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The different types of identity cards are as follows:
A card to Heads of mission, other diplomatic staff members and to persons having a comparable position in consulates and international organisations;
B card to members of the administrative and technical staff;
C card to members of the service staff of missions (such as security personnel, drivers, housekeepers and cooks) and to staff members of international organisations
D card to private servants of members of missions, temporary trainees and, as a rule, locally engaged drivers of missions.
The status of a staff member is defined in terms of his/her actual responsibilities rather than the formal status, if these do not coincide.
As a rule, the Ministry does not issue identity cards to locally engaged staff of missions, with the exception of drivers who receive a D card to be able to complete their official duties. The card must be renewed annually.
Family members who are not Finnish nationals or permanently resident in Finland receive an identity card corresponding to that given to the member of the mission. Those family members who are Finnish nationalities or reside permanently in Finland receive a D card.
The renewal of an identity card is applied for by a verbal note. The passport, the present identity card (also expired identity cards) and a recent photograph of the person concerned should be enclosed with the verbal note (please note also section 1.3).
In case the identity card is lost or stolen the police must be informed of this via an electronic report of an offence. This concerns also expired identity cards. If it is not possible to report an offence online, it is possible to file a report personally at the police station. A copy of the filed report must be sent to the Protocol Services for the renewal of the identity card. More information about filing the report is available on the web site of the police at
http://poliisi.fi/crimes/reporting_an_offence_online
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