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Estonia - Apply Residence Permit Card for Child

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ProcedureEdit

In Service Offices of the Citizenship and Migration Bureau

  1. Submit documents required for applying for a residence permit card.
  2. The official will fill in the application questionnaire on the spot (no need to fill it in advance) and will capture the fingerprints from a child of at least 6 years of age.


By post

  1. Conformity of a copy to an original document confirm by your name, signature and date on every page of the copy containing data.
  2. Please send application and documents required for a residence permit card and copies of the original documents to the address:

APPLICATION FOR RESIDENCE PERMIT CARD

Police and Border Guard Administration

Sle 61a

10313 Tallinn



By e-mail

  1. You can apply for the residence permit card for a child by e-mail, if less than 2 years have passed since the applying for the previous residence permit card of the child and taking of his or her fingerprints, and if you hold a valid ID-card or residence permit card.
  2. Sign all documents required for application digitally in one folder. Digital colour photo (minimum size is 480?600 pixels) and specimen signature must be in jpg format.
  3. Send the signed folder to: [email protected]. For the subject, please write: "Application for passport and/or residence permit card".


In foreign representation of the Republic of Estonia

  1. In order to apply in the foreign representation please submit documents required for applying for residence permit card (filled questionnaire).
  2. The official will capture the child's fingerprints.


Collecting the Residence Permit Card

  1. The legal representative must be able to present an identity document.
  2. Present a valid residence permit card or ID-card issued to the child earlier, if it still exists.
  3. The official will compare the childs (starting from 15 years of age) fingerprints to those given earlier.
  • To a minor of at least 15 years of age, the residence permit card shall be issued in person.
  • If you wish to receive your identity document elsewhere than the foreign representation of the Republic of Estonia, which is named on the application form, then you will find more detailed information concerning this possibility on the webpage of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: http://www.vm.ee/?q=node/17061



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Required DocumentsEdit

  • An application form (possible to fill in on a computer screen; to print out and fill in by own hand).
  • Coloured photograph with dimensions of 40x50 mm;
  • Document certifying that the state fee have been paid.
  • Identity document of a legal representative.


Additional documents:

  • if personal data (for example, name)of a child have been changed in a foreign country and changed personal data are not entered to the Estonian population register, please submit document proving change of personal data of the child;
  • if application is submitted by a guardian designated by the court or authorised representative of the guardianship authority and right of representation is not entered to the Estonian population register, please submit a document proving right of representation.


Requirements for the photograph

It must be possible to identify a person on the basis of a photo unequivocally.

  • A person must be depicted at a photo:
    • en face,
    • having neutral expression and closed mouth,
    • without headgear,
    • with eyes open and look has to be directed towards camera lens.
  • It has to be a colour photo, by size of 40 x 50 mm.
  • Area between chin and top of head must form 70-80% of the vertical height of the photo.
  • Glasses are allowed, if eyes are not covered by spectacle frames and there are no gleams of light from reflection of glasses.
  • Photo has to be taken within 6 months before submitting an application.
  • Hair may not cover face nor cause shades on face.
  • Photo may not have fingerprints, scratches or any other defects on it.
  • Colour gamma of the photo must have natural spectre (may not be overexposed nor underexposed).
  • Background of the photo must be flat, mono-colour, of bright colour (commendatory colours are light blue, beige, light brown, light grey or white) and in contrast with colour of face and hair.
  • Red-eye effect on the photo is not allowed are also its removal by means of the software is forbidden.

More detailed requirements set to the photo can be found in Government of the Republic of Estonia regulation.

Proportions of the taken photos can be compared by means of a template that can be found here. By printing of the template, we ask not to change the scale. The document photo can be taken in the majority of Service Offices with the exception of Otep and Elva.

Photo taken in a photo booth is digital and it can be used in all Service Offices, by applications sent by post or by e-mail within 14 days.

Photo can be taken in photo booth of the Service Office free of charge.

By applying for a document for a child being below the age of three years it is easier to take a photo by a photographer than in photo booth. If necessary, ask for additional information or assistance from customer service official.



Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Emergency call number - 110 (24 hours a day)

Client information telephone - +372 612 3000 (M-F 8.00-18.00)


Police and Border Guard Board

Prnu mnt 139

15060 TALLINN

telephone 612 3300

fax +372 612 3009

[email protected]


North Prefecture

Prnu mnt 139

15028 TALLINN

telephone +372 612 4000

fax 612 4009

[email protected]


South Prefecture

Riia 132

50096 TARTU

telephone +372 730 8800

fax 730 8809

[email protected]


East Prefecture

Rahu 38

41588 JHVI

telephone +372 337 2200

fax 337 2209

[email protected]


West Prefecture

Pikk 18

80089 PRNU

telephone +372 444 6400

fax 444 6409

[email protected]


Follow link to view Service Points of Citizenship and Migration Bureau of the Prefecture: https://www.politsei.ee


EligibilityEdit

In foreign representation of the Republic of Estonia you can apply for the residence permit card for a child only in case, if the child:

  • holds a valid residence permit in Estonia and:
    • his or her staying outside Estonia is registered in the Police and Border Guard Board;
    • the child has been registered out of the Estonian population register to a foreign country.
    • holds a valid residence permit and the child has been registered out of the Estonian population register to a foreign country.



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ValidityEdit

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever



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Processing TimeEdit

Residence permit card is issued within 30 days (after acceptance of the application for the proceeding) to the legal representative of a child in the Service Office marked in the application from. As an exception, residence permit card can be applied for in foreign representation of the Republic of Estonia. Arrival of the residence permit card to the foreign representation may take more time. For information concerning the arrival and delivery of documents please contact the foreign representation of the Republic of Estonia, where you have ordered the document.

Residence permit card applied for in expedited order is issued within 5 working days (counting starts from working day following the day of submission of the application) to a legal representative of a child in Service Offices located in Tallinn only. To a minor of at least 15 years of age, the residence permit card shall be issued in person.


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InstructionsEdit

An application for residence permit card for a minor under 15 years of age is submitted by his or her legal representative (a parent, guardian, authorised representative of a guardianship authority).

Residence permit card can be applied for in Service Offices of the Migration and Citizenship Bureau. If less than 2 years have passed since the applying for the previous residence permit card of the child and taking of his or her fingerprints, the residence permit card can be applied for also by post or by e-mail. As an exception, residence permit card can be applied for in foreign representations of the Republic of Estonia.

Residence permit card can be applied for in expedited order in the Service Offices.



Required InformationEdit

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1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.



Need for the DocumentEdit

Residence permit card is a compulsory internal identity document issued to an alien staying/residing in Estonia on the basis of a residence permit or right of residence.

By applying for residence permit card, the applicant is required to give fingerprints (starting from the age of 6) that are entered to applicants residence permit card.



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