Notification of move

• Aluehallintovirastot
• Elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskukset
• Eläketurvakeskus
• Kansaneläkelaitos
• Keva
• Kunnat
• Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto Traficom
• Maa- ja metsätalousministeriö (Kalastuksenhoitomaksurekisteri)
• Maahanmuuttovirasto
• Maanmittauslaitos
• Oikeushallinto
• Patentti- ja rekisterihallitus
• Poliisihallinto
• Puolustushallinto
• Seurakunnat
• Suomen riistakeskus
• Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos
• Tilastokeskus
• Tulli
• Osa työttömyyskassoista
• Valtiokonttori
• Verohallinto
• Yliopistot ja ammattikorkeakoulut
• Ylioppilastutkintolautakunta
• Ympäristöhallinto

• AB Lindex
• AC OPTIK OY AB
• Aktia Bank Abp
• Aktia Livförsäkring Ab
• Alexandria Pankkiiriliike Oyj
• Aller Media Oy
• AMA Group i Borås AB
• American Express Europe, S.A. (Suomen sivuliike)
• Ammattiliitto Pro ry, Fackförbundet Pro rf
• Aurajoki Nordic Oy
• Autokeskus Oy
• AXA France IARD - Sivuliike - Suomi
• Bank Norwegian AS
• Bonnier Publications A/S
• BRAbank ASA
• BRANG Oy
• Camimax Oy
• CIL Suomi Oy (Valitut Palat)
• Collector Bank AB, Suomen sivuliike
• Consortio Fashion Group AB
• Courlux International S.A.
• CreditVisor Oy
• Danske Bank A/S, Suomen sivuliike
• Debtia Oy
• Digifundus Oy
• DNA Oyj
• E. Hartikainen Oy
• EAB Palvelu Oy
• EAB Rahastoyhtiö Oy
• EAB Varainhoito Oy
• Ecster AB, filialverksamheten i Finland
• Ellos Group
• Fimlab Laboratoriot Oy
• Finnair Oyj
• Freedom Rahoitus Oy
• Gothia Oy
• If Vahinkovakuutus Oyj, Suomen sivuliike
• Ikano Bank AB (publ), Finland filial
• Intrum Oy
• K Auto Oy
• Kaleva Oy
• Kapp Ahl Oy
• Kemin Silmälasi Oy
• Kempeleen Näköshop Oy
• Keskinäinen Vakuutusyhtiö Fennia
• Kicks Kosmetikkedjan Oy
• Klingel Suomi, Mail Order Finance GmbH, Suomen sivuliike
• Komplett Bank ASA
• Kuurojen Liitto ry, Finlands Dövas Förbund rf
• Laukaan Optikko Oy
• Lotta Svärd Säätiö - Lotta Svärd Stiftelsen sr
• Lowell Suomi Oy
• Länsiauto Oy
• Länsi-Uudenmaan Optiikka Oy
• M.Broman Ab Oy
• Mail Order Finance GmbH
• Mandatum Life Palvelut Oy
• Marimekko Oyj
• Mehiläinen Oy
• Mobify Invoices Oy
• MobilePay Finland Oy
• MTV Oy
• mySafety Oy
• NaturaMed Pharma AB
• Neste Markkinointi Oy
• Nordax Bank AB (publ.)
• Nordea Bank Abp
• Nordic Leisure Travel Group
• Nordnet Bank AB Suomen sivuliike
• NutraQ Oy
• Näköduo Ky
• Näkövammaisten liitto ry, ruotsiksi Synskadades förbund rf
• OK Perintä Oy
• Oma Säästöpankki Oyj
• Optikko Kaakinen Oy
• OptiNeVa Oy
• Optoys Oy
• Osuuspankki
• Otavamedia Oy
• Outokummun Optiikka Oy
• Oy Aurum Contactor Ltd
• Oy Carlson
• Plan International Suomi sr
• POP Pankkikeskus osk
• Porin Näkökulma Oy
• Posti Oy (osoitetietojärjestelmä)
• PRA Suomi Oy
• Resurs Bank AB Suomen sivuliike
• Ropo Capital Oy
• R-Optiikka Oy
• Saldo Finance Oyj
• Sanoma Media Finland Oy
• Santander Consumer Finance Oy
• SEB Kort Bank AB, Helsingin sivuliike
• Sergel Oy​​​​​​​
• Someron Optiikka Oy
• S-Pankki Pääomarahastot Oy
• S-Pankki Rahastoyhtiö Oy
• Specsavers Nordic A/S
• Sp-Henkivakuutus Oy
• St1 Finance Oy
• St1 Oy
• Stadium Ab
• Stockmann Oyj Abp
• Stora Enso Oyj
• Suomen Hypoteekkiyhdistys
• Suomen Osuuskauppojen Keskuskunta
• Suomen Pelastusarmeijan Säätiö sr
• Suomen riistakeskus
• Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue - Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti r.p.
• Suomen UNICEF ry, Finlands UNICEF rf
• Svea Perintä Oy
• Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ), filialverksamheten i Finland
• Säästöpankkiliitto osk
• Tapiolan Silmälasimarket Oy
• Tehy ry, ruotsiksi Tehy rf
• Telia Finance AB
• Terveystalo Healthcare Oy
• TF Bank AB, filial Finland
• Toyota Tsusho Nordic Oy
• United Bankers Oyj
• UPM-Kymmene Oyj
• Uusi-Optiikka A. Pietilä Oy
• Uuva Oy
• Veho Oy Ab
• Veikkaus Oy
• Veljekset Halonen Oy
• Viestilehdet Oy
• Volvo Car Finland Oy Ab
• Vuokraturva Oy
• YIT Oyj
• Yves Rocher Finlande Oy
• Ålands Penningautomatförening
• Ålandsbanken Abp

A notification of move can be submitted either electronically in the muuttoilmoitus.fi online service or by submitting a paper form.

