Suomi.fi Webservice
Suomi.fi is the most extensive service portal in citizen services for every resident, through which you can interact with different authorities. You can find information in Suomi.fi portal for managing affairs both in happy and sad situations, such as in marriage, birth of a child, unemployment, death of a relative, or retirement.
Suomi.fi Messages
You should try this service especially if you don’t have an e-mail but still want to keep in touch with the authorities electronically! You can find information about different citizenship services in Suomi.fi service, send messages personally to the authorities logged in to the service, and receive messages from these authorities.
Services for the Civilian Life
Take care of your affairs – don’t leave them waiting until the end of your sentence. Unfinished issues bring unnecessary additional costs over time. Subscriber fees and charges, address changes, electricity contracts, and matters related to subsistence and housing should be dealt with in time and properly. The employees of prisons and community sanction offices will help you in these matters, and it is also worth learning to use e-services independently. Taking care of things independently increases the sense of control in life.
DVV Digital and Population Data Services Agency
The webpages of Digital and Population Data Services Agency (former Väestörekisterikeskus) provide citizenship services, such as Citizen Certificate and electronical identity (strong electronic identification), notice of change of address, name and address services, checking and altering own information, prohibition on disclosure of information, and issuing a certificate of individual data from the Population Information System. In addition, the contact details and services of the Magistrates, such as marriage, notice of change of address, and name change, can be found in Digital and Population Data Services Agency.
Digital and Population Data Services Agency
Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Finnish Patent and Registration Office webpages.
Finnish Patent and Registration Office
JHL
JHL is the largest trade union for the welfare sector in Finland.
KELA
This might also be one of the most important pages for you! Services of Kela are the basic social services which include matters related to income, housing, pensions, various types of rehabilitation allowance, and child and family support.
The State Treasury
The State Treasury serves both the central government and citizens and communities. It pays certain compensations, which you can read more about on the State Treasury’s online E-service website.
Traficom
Traficom includes services of the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency, such as information for both car buyers and sellers, television licenses, and the use of the Internet.
Traficom is also the authority enforcing compliance with accessibility requirements in Finland. Read more about accessibility requirements
Vero
You can find contact details and service places, information for filing tax returns and tax cards, and other consultation services.
Mobile phone and internet subscriptions
DNA
The webpages of DNA-operator: mobile phone and internet subscriptions
Elisa
Webpages of Elisa-operator: mobile phone and internet subscriptions
Electricity Contracts
Caruna
Fortum
Webpages of Fortum energy company: for example, making and cancelling electricity contracts
Helen – Helsingin energia
Webpages of Helsingin energia: for example, making and cancelling electricity contracts
Oomi
Vantaa Energy
Webpages of Vantaa Energy provide information for example for making and cancelling electricity contracts.
Services for Foreigners and Immigrants
Finnish Immigration Service
The webpages of the Finnish Immigration Service provide information for immigrants and asylum seekers for example on residence, work, and study permits.
Enter Finland
Information for immigrants for example for residence and work permits.
Info Finland
In Info Finland, you can find information about Finland in different languages. If you are for example an immigrant, you can find a lot of helpful information about living in Finland, and about different services, such as education, working, and health issues. Information can be found in the following languages: Finnish, Swedish, English, Russian, Estonian, French, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Chinese, Persian, and Arabic.
Swedish language in Finland
Finland has two official languages, Finnish and Swedish. The Swedish spoken in Finland is called Finland Swedish (suomenruotsi). It is pronounced somewhat differently from the Swedish spoken in Sweden. If you apply for Finnish citizenship, you need a certificate of sufficient proficiency in the Finnish or Swedish language. Here you can get more information about integration in Swedish.
Integration in Finland in Swedish
Unit Project
Are you a prisoner with a foreign background and want support in integrating to the Finnish society? The Unit project of the Helsinki Deaconess Foundation provides coaching for change for prisoners with foreign backgrounds.