Application forms and documents for an adoption permit
Please select the form best suitable for your case. The link takes you to the security application form, through which you can send your application or document to the Adoption Board. You will receive an automatic confirmation of the receipt of the application or document to the email address you have provided. Your case will be initiated by the Board on the date of receipt of the application.
Application for domestic adoption (in Finnish)
Application for extension for the permit granted for domestic adoption (in Finnish)
Application for intercountry adoption through a service provider (in Finnish)
Application for intercountry adoption without a service provider (in Finnish)
Application for extension for the permit granted for intercountry adoption (in Finnish)
Notification of change in circumstances (in Finnish)
Supplement to the adoption case (in Finnish)
Contact information
By email: [email protected]
Submit the data for your adoption permit application to the Finnish Adoption Board using the secure forms. The use of the secure form is the fastest way to submit data related to adoption applications to the Finnish Adoption Board.
By mail:
Finnish Adoption Board
P.O. Box 40
13035 LVV
Please note that when using a post office box address, there will be a delay as the post office box is located in the registry of the Finnish Supervisory Agency in Hämeenlinna, from where the mail is delivered by post to the Finnish Adoption Board in Helsinki.
The Finnish Adoption Board’s visiting address (visits must be agreed on separately):
Ratapihantie 9
00520 Helsinki
Irene Pärssinen-Hentula
Manager, Chair of the Adoption Board
[email protected]
+358 295 255 136
Taija Jokimaa-Frusti
Senior Officer, Deputy Chair of the Adoption Board
[email protected]
+358 295 254 791
Päivi Pietarila
Senior Officer, Secretary of the Adoption Board
[email protected]
+358 295 255 503
Louna Dunkel
Senior Officer, Secretary of the Adoption Board
[email protected]
+358 295 254 035