To identify yourself in the muuttoilmoitus.fi online service, you need Finnish online banking codes or a mobile certificate. Paper forms are available at the offices of Posti or the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.

You cannot submit a notification of move by telephone.

When you move house abroad, you can submit your new address using the form available on the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s website at dvv.fi/forms.

The notification of move can be made at the earliest one month in advance. However you must take care of that the notification has been received by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency within a week of your move at the latest.

Make your notification well in advance before your move to make sure your post will immediately be delivered to the right address. Up-to-date address information will speed up handling of matters at your home municipality, your taxes will be directed to the correct municipality and at elections you can vote at the nearest polling station.

By submitting a notification of move you can notify your new address simultaneously to the national Population Information System maintained by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency as well as to the register of Posti.

Your address details will automatically be forwarded from the Population Information System to many public authorities including municipalities, the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency's (Traficom) Vehicular and Driver Data Register, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela), the Finnish Tax Administration and the Finnish Defence Forces. In addition, many pension institutions, banks and insurance companies receive your new address details without you having to notify them separately. Also many other companies, such as publishing houses and energy companies, as well as associations receive your new address details, unless you have forbidden the disclosure of your personal information.

Also Posti automatically forwards address information to the companies who have made contract with Posti.

Yes. The Finnish authorities need to be told about any change of address, even when a Finnish citizen moves from one address to another abroad. This applies both when moving within one foreign country or from one foreign country to another. You may notify the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of your address abroad. You may also notify it in your country of residence via the local Finnish consulate, etc. Read more about living abroad here.

You can notify a change of address taking place abroad by submitting the form available on the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s website at dvv.fi/forms.

You can send the notification form electronically to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency on the Agency’s website and in the Suomi.fi Web Service.

Alternatively, you can submit the form in a letter to your chosen office of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency (www.dvv.fi/yhteystiedot) or to a Finnish diplomatic mission abroad.

The guardians of a minor are together responsible for notifying the move of a minor. If the guardians are not both moving together with the child, they must use a form signed by both of them to submit the notification. If the whole family, the child and the child’s both guardians, move together from the same address to a new one, one of the guardians can submit the notification of move on behalf of the whole family.

Minors who have reached the age of 15 can also submit their own notification of move themselves.

No, you cannot.

In 2014 local register offices took the position that it is not possible to record a holiday home as a permanent address in the population register. Therefore it is not possible to move permanently into a holiday home. This position is based on the decision of The Supreme Administrative Court, according to which a holiday home cannot be used for year-round living without changing the purpose of the building. The building control services of a municipality make the decision on the changing of the purpose of the building. Digital and Population Data Services Agency has not taken a different position on this matter.

If you want to direct your post to your holiday home for example during summer, you can make a notification to Posti. Please see https://my.posti.fi/lomaposti.

We will process notifications of move within a municipality on the date of moving if the notification has been carefully completed. The system automatically stores the address information in the Population Information System when the personal data of the notification and the new and old address have been accurately entered, and there is no need to provide additional information in the notification. In the same manner, we will process carefully completed notifications of move between municipalities on the date of moving. If the date of moving is on the weekend, we will process the notification of move on the next business day.

If the machine verification detects any shortcomings in your notification of move, your notification will be directed to the manual processing queue. The processing time for manually processed notifications is indicated on our website.

We will ask for further clarification if, for example, a holiday home is located at the address you have provided, or if a minor child is moving out of a common home with only one of the guardians.

If you have enabled a block on a notification of move, we will be unable to process your notification. You must first remove the block either in the Check your own personal data service or by visiting one of our service locations in person. Read more about blocking and deleting a notification of move.

Once we have processed your notification of move, the address information will be updated in the Population Information System. You can check your address currently listed in the Population Information System in our Check your own personal data service.

When your notification of move has been processed, the details of your new address will automatically be updated to the Population Information System. Please note, however, that the new address will never be updated to the Population Information System before the date of your move. You can check the address recorded for you in the Population Information System yourself in our Check Your Registered Data service.

Notifications of move are processed in the order they are received. The processing time for notifications of move is longer than usual at the turn of the month, especially in December/January, May/June and August/September. Especially the start and end of semesters at different educational institutions affect these dates.

You are moving temporarily if you move from your permanent address to live in another address for a time period shorter than one year and will then return to the same permanent address. When you move temporarily, your permanent address will also remain valid. An end date must always be submitted for a temporary address.

According to the Municipality of Residence Act, a person’s municipality of residence is the municipality in which the person actually lives. Exceptions to this rule include living in sheltered housing or an institution in another municipality.

For receiving post, you can notify to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency a postal address that is different from the address in which you live.

You can submit the postal address in the www.muuttoilmoitus.fi service. Mention in the field for additional information that the address concerned is a separate postal address. Alternatively, you can notify the postal address using a paper form. You will find the paper form by selecting the topic “Separate postal address that is not the address of permanent residence” in the section of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.

Please note that regardless of a postal address, you must always notify the Digital and Population Data Services Agency when the address in which you live changes and you live in the new address for at least three months.

You can notify the Digital and Population Data Services Agency in writing of an extra resident registered as living in your apartment. The written notification must include the name and date of birth or personal identity code of the person submitting the notification, the address of the apartment and the details of the persons actually living in the apartment. If you know where the extra resident has moved to, also mention that in the notification.

No, you can't. We don't uphold any information of deceased persons. This means that you can't notify a new address or a postal address of a deceased person. Instead of this you can notify an address to Posti (the national Finnish mail) where the mail of an estate should be delivered.