Finland Document Resources
Birth, Death, Marriage Certificates
You can use your birth certificate to give proof of your official date of birth. Order online (self-service) with an online banking code or mobile certificate, by email or by phone
You can use a marriage certificate to prove that a marriage has been registered in Finland. Order online (self-service) with an online banking code or mobile certificate, by email or by phone
A report on family relationships shows the heirs of a deceased person and may consist of several different certificates issued by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency, Evangelical Lutheran Church and Orthodox Church. The report includes the following data on the subject: current and former names, personal identity code, municipality of birth, marital status and municipality of residence, information on spouses and children, including parents and siblings. Reports are available in Finnish or Swedish.
Finnish Life certificates includes the following information about a person: Current and former names, personal identity code, information that the person is alive, municipality of residence and permanent address. It does not include information on family relationships. You can use a certificate of life to give proof of your basic information and your existence at the certificate's time of issue. You need the certificate for purposes such as estate inventory if you are the heir or the beneficiary of the deceased person.
You can use a civil status certificate to prove your marital status. This certificate shows whether you are married, in a registered partnership, unmarried, divorced or widowed.
Criminal Record Certificates
Finnish Criminal Record Extracts can be obtained from the Legal Register Centre. Paper certificates are required if the certificate is to be legalized or authenticated with an Apostille. If there is no data on criminal records, the extract can be issued in English, German, French or Spanish.