Fees charged by the police and the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service to change in 2025

The Ministry of the Interior has issued decrees on fees charged by the police and the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service. The decrees will enter into force on 1 January 2025.

The prices of passports and identity cards will rise in the beginning of next year. The price of a passport applied for electronically will be EUR 53 next year and the price of a passport applied for in person will be EUR 57. The price of a passport applied for electronically will increase by EUR 9 and the price of a passport applied for in person by EUR 7.

The new price of an identity card will be EUR 67 when applied for in person (the current price is EUR 58) and EUR 63 when applied for electronically (the current price is EUR 52).

The prices will be raised because the fees charged for passports and identity cards must correspond to the costs incurred in processing the applications. The number of passport and identity card applications is expected to decrease next year, as five years will have passed since the first year of COVID, when numbers fell clearly below normal levels, and the passports and identity cards applied for in that year will expire. However, the numbers are expected to start growing again in 2026.

The decree on fees charged for services provided by the police will remain in force until 30 June 2025.

Changes to other licence fees charged by the police

Without making any changes to the fees, the income received from licences by the police would be an estimated EUR 8 million in deficit. Therefore, the fees for firearms licences, security sector licences and other licences and permits issued by the police will also be increased.

The new fee for a firearms licence will be EUR 126. Fees related to firearms will mainly be increased by 12–14 per cent.

Changes will also be made to the fees for security sector licences. For example, certification as a security steward and a guard will cost EUR 70 next year.

Other licences issued by the police include licences to run lotteries and money collection licences, for example. These licences will see the highest proportional increases due to deficits in their cost-effectiveness and rising costs. For example, the new fee charged for a notification of a small-scale money collection will be EUR 90 (the current fee is EUR 68) and the new fee for a money collection licence will be EUR 400 (the current fee is EUR 300).

Fees for personnel security clearances conducted by the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service will rise

The fees for personnel security clearances conducted by the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service will also be raised in 2025. According to a preliminary estimate, the most common type of security clearance to be conducted is the concise personnel security clearance, the fee for which will rise to EUR 80 (an increase of EUR 15).

The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service conducts security clearances on both persons and companies. Upon application of a party requesting a security clearance, the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service may carry out a security clearance on a person or a company that has consented to the clearance. 

Both the rise in costs and changes in the security environment are behind the price increases. The number of security clearances carried out has increased by more than 30 per cent since 2021.

Inquiries:

Johanna Kari, Ministerial Adviser, tel. +358 295 488 662, [email protected] (fees charged by the police)

Noora Jokela, Ministerial Adviser, tel. +358 295 488 567, [email protected] (fees charged by the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service)