When Law and Humanity Meet

Our client came to us after receiving an additional information request from the Finnish Immigration Service that made one thing very clear: the authority was seriously considering refusal and deportation.

The request was detailed and direct. The Finnish Immigration Service asked for updated medical information, clarification about ongoing treatments, confirmation of the client’s ability to care for themselves and for their minor child, and a written statement regarding the possibility of deportation and an entry ban.

When questions about deportation and entry bans appear in an additional information request, the case is no longer routine. It is at risk.

The medical reality behind this case was severe. Our client is undergoing life-sustaining treatment for a serious medical condition. The documentation confirmed a chronic and potentially life-threatening illness requiring continuous dialysis and intensive medication. Interrupting that treatment would not simply complicate life. It would endanger it. At the same time, the client is a parent to a child who has grown up in Finland, is integrated into the Finnish school system, and whose emotional stability depends on family unity and continuity of care.

We drafted a comprehensive response. Not emotional arguments, but structured legal reasoning supported by medical certificates, financial documentation, school certificates, and evidence of the family’s integration.

We addressed the requirement of sufficient means of support, clarified the entrepreneurial income of the spouse, explained the child’s integration, and grounded every argument in the relevant provisions of the Aliens Act, the Constitution, and established case law of both the Supreme Administrative Court and the European Court of Human Rights.

Then came the message every client waits for.

The residence permit card was ready for collection.

Three weeks after the response was submitted, the Finnish Immigration Service issued a positive decision. The uncertainty ended not with removal, but with stability. The family remains together. The treatment continues uninterrupted. The child stays in school. Life goes on.

This case is a reminder that additional information requests are not a formality. They are a turning point. If handled properly, they allow you to correct the direction of a case before a negative decision is issued. If ignored or underestimated, they often lead directly to refusal.

In this matter, law and humanity aligned. And the result speaks for itself.