1.1. Contact organisation
Finnish Immigration Service (FIS)
1.2. Contact organisation unit
Statistics Service
1.3. Contact name
Confidential because of GDPR
1.4. Contact person function
Confidential because of GDPR
1.5. Contact mail address
PL 10, 00086 Maahanmuuttovirasto, FINLAND
1.6. Contact email address
Confidential because of GDPR
1.7. Contact phone number
Confidential because of GDPR
1.8. Contact fax number
Confidential because of GDPR
2.1. Metadata last certified
28 May 2025
2.2. Metadata last posted
28 May 2025
2.3. Metadata last update
28 May 2025
3.1. Data description
Data collection on the residence permits (RESPER) statistics contains statistical information based on the principles stated in the Union legislation on migration Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 as amended by the Regulation (EU) 2020/851 and the Commission Regulation (EU) No 216/2010 implementing the categories of reasons for residence permits.
All the statistics are based on data from National UMA register maintained and developed by Finnish Immigration Service.
The main RESPER data collection based on Article 6 of the Migration Statistics Regulation
- First residence permits,
- Residence permits issued on the occasion of changing the immigration status or reason to stay,
- Residence permits valid at the end of the year,
- Long-term residence permits valid at the end of the year,
- Long-term permits issued during the year.
Statistics collected on voluntary basis
- Residence permits issued for family reunification with beneficiaries of protection status.
3.2. Classification system
See table 3.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Resper'.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Migration and asylum – Residence permits statistics (Resper).
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables Resper’.
3.5. Statistical unit
Number of persons
3.6. Statistical population
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables Resper’.
3.7. Reference area
Finland
3.8. Coverage - Time
See table 3.8. in annex ‘Quality report tables Resper’.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
Number of persons.
Calendar year.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
Data collection on Resper statistics is based on Article 4.4 of Regulation (EC) 862/2007 of 11 July 2007 and its amending Regulation (EU) 2020/851 of 18 June 2020. The legal acts detail the data provisions Member States are obliged to supply to Eurostat.
Statistics Act grants Finnish Immigration Service its mandate and responsibilities as a role of Other National Statistics Authority (ONA) when producing European and other official national statistics.
Annexes:
Statistics Act
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
The main source for data is the national UMA-register which is owned by the FIS who has direct authority over it. No data are shared throughout the statistics production processes.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society. The General Data Protection Regulation applies in Finland.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
Data Protection Regulation applies in Finland.
8.1. Release calendar
No national dissemination. See 10. Accessibility and clarity section at Eurotat general metadata document.
8.2. Release calendar access
Not applicable.
8.3. Release policy - user access
No national releases. See Eurostat release policy.
Annual
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
No national dissemination. See 10. Accessibility and clarity section at Eurotat general metadata document.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
No national dissemination. See 10. Accessibility and clarity section at Eurotat general metadata document.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
No national dissemination. See 10. Accessibility and clarity section at Eurotat general metadata document.
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations
Not applicable.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
Not applicable.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
Not applicable.
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations
Not applicable.
10.6. Documentation on methodology
Member States have the responsibility of providing Resper statistics to Eurostat in accordance with the Article 4.4. of the Regulation (EC) 862/2007 as amended by the Regulation (EU) 2020/851. Eurostat provides Technical Guidelines to the countries describing the procedures and the quality requirements for the statistics collected. All the Resper statistics are compiled according to technical guidelines.
Annexes:
Resper Technical Guidelines
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate
Not applicable.
10.7. Quality management - documentation
Not available.
11.1. Quality assurance
Data quality management and assessments are an essential part of the continuing process of the administrative register development and maintenance. Statistics within the Resper domain are based entirely on administrative register sources (see See table 18.1 in annex ‘Quality report tables Resper’).
The statistics are produced in compliance with the Council Regulation (EC) 862/2007 as amended by Regulation 2020/851 and following guidelines and instructions provided by Eurostat. Consistency validation checks are performed before publishing the data.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
Finnish Immigration Service attended a peer review (2021) with NSI and other ONAs where compliance with the principles of the European Statistics Code of Practice (ES CoP) was analyzed.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
Statistics are nationally used by different users eg. policymakers, officials by national administrations, or academic researchers.
