ID cards for non-regulated social and healthcare workers and non-clinical healthcare sector staff

Authorising another organisation’s registration point

Private social welfare and health care organisations often authorise an external, existing registration point for social welfare and health care organisations to order personnel and ID cards.

1. If you work in an organisation that wants to authorise a registration point, contact the registration point to be authorised and agree on the authorisation. You need the following from the authorised registration point: electronic customer number of the registration point, business ID, card delivery address, and contact details of the registrar.
2. Next, conclude an agreement in our e-services. Under the contract details section, select “I will authorise another organisation to act as a registrar”. Fill in the information provided by the registration point that is to be authorised.
3. Once you have concluded the agreement, submit a certificate of employment to the authorised registration point for the individuals for whom the cards are ordered. Submit the certificate as soon as possible after you have signed the agreement on the authorisation.
4. Sign the agreement in the e-services once we have processed your organisation's contract application. The agreement must be signed electronically by one of the following methods of Suomi.fi e-Identification: A certificate card issued by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency, online banking codes or mobile certificate.

Once the necessary steps have been taken and the authorisation has entered into force, the persons ordering a card will book a time from the authorised registration point that will order the cards.

If you need additional information on authorising a registration authority, you can contact us by email: varmennepalvelut(at)dvv.fi

Verifying the identity of an applicant

The applicant must be identified and their identity verified at the time of ordering the card.

ID cards for non-regulated workers and ID cards for non-clinical social welfare and healthcare personnel are tied to the organisation and the employee’s employment contract.

The card applicant must have a valid identity document with them to prove their identity. Approved identification documents are:

• electronic ID card or passport
• valid passport or electronic ID card issued by a Member State of the European Economic Area, Switzerland or San Marino
• a passport issued by an authority of another state.

If the applicant does not possess any of the aforementioned documents, the police may, at request, verify the applicant’s identity and draw up a separate identification document. The police will send the identification document to the registration authority.