Membership in a religious community
View connections →You can join by submitting a notification directly to a religious community. You can leave a religious community in the Suomi.fi Web Service.
Published by: Digital and Population Data Services Agency · Government organisation
Description language: English
Coverage: All Finland
About this service
Description
### Joining a religious community
You can join a religious community that accepts you as their member. Send a notification of joining directly to the religious community that you wish to join.
Religious communities decide themselves whether their members can also belong to other communities.
### Leaving a religious community
You can leave a religious community
* on Suomi.fi Personal data page
* by sending a notification to the religious community or
* by sending a notification to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.
Leaving a religious community is registered in the Population Data System.
If you make the notification of resignation on the Suomi.fi Personal Data page, the resignation will be registered in the Population Information System immediately.
You will also receive a written confirmation of your resignation.
You do not need to notify the Finnish Tax Administration when you resign because the matter is automatically considered in the taxation. Your next year’s taxes are determined based on the data recorded in the Population Data System on the last day of the previous year.
How to use it
### Join a religious community using the form
If you wish to become a member of a religious community, submit a notification directly to the religious community.
You can use the Notification of Joining a Religious Community form.
### Resign from a religious community via Web Service
1. Identify yourself on the Suomi.fi Personal Data page.
2. Select the "Membership in a religious community".
3. Send a resignation request.
To log in to the service, you need online banking IDs, mobile certificate or identity card, and a card reader on your computer.
Please note that the electronic service is linked to your individual personal identity code, so you can only notify information in Suomi.fi on your own behalf.
### Using the Resign from Religious Community form
You can send the resignation request in writing to the religious community from which you are resigning or use the form to inform the Digital and Population Data Services Agency. Submit the notification using the Notification of Resignation from a Religious Community form.
### Joining or resigning a child from a religious community
As the child’s guardian, you can notify
* the joining of a child with a paper notification to the religious community
* the resigning of a child with a paper notification to the religious community or with an online form / paper notification to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.
Please note that the written consent of all guardians is required for the notification.
If you are submitting the notification on behalf of a child aged 12 to 17, you will need the child’s consent.
If you are aged over 15 and leaving a religious community, you can submit the notification yourself. However, you must attach your guardians’ written consent to the notification.
Conditions
* Persons who have reached the age of 18 decide on their religious affiliation independently.
* The religious affiliation of a child who has reached the age of 12 can be changed only with the child’s consent.
* A child who has reached the age of 15 can, with written consent from the guardians, independently resign from a religious community.
* The child’s religious affiliation is not automatically determined by the guardians’ religious affiliation. Instead, a child’s resignation from a religious community is always based on the guardians’ separate declaration of their will.
Where and how to get help
Asiointipiste Mikkeli · Visit in person
Asiointipiste Mikkeli on kaupungin ylläpitämä julkisen hallinnon yhteinen asiakaspalvelupiste.
Description: Finnish · Service languages: English, Finnish
Visit address: Raatihuoneenkatu 6 50100
Phone: 0151942100 · Charged
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Suomi-piste in Lahti · Visit in person
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Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish
Visit address: Kirkkokatu 12 15140
Suomi-piste website →
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Telephone service: population information · TelephoneService
You can contact this service in matters related to data recorded in the population information system.
Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish
Phone: 358 295535690 · Only a local network fee and a mobile call fee determined by the caller's operator will be charged for the calls and queuing.
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Kunnanvirastolla toimii asiointipiste, josta saa Kelan, DVV:n, Etelä-Savon oikeusaputoimiston ja TE-toimiston asioissa yleistä neuvontaa.
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Visit address: Eliel Saarisen tie 2 58900
Phone: 358 401615000 · Charged
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Asiointipiste · Visit in person
Ikaalisten asiointipiste neuvoo, palvelee ja opastaa Kelan, TE-toimiston ja Digi- ja väestötietoviraston (ent. maistraatti) asioissa.
Description: Finnish · Service languages: Finnish
Visit address: Vanha Tampereentie 11 39500
Phone: 358 447306555 · Charged
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