EU relevance: Within the Commission, the main user of migration and asylum statistics is DG Home Affairs. However, these statistics are also frequently used by other Directorates General. The statistics are used in several publications of the Commission, as well as in the preparation of regular reports, policy proposals and analysis. For example, the Commission's Annual Report on Immigration and Asylum uses these statistics as a means to quantify progress made towards the implementation of the 2008 European Pact on Immigration and Asylum and to highlight recommendations for further actions. Migration and asylum statistics are also used by the European Migration Network (EMN) as a basis for its annual EU- and national-level statistical and analytical reports. The statistics also provide an input to the EMN studies and reports that address specific issues of current policy importance. The statistics collected under the Regulation are widely used in official publications and by a wide range of users. In addition to publication on the Eurostat website and on-line dissemination database, there are regular Eurostat quarterly and annual publications that provide updated statistics and statistical commentary. The statistics produced under the Regulation are regularly used by national administrations, academic researchers and civil society groups working on a wide range of topics including the integration of immigrants, the development and monitoring of national asylum and immigration procedures, and the projection of the future population and labour force.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Not available.
12.3. Completeness
See table 12.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables Resper’.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
Not applicable.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
Statistics are produced using data from administrative registers. Data accuracy can be assessed as high.
13.2. Sampling error
Not applicable.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Statistics are produced using data from administrative registers. No known processing errors. If errors are detected, they are corrected without delay according to the revision policy.
13.3.1. Coverage error
Not applicable.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not applicable.
13.3.2. Measurement error
Not applicable.
13.3.3. Non response error
Not applicable.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.4. Processing error
Statistics are produced using data from administrative registers. No known processing errors. If errors are detected, they are corrected without delay according to the revision policy.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not applicable.
14.1. Timeliness
No time lag on data availability. The data is produced and send to Eurostat within the mandatory deadlines.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
Not applicable.
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
Not applicable.
14.2. Punctuality
See table 14.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Resper’.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
Not applicable.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
There are not any problems of comparability between regions of the country.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not applicable.
15.2. Comparability - over time
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Resper’.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
Not applicable.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
No applicable coherence deviations other than mentioned section 15.3.2.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Not applicable.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Eurostat statistics and official national statistics on the same statistical phenomena have some differences in terms of definitions.
15.4. Coherence - internal
Internal consistency is ensured through various time series based validation checks during the data production process.
The statistics are based on administrative register data sources hence the cost and burden to produce the statistics can be assessed as moderate.
17.1. Data revision - policy
The general Eurostat revision policy applies. Data revisions are made only in case of a known error in the produced statistics.
17.2. Data revision - practice
See table 17.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Resper’.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
Not applicable.
18.1. Source data
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables Resper’.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
Annual
18.3. Data collection
The statistics based on data from administrative registers are supplied to Eurostat via Edamis portal (CSV/SDMX format). The data is collected from and provided by respondents during an adminstrative process of Finnish Immigration Service. Case management system (UMA) has data validation rules applied during administrative process of customer cases.
18.4. Data validation
In addition to data quality operations performed during maintenance of the administrative register and national statistics production, Eurostat validation checks apply when the statistics are delivered to Eurostat database.
Eurostat on data validation procedure: Before publishing the data, consistent validation checks are performed. The data is validated through all processing steps, combining manual/visual validation with some tools integrated within the templates and the production environment.
18.5. Data compilation
Not applicable.
18.5.1. Imputation - rate
Not applicable.
18.6. Adjustment
Not applicable.
18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment
No statistical technique applied.
No further comments.
Data collection on the residence permits (RESPER) statistics contains statistical information based on the principles stated in the Union legislation on migration Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 as amended by the Regulation (EU) 2020/851 and the Commission Regulation (EU) No 216/2010 implementing the categories of reasons for residence permits.
All the statistics are based on data from National UMA register maintained and developed by Finnish Immigration Service.
The main RESPER data collection based on Article 6 of the Migration Statistics Regulation
- First residence permits,
- Residence permits issued on the occasion of changing the immigration status or reason to stay,
- Residence permits valid at the end of the year,
- Long-term residence permits valid at the end of the year,
- Long-term permits issued during the year.
Statistics collected on voluntary basis
- Residence permits issued for family reunification with beneficiaries of protection status.
28 May 2025
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables Resper’.
Number of persons
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables Resper’.
Finland
Calendar year.
Statistics are produced using data from administrative registers. Data accuracy can be assessed as high.
Number of persons.
Not applicable.
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables Resper’.
Annual
No time lag on data availability. The data is produced and send to Eurostat within the mandatory deadlines.
There are not any problems of comparability between regions of the country.
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Resper’.
