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RESIDENCE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT
This residence permit application form is for you if you intend to come to Finland to be a self-employed person. As a rule,
a self-employed person must register his/her business with the Trade Register at the National Board of Patents and Registration before a residence permit can be issued.
The following are considered self-employed persons for the purposes of this application:
· a self-employed private entrepreneur incorporated as a toiminimi
· a partner in a partnership (avoin yhtiö)
· the general partner in a limited partnership (kommandiittiyhtiö) (not a sleeping partner)
· a member of a cooperative (osuuskunta) who has unlimited liability for refinancing (the unlimited liability for refinancing must be entered in the Trade Register)
For the purposes of this application, a person is not considered self-employed if he or she is employed in the service of a limited company of which he or she is the owner, not even when in possession of the entire share capital.
Carefully fill in and sign the application. Incomplete information will delay the processing of the application and may lead to its rejection.
An application may be submitted to a Finnish diplomatic mission abroad or to the local police in Finland. A processing fee will be collected when the application is submitted, according to the Decree on charges. Read the instructions for filling in the form at www.migri.fi ( English ( Application forms. Clarifications that you need to append to your application are listed in Section E of this form.
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an extended permit
and hereby submit the following information for the processing of my application:
SECTION A
1 Information on applicant
1.1 Personal data
Family name
First names
Former names (please give all combinations of first names and family names that you have used previously)
Gender
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Male
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Female
Current citizenship(s)
Former citizenship(s)
Date of birth (dd.mm.yyyy)
Latter part of Finnish personal identity number (if applicable)
Country and place of birth
Marital status
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Married
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Single
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Divorced
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Widow(er)
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Cohabitation
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Registered relationship between two people of the same gender
Occupation and/or training
Mother tongue
Transaction language in matters related to this application
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Finnish
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Swedish
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English
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Passport no.
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Official or diplomatic passport no.
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Refugee’s travel document no.
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Alien’s passport no.
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Other, specify type and number
Country and authority of issue
Date of expiry
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No valid passport (details to be provided in section 5)
1.2 Contact information for processing and deciding on the application
If your contact information changes, immediately notify the authority that received your application.
Street address
Post code, city/town
Country
Telephone number
E-mail
Contact information in Finland if different from above
Address (street address, post code, city/town, country)
Telephone number
E-mail
Place of transaction and notification abroad. Please state the Finnish mission abroad with which you are in contact regarding matters related to this application.
1.3 Contact person or authorised representative
(refers to a person to whom information may be given on the progress of the application process or who can be contacted in order to obtain further information)
Family name
First names
Address (street address, post code, city/town, country)
Telephone number
E-mail
1.4 Beginning and duration of residence in Finland
Please fill this in if you are applying for your first residence permit.
When do you intend to move to Finland (dd.mm.yyyy)?
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If you are already in Finland and are applying for your first residence permit, you must fill in a response to refusal of entry (form MP_1) and append it to your application.
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How long do you intend to stay in Finland?
2 Information on family members
2.1 Spouse
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No spouse
Family name
First names
Former names
Date of birth (dd.mm.yyyy)
Latter part of Finnish personal identity number (if applicable)
Country and place of birth
Current citizenship(s)
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Is in Finland
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Is applying for / intends to apply for a Finnish residence permit
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Will not move to Finland
2.2 Underaged children
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No children
Please declare all your underaged children regardless of whether you are applying for a Finnish residence permit for them or not.
There is a separate application form for children’s residence permits. See www.migri.fi ( English ( Application forms ( Family ties.
First name Family name
Date of birth
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Simultaneous application
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Simultaneous application
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Simultaneous application
If you have more than five children, enclose the information on the remaining children in a separate appendix.
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3 Registration and business idea of the enterprise
3.1 Registration with the Trade Register of the National Board of Patents and Registration
Choose A or B and submit the information requested
A
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The enterprise is entered in the Trade Register
and an extract from the Trade Register is appended to the application
B
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The enterprise has not been entered in the Trade Register
Why not:
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3.2 Business idea of the enterprise
What is the business idea of the enterprise? Describe for instance who the enterprise’s customers are, what services/products it sells, how it is marketed and how you see the competition situation. You may continue this description in a separate appendix.
