Registration of birth in the Population Information System (EU countries)

Births of Finnish citizens outside Finland must be notified to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window). You can also submit the notification at a Finnish embassy or send it there to be posted to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency for registration.

An Apostille stamp is not required for a birth certificate, which is issued by an EU country authority and a translation of the certificate is not needed if a multilingual standard form is appended to the document.