How to get a police certificate – Finland
If you need to give your fingerprints for a police certificate, this isn’t the same as giving your biometrics (fingerprints and photo) for an application.
Name of the document you need
Extract from the Criminal Records (Rikosrekisteriote)
Police certificate and IRCC requirements
You must provide a police certificate when you apply for permanent residence in Canada.
You will also be requested to provide a police certificate to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) if you declared a criminal record on your application for an electronic travel authorization, work permit or study permit.
How to apply
If your criminal record does not have entries, it can be written in English, French, German or Spanish.
If your record has entries, you need to have it translated to English or French. The Legal Register Centre does not translate extracts that have entries.
Apply online.
Special considerations
Do I need a police certificate for International Experience Canada (IEC)?
If you are a citizen of Finland, you do not need to provide a police certificate from this country with your application. However, an IRCC officer may request one at a later date.
You must provide police certificates for all other countries or territories where you have lived for a total of six months or more since your 18th birthday.
Contact information
National Legal Register Office
Oikeusrekisterikeskus
P.O. Box 157
FI - 13101 Hämeenlinna, Finland
Telephone: +358 - (0)3 - 622 3770 (From abroad)
Fax: +358 - (0)3 - 622 3783 (From abroad)
Email: oikeusrekisterikeskus@om.fi
Website: Police and Border Guard Board (available in English and Finnish)
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