Foreigner’s move to Finland, in Finland and out of Finland 

A temporary address is valid for a limited time, and you are registered as living at that address for a certain time period. A temporary address is usually valid for one year at a time. You will not receive a municipality of residence in Finland.

If a permanent residence is entered for you, it means that you are registered as living at that address until further notice. The address is valid until you move to a different address and submit a notification of move. When a permanent address is recorded, your municipality of residence in Finland is also recorded. You can only have a permanent address and municipality of residence if you meet certain conditions. Read more about the registration of municipality of residence. 

You can register a postal address, which means that you are not registered as living at that address. A postal address can be used if you do not have a permanent address or if you want to collect your mail from a post office. 

Fill in the notification of change of address in either of the following ways:  

• in person at a Posti service point. Take a document proving your identity with you.  
• online at changeaddress.fi if you have Finnish online banking IDs or a mobile certificate. 

How to fill in the form: 

1. Fill in the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s section of the form. Fill in Posti’s section if you also want to provide the address for mail delivery.  

• Select the option “Temporary change of address in Finland or to Finland”.  
• Enter the date on which you are filling in the form as the date of the change of address, for example. We cannot register a date that goes back more than one month.   
• Also enter the end date of the temporary change of address, for example, one year after the date of the change of address. You can extend the validity of the address later if necessary.  
• Leave the section “Home municipality after the move” blank.   
• Enter your personal identity code and name and the details of those who have moved with you.   
• Enter from where and to where you moved. If your address does not change, enter your current address in both sections.   
• Enter your email address and phone number so that you can be contacted.  
• Remember to sign the form.  

2. We will not send you a confirmation when your address has been registered. 

Fill in the notification of change of address in either of the following ways:  

• in person at a Posti service point. Take a document proving your identity with you.  
• online at changeaddress.fi if you have Finnish online banking IDs or a mobile certificate. 

How to fill in the form: 

1. Fill in the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s section of the form. Fill in Posti’s section if you also want to provide the address for mail delivery.  

• Select the option “Temporary change of address in Finland or to Finland”.  
• Enter the date on which you are filling in the form as the date of the change of address, for example. We cannot register a date that goes back more than one month.   
• Also enter the end date of the temporary change of address, for example, one year after the date of the change of address. You can extend the validity of the address later if necessary.  
• Leave the section “Home municipality after the move” blank.   
• Enter your personal identity code and name and the details of those who have moved with you.   
• Enter from where and to where you moved. If your address does not change, enter your current address in both sections.   
• Enter your email address and phone number so that you can be contacted.  
• Remember to sign the form.  

2. We will not send you a confirmation when your address has been registered. 

Fill in the notification of change of address in either of the following ways:  

• in person at a Posti service point. Take a document proving your identity with you.  
• online at changeaddress.fi if you have Finnish online banking IDs or a mobile certificate. 

How to fill in the form: 

1. Fill in the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s section of the form. Fill in Posti’s section if you also want to provide the address for mail delivery.  

• Select the option “Change of address in Finland or moving to Finland”.
• Fill in the required sections carefully. For further instructions, see the instructions that accompany the notification of move. 
• If you do not have a permanent residence address (for example, you live in a reception centre), check the box "Without permanent residence. There is no residence address” on the form. 
• Fill in your contact information and remember to sign the form.  

2. We will not send you a confirmation when your address has been registered. 

Fill in the notification of change of address in either of the following ways:  

• in person at a Posti service point. Take a document proving your identity with you.  
• online at changeaddress.fi if you have Finnish online banking IDs or a mobile certificate. 

How to fill in the form: 

1. Fill in the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s section of the form.  

• Are you moving away from Finland permanently or temporarily?  
  • Select "Emigration, permanent" if you are moving permanently or for more than one year. 
  • Select "Emigration, temporary" if you are temporarily moving away for a maximum of one year. Remember to also enter the end date of the temporary move. 
• Fill in the required sections carefully. For further instructions, see the instructions that accompany the notification of move. 

2. We will not send you a confirmation when your address has been registered. 

You can use the same form to enter your family members (spouse, child, parent, sibling) moving to the same address as you. In this case, they do not need to submit their own notification of move.

If you are not notifying your own move but are submitting the notification on behalf of another person, you can notify for your spouse or your minor dependent child. If you submit a notification on behalf of a person other than your spouse or underage child, you must have a power of attorney from them. Send the power of attorney by email [email protected]. 

If you are going on a short trip, you do not need to notify.  

Notify of the move if 

• you move abroad for more than 3 months (usually a temporary move) 
• living abroad will last more than a year (usually a permanent move).  

Remember to also notify us if a trip changes to living abroad. 

You can view the processing time of the online form or the paper notification of move completed at Posti at our other page.