Finland - Cancel a Passport

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Procedure

1. To cancel your passport, go to a service point of a local police at any locality.
2. Report the case and state the reason for your request of cancellation.
3. Surrender or return your passport to the police station.

Note:
The law only makes it possible to return a passport to the holder after it has been cancelled in the event that it has notations made by a foreign authority that are necessary for the holder (such as a visa). The importance of such notation by an authority will be assessed in each case. Such as stamps made in a passport on arrival in or exit from a state would not, however, be considered as important notations by an authority.

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Required Documents

• passport or identity card (for proof of identity)

Office Locations & Contacts

To find a local police station to your area, click on the link below:
Police Contact Information: https://www.poliisi.fi/poliisi/home.nsf/www/contactus

Eligibility

Cancellation for a passport can be done in any of these events:

• the passport holder loses or is released from his or her Finnish citizenship
• cancellation is requested by the passport holder
• the passport holder reports the passport as lost or stolen
• the guardian (or the Social Welfare Board) cancels consent to issuing a passport to a minor
• the Social Welfare Board demands the cancellation of the passport of a minor who has been taken into care or
• the passport must be destroyed under the Lost Property Act
• there is an obvious error in the passport
• the passport has been defaced, its data has been altered or it has other markings than those made by an authority
• after the passport has been granted, issues have emerged which would probably result in a rejection when issuing a passport
• the passport is being used by a person other than the one to whom it was issued
• the Population Registration Centre has cancelled the electronic certificate or
• there is reasonable cause to suspect that the passport holder has died in a natural disaster, other catastrophe or as a victim of crime.

Fees

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Validity

A passport is valid for 5 years.

Documents to Use

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

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Instructions

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e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

Required Information

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

Need for the Document

A passport can be cancelled in several circumstances. It is cancelled by the police department or other authority having granted it.

Information which might help

A person may only have one valid passport at a time. If the police or other authority issuing passports makes a new decision on issuing a passport, the previous decision will expire.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

Canceling a Passport: https://www.poliisi.fi/poliisi/home.nsf/pages/FF229CD6C2E64962C225780D00482636?opendocument

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