4 Business and profitability
4.1 Business
Choose the applicable option (A, B, C or D) and submit the information requested.
A
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The enterprise has been engaging in business for at least one year.
Enclosed are the latest audited final accounts (income statement and balance sheet) and the latest updated accounts.
B
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The enterprise has been engaging in business for months (less than one year).
Enclosed are the latest updated accounts (income statement and balance sheet).
C
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The enterprise has not yet engaged in business, but agreements have been signed with customers and/or
partners. Enclosed are copies of the signed agreements and a profitability calculation (estimate of the
enterprise’s revenues and costs for the next two years).
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The enterprise has not yet engaged in business, and no agreements have yet been signed with customers
and/or partners. Enclosed is a profitability calculation (estimate of the enterprise’s revenues and costs for
the next two years).
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4.2 Business premises
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I have a home office.
B
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The enterprise has business premises.
Enclosed is a copy of the lease (or a clarification of the ownership of the premises).
4.3 Persons employed by the enterprise
A
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I work alone or with partners, there are no hired employees.
B
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I have hired employees in my enterprise.
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4.4 Professional qualification in the relevant field
A
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I have a degree or qualification and/or previous experience in the sphere of operations of the enterprise.
Enclosed are my degree/qualification certificates and/or employment certificates.
B
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I have no previous experience or training in the sphere of operations of the enterprise.
4.5 Assets and other income
A
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I have assets and/or other income.
Enclosed is a clarification of assets and other income, e.g. a bank statement.
B
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I have no assets and no income apart from that from the enterprise.
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5 Additional information for the application
Please state whether there is any other purpose for your residence in Finland than that stated above which you wish to declare. You may also state any other facts or additional information that are relevant for your application or for your coming to Finland. You may enclose a separate appendix if necessary.
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6 Applicant’s criminal history and refusal of entry
Have you ever been convicted of an offence and sentenced to punishment?
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No
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Yes
Which offence?
In what country and when?
What was the punishment?
Are you a suspect in a criminal investigation?
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No
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Yes
Which alleged offence?
In what country and when?
Do you consent to the Finnish migration authorities obtaining a criminal record extract or similar report from foreign authorities?
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Yes
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No
Why?
Have you been subject to a refusal of entry into the Schengen territory?
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No
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Yes
Which country?
Is the refusal of entry still in force?
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No. When was it in force?
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Yes. Until when is it in force?
SECTION D
7 Date and signature
I am applying for a Finnish residence permit and hereby affirm with my signature that the information I submit in this application and its appendices is correct and accurate. I am aware that providing false personal information and false written documentation to the authorities is an act punishable under the Penal Code in Finland and that providing false information may lead to a refusal of a residence permit or the cancelling of an existing permit, repatriation and imposal of a refusal of entry into the Schengen territory.
Place and date
Signature
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SECTION E
The clarifications listed below are required as appendices to this residence permit application. The original certificates and clarifications must be presented when submitting the application; if they are not in Finnish, Swedish or English, they must be accompanied by a translation into one of these three languages by an authorized translator.
Enclose the clarifications with the application and tick the boxes below as appropriate.
Obligatory appendices:
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Valid travel document (must be presented when submitting the residence permit application)
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Passport photo complying with the passport photo guidelines issued by the police (www.poliisi.fi (English (Licences (Passport (Passport photo guidelines)
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Explanation of the business idea of the enterprise (see point 3.2)
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If the enterprise is not yet in business: a profitability calculation (estimate of the enterprise’s revenue and costs for the next two years) and copies of agreements signed with customers and partners, if any (see point 4.1).
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If the enterprise is already in business: the most recent audited final accounts, if the business has lasted long enough for a financial period to conclude, and the latest updated accounts (see point 4.1).
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Trade Register extract or explanation why the enterprise has not been entered in the Trade Register (see point 3.1)
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Clarification of business premises (see point 4.2)
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Clarification of number of employees (see point 4.3)
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Clarification of professional qualifications (see point 4.4)
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Clarification of assets and other income (see point 4.5)
Other appendices and clarifications (tick the box and give the title of the appendix as necessary):
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