonbálvalanlinnjá lea gitta 6.8.2024 ja 13.8.2024.
Don sáhtát váldit oktavuoða maiddái šleadgapoasta bokte. Dieðuid suollemassandoallama dihte geavat šleadgapoastta sáddemii DVV dorvopoastta. Vállje dorvopoasttas vuosttáiváldin [email protected].
Public Service Info provides service by telephone from Monday to Friday at 8-21 and on Saturdays at 9-15 in these matters:
Suomi.fi services: 0295 000
Telephone service is open from Monday to Friday at 8-21 and on Saturdays at 9-15
Public Service Info helps you to use the Suomi.fi services. Advice is available online as well, please see Public Service Info website for more information.
Citizen Certificate and electronic identity: 0600 9 6160 (local/mobile network fee)
Service is provided by telephone from Monday to Friday at 8-21 and on Saturdays at 9-15. The telephone service is closed on Sundays and on public holidays.
The advisory service provides support in the use of the certificates issued by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency and for the most common problems that arise when using them for the first time. The service provides advice on certificate cards, for example, the Citizen Certificate on the personal identification card, organisation cards, social welfare and health care smart cards, activating certificates and the use of PINs.
The advisory service number will direct you to Public Service Info. Alternatively, you can use the Public Service Info website to send your query online.
- Individuals
- Processing times
- Marriage
- Having or adopting a child
- Names
- Moving
- Guardianship
- Life changes while living abroad
- Moving while living abroad
- Registration of a child born abroad
- Marriage concluded abroad
- Partnership registered abroad
- Divorce granted abroad
- Registration of a name change performed abroad
- Gender recognised abroad
- Death abroad
- Registration of citizenship
- Notification of retaining Finnish citizenship
- Legalisation of foreign documents
- Submitting foreign documents
- As a foreigner in Finland
- Registration of a foreigner
- Guide for students
- Municipality of residence
- Family relationships and Marital Status
- Instructions on arriving in Finland from Ukraine
- Guide for employed persons
- Fast track service for specialists and growth entrepreneurs
- Instructions for legalisation
- Submitting foreign documents
- Foreigner’s move to Finland, in Finland and out of Finland
- Check your own personal details
- Elections and Right to vote
- Suomi.fi Web Service
- Citizen Certificate and electronic identity
- Certificates from the Population Information System
- Population information in the Population Information System
- Registration of a gift notification
- Services of notary public
- Certification of purchase
- Citizens’ initiative
- Death and estate inventory
- Public Service Info
- Address service
- Forms
- Digital support for citizens
- Organisations
- Certificates
- For social welfare and healthcare service providers
- For organisations
- Electronic sealing service
- Timestamping Service
- Electronic signature
- Service certificates
- Advisory service, support and revocation service
- Certificate Directory
- Test the use of a certificate
- Card Reader Software
- Information about certificates
- Population information services for organisations
- Public administration sampling and updating service
- Private sector information services
- PIS modified data interface
- Modified data update service
- Population Information System query interface
- Browser-based Population Information System query
- Resident sampling services for property management offices and maintenance companies
- Data extraction for municipalities
- Reform of personal identity code
- Conditions for using population information
- Maintaining the Population Information System
- Extracts from registers
- Suomi.fi services
- Services to promote digitalisation
- Digital support
- Digital security services
- Services of notary public
- Certification of purchase
- Right to officiate weddings
- E-services
- Finnish Authenticator identification service
- Certificates
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