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The doors of the Love Agency will open after office hours on the Helsinki wedding evening
19.9.2023The Love Agency in Helsinki is a popular place for marriage ceremonies, and, in particular, all summer ceremonies to be held on Fridays at the Agency were already booked in the spring. The...
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Monitor the processing of your notification of move on Suomi.fi
6.9.2023The start of autumn is a time when tens of thousands of students and thousands of families change addresses every year. This spike is also apparent at the Digital and Population Data Services...
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Digital and Population Data Services Agency is testing extended service hours in Lahti and Lappeenranta
5.9.2023From 5 September to 12 December 2023, our walk-in services in these cities will also be available on Tuesdays in even-numbered weeks between 4 pm and 6 pm. During the extended service hours, staff...
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Suomi.fi e-Authorizations: The possibility for persons subject to public guardianship to authorise and act on behalf of another person
5.9.2023This change aims to strengthen equal opportunities for different groups of people to operate in a digital society. If necessary, organisations using Suomi.fi e-Authorizations can use the rule...
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Significant proportion of Finns will receive vehicle tax bills electronically in the future
5.9.2023Electronic vehicle tax bills have a significant positive impact on the environment Receiving a vehicle tax bill electronically streamlines everyday life: documents are available electronically...
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New features in Suomi.fi Messages
4.9.2023The number of messages sent through the service has been estimated to increase significantly in the coming years. The purpose of the performance improvements is to prepare for this future growth....
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Virtual Finland uses the Interoperability platform to open entry bottlenecks
1.9.2023Several actors in public administration operate around partially overlapping data. Descriptions are produced on the Digital and Population Data Services Agency Interoperability Platform to enable...
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Do you need words in your work? - Are you familiar with the Glossaries tool?
28.8.2023The Glossary tool aims at describing and identifying concepts so precisely that these concepts are both understandable and machine-readable. It is suitable for people in different organisations who...
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A fifth of annual address changes are registered in August and September
21.8.2023The Digital and Population Data Services Agency registers a fifth of all annual address changes, or about 160,000 notifications of move, during August and September. Normally about 50,000...
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The Digital and Population Data Services Agency streamlines the registration of international students arriving in Finland and their application for a municipality of residence
10.8.2023International student’s service needs at DVV may include obtaining a personal identity code and applying for a municipality of residence. In immigration matters, DVV contributes to improving the...
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Couples can get married after office hours in the autumn marriage ceremony event in Helsinki
27.7.2023The September event will serve not only those who work but also those who did not manage to book a marriage ceremony for the summer months. Helsinki is a popular place for marriage ceremonies, and...
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The Love Agency will wed more than 1,300 couples this summer – you can get married in a hot air balloon, for example
22.6.2023A wedding is a celebration of love, in which the Digital and Population Data Services Agency plays an important role. The agency employs 140 officiators all around Finland. There is plenty of work...
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If you are getting married, apply for a unique, newly coined surname separately from the examination of impediments to marriage
21.6.2023The popularity of newly coined surnames is increasing, which is also reflected in the applications submitted to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV). An increasing number of...
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Making life easier for families with children: Parenthood can be acknowledged electronically at maternity clinics
21.6.2023Since the beginning of 2023, maternity clinics have been able to electronically receive the acknowledgement of paternity or second maternity of the parents of children born out of wedlock. Public...
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Our customer service in Lahti moves to a joint service point on 28 June 2023
15.6.2023From Wednesday, 28 June 2023 onwards in Lahti, we will serve you at the address Kirkkokatu 12 (main entrance) at the same customer service point as the Finnish Tax Administration, the National Land...
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Preparation of the European Digital Identity Wallet is progressing: piloting has started in Finland and elsewhere in Europe
14.6.2023European Digital Identity Wallet has a wide range of different uses A European Digital Identity Wallet functioning across national boundaries could be used for identification and for reliably...
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CANCELLED: The IP addresses of the Time Stamping Authority will change on 13 June at 2 pm.
13.6.2023The technical environment of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency's Certification Authority Services will be reformed. Due to the reform, the IP addresses of the Time Stamping Authority...
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Suomi.fi Messages save time, reduce manual tasks and improve customer service in Hämeenlinna
12.6.2023Photo: Miika Kangasniemi / Hämeenlinna City Cities make various decisions related to early childhood education and care all the time. Each year, Hämeenlinna gives approximately 10,000 placement...
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Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s service location in Rauma closed between 1 and 31 May 2023
9.6.2023We will receive customers in Rauma again on Friday 4 August 2023 from 9 am to 12 pm. Please note that most matters do not require a visit to a Digital and Population Data Services Agency service...
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Important customer bulletin regarding applications for new server certificates
7.6.2023In addition to the above, from 15 September 2023 onwards, the Digital and Population Data Services Agency will stop issuing server certificates that contain an email address. This change does not...
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