Verification Service

Overview

For residence permit application you will be required to legalise official certificates concerning family ties, such as birth certificate, marriage certificate, divorce certificate, bachelorhood/spinsterhood certificate and death certificate if they are of Bangladesh and Sri Lankan origin. If the documents are not in Finnish, Swedish or English, they must be accompanied by a translation into one of these languages by an authorized translator. Both the original documents and their translations must be legalised.

The Embassy of Finland can only legalise original documents which have first been legalised (authenticated) by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country of origin of the document. Both the original document and the translation must be legalised and the fee will be charged for both documents.

For more information about legalisation process for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka documents in India please view  Embassy of Finland in India

 

Legalizing a document is a twofold process:

Applicants must first upload documents on VFS Global Verification Portal.

• VFS Global Verification Services investigates and verifies the origin of the document. VFS Global charges the applicant a fee for the verification of a document. The Applicant is liable for all verification charges.
• The Embassy of Finland legalizes the document(s) submitted during the residence permit submission process that VFS Global Verification Services has verified. The Embassy of Finland will return the legalized document (s) to VFS Global in India, which will then be couriered back (at additional courier cost ) to VFS Global VAC in Sri Lanka (Colombo) and Bangladesh (Dhaka) where the applicant can go and collect it.

Countries covered for verification by VFS Global India are:

• Bangladesh
• Sri Lanka

Verification Fee

Calculate total amount of your verification fee according to the fee information given in table below. Note that fee amount is per document. Verification process can only start when complete documents (without any discrepancy) and full payment is received.

Classification of Documents issued in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka:

For Bangladesh and Sri Lankan documents ONLY, the applicant will be charged equivalent of Euro 140 per document.

Please note:

• All costs provided are for per document/per check basis.
• Turn Around Time (TAT) depends on the local authorities of the country in question. Enquiries to VFS Global or to the Embassy do not speed up the verification process. Please, be prepared for a Turn Around Time of 45 days and beyond.
• Turn Around Time (TAT) commences on receipt of exact payment and complete documents (Without any discrepancies; misspellings, additions or omissions in names, wrong dates and legibility of documents).
• Additional logistic fee will be applicable if VFS Global will have to manage the task of returning the documents to the applicants by any other means than personal collection from VAC.
• If additional documents are required during the process of verification as advised by the Issuing authority, time taken to complete verification will be adjusted and will be subject to fulfilment of the required documents.

Make Payment to VFS Global

Payment needs to be made once documents are uploaded on to the verification portal. An online payment link will be sent via email by VFS. Once payment is made by the applicant and verified by VFS, verification process will begin.

Application form

Please fill in the Application form providing contact information and information about documents that need to be verified as per Embassy requirement.

Please fill and sign the Authorization letter, authorizing VFS Global and its verification Partners to conduct Background Verification.

Please upload the below listed documents:

• Completed and signed Application Form
• Duly filled and signed Authorisation Letter
• Photocopies of documents to be verified bearing the stamp/seal and signature of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the originating country.
• Photocopy of the translated and attested documents by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the origin country.
• Photocopy of data page of passport (Legible copies).
• In case of a name change (e.g. after marriage), please upload supporting documents from the below list attested by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the origin country:
  • Newspaper/Gazette Publication
  • Affidavit of Name Change
  • Birth certificate of Bride
  • School Board Certificate of Bride with Date of Birth

Document Uploading

Please upload the below listed documents:

• Completed and signed Application Form
• Duly filled and signed Authorisation Letter
• Photocopies of documents to be verified bearing the stamp/seal and signature of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the originating country.
• Photocopy of the translated and attested documents by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the origin country.
• Photocopy of data page of passport (Legible copies).
• In case of a name change (e.g. after marriage), please upload supporting documents from the below list attested by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the origin country:
  • Newspaper/Gazette Publication
  • Affidavit of Name Change
  • Birth certificate of Bride
  • School Board Certificate of Bride with Date of Birth

Document Sending

• On successful completion of the verification process, you will be notified that the final report has been submitted to the Embassy. On receipt of the e-mail confirmation, you would need to follow the below mentioned process:
• Submit the original document along with your Residence Permit application with prior appointment at:
• VFS Global Visa Application Center, Finland Document Verification Team, 27 K.G. MARG, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001, India.