Family relationships and Marital Status
The registration of marital status and family relationships, such as parenthood and marriage, requires that you present official certificates. Without a certificate we don't record information about your family relations or marital status. You must present the certificate either as an original or as a reliably certified copy. Additionally the certificate might need to be legalised and translated.
Do the following
1. Check if the document must be legalised and/or translated.
Legalisation of foreign documents
2. Fill in the form.
Choose the correct form.
Notification of child born outside Finland
Notification of marriage outside Finland
Notification of civil partnership registered outside Finland
3. Deliver the documents and filled out form to us.
Deliver the documents and filled out form by post or by bringing them to our service location.
Submitting the documents by post: Send the form and documents to Digital and Population Data Services Agency, PL 1003, 00531 HELSINKI, FINLAND.
If you have also requested a Finnish personal identity code at same time, you have to visit our service location. Take with you personal identification documents and all the documents of your family relationships or marital status.
4. Ready!
Your personal data will be shared with authorities and companies that use the Finnish Population Information System.
We will contact you if we need more information.
Check that all your details have been entered correctly.
If the information you have provided cannot be entered in the Population Information System, we will send you a decision on the case. Instructions for submitting a request for administrative review are attached to the decision.