Moving
Please let us know when
- you move permanently from one home to another in Finland
- you temporarily move to another address in Finland for more than three months
- you move abroad from Finland
- you move from abroad to Finland
- you move abroad from one address to another
Please note that the above sections are links to pages where you can find the correct notification of move in your situation.
ІНФОРМАЦІЯ ДЛЯ ТИХ, ХТО ПРИЇХАВ З УКРАЇНИ. Зверніть увагу, що з 1 березня 2023 року заявка на постійну прописку в муніципалітеті проживання подається не через форму сповіщення про переїзд, а окремою онлайн-формою. Інструкції для українців | IF YOU HAVE ARRIVED FROM UKRAINE. Please note that the municipality of residence is not applied for with a notification of move notification but with a separate online form from March 1, 2023. For more information, please visit here.
Submitting the move notification
Submit the move notification in time before moving to ensure that your information is updated as quickly as possible in the Population Information System and that your mail is not interrupted.
- Please submit the move notification at the earliest one month before the date of the move or at the latest one week after the move.
- You can use one notification to enter your address information both in the information system we maintain and, if you wish, in the Posti’s address information system.
- If you move from Finland to another Nordic country or from another Nordic country to Finland, please let us know using the instructions on the Moving between the Nordic countries page.
Blocking the move notification
You can also block the move notification for us through Check Your Registered Data service. In such a case, no one can submit a notification of move for you. Read more about blocking the move notification on our website.
An extra resident in your apartment
If a person is registered in your apartment who does not live there, you can notify to us of it by Notification about an extra resident form.
Processing time
- 10 days.
- The processing time starts from the date of moving.
- Read more about the processing of the notification of move in the Frequently asked section.
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Telephone number 0295 535 188
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