Traficom applies different types of post addresses i.a. due to reason for decree of the services.
Addresses of private individuals:
Permanent address (Source: Digital and Population Data Services Agency)
Temporary address (Source: Digital and Population Data Services Agency or Traficom)
If you want to change your temporary address, submit a notification of your new address on Posti and the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s shared change of address service at www.posti.fi/en/private/change-address (External link). You can also use the service to remove a temporary address notified to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.
Submitting a notification of a temporary address to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency will replace a temporary address notified to Traficom. In the future, you will only be able to notify a temporary address of the estate of a deceased person directly to Traficom. Read more: Estate address change (External link)
You can remove a temporary address notified to Traficom by calling Traficom’s customer service, tel. +358 (0)29 534 5100 (weekdays 8:00–16:15).
Postal address (Source: Digital and Population Data Services Agency)
Notifications of changes to the address information recorded by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency can be submitted at https://dvv.fi/en/moving (External link)
Vehicle registration and taxation
Registration certificate
If you only have a permanent address, your registration certificate will be sent to that address.
If you have both a permanent and a temporary address, your registration certificate will be sent to your temporary address.
A registration certificate is never sent to a postal address, even if you have one.
Vehicle tax bill
If you only have a permanent address, your vehicle tax bill will be sent to that address.
If you have both a permanent and a temporary address, your vehicle tax bill will be sent to your temporary address.
If you have both a temporary and a postal address, your vehicle tax bill will be sent to your postal address.
If you have a permanent, a temporary and a postal address, your vehicle tax bill will be sent to your postal address.
More information about vehicle tax bill delivery methods.
Driving licenses and other road traffic permits and licences
Addresses in online driving licence services
To use driving licence services, the client’s municipality of residence must be located in continental Finland. In addition to this, the client must have an official address (a postal address, a temporary address or a permanent address) in continental Finland recorded in the Population Information System. Otherwise the services cannot be used.
In online driving licence services, the client cannot choose the address that their driving licence will be sent to by post. If the client has a postal address, their driving licence will be sent to that address, even if the client also has other addresses. If the client does not have a separate postal address, their driving licence will be sent to their temporary address. If the client does not have a temporary address either, their driving licence will be sent to their permanent address.
If the client’s municipality of residence recorded in the Population Information System changes to a municipality located abroad during the processing of their driving licence order, their driving license will be sent to Traficom.
Parking card for people with disabilities
When applying for a parking card for people with disabilities, the client’s municipality of residence does not need to be located in Finland. However, the client must have an address located in continental Finland recorded in the Population Information System, as the card will be sent directly to the client by post.
Registration of watercraft
If you only have a permanent address, your watercraft registration certificate will be sent to that address.
If you have other addresses in addition to a permanent address (a temporary or postal address), you can choose which address you want the certificate to be sent to if you are ordering the certificate for yourself. If you are ordering a registration certificate for another owner or holder, the registration certificate will always be sent to their permanent address.