Finnish-Georgian Translation Services in Tbilisi - For Migri, DVV, Finnish Universities and Finnish Business in Georgia

Finnish and Georgian: schools, universities, skilled migration and technology

Finland's most visible presence in Georgia is educational. Finnish-curriculum schools operating in Tbilisi bring Finnish teachers, Finnish pedagogy and Finnish paperwork to Georgian families, and Georgian teachers and education officials travel to Finland to study a system the world admires; Finnish universities of applied sciences and research universities admit Georgian students to English-taught programs, and Finnish and Georgian universities cooperate through Erasmus+ and bilateral projects. Finland's labor market draws Georgian software developers, engineers, nurses and doctors through Migri's specialist and skilled worker permits and through Finland's healthcare recruitment routes, and Georgian spouses of Finnish citizens follow. Finnish tourists come to Georgia for wine, mountains and a culture unlike anything in the north, Finnish technology, forestry, water, clean-energy and telecommunications companies supply Georgian projects and partners, and Finnish development cooperation has supported Georgian reforms directly and through the EU. Georgian wine has found its way onto Alko's shelves and into Helsinki's restaurants.

Finland certifies translations through auktorisoidut kääntäjät (authorized translators) who have passed the examination administered by the Finnish National Agency for Education (Opetushallitus) for a specific language pair and direction, and whose translations have legal validity; none has ever been authorized for Georgian. Finnish apostilles are issued by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency (Digi- ja väestötietovirasto, DVV), which also keeps the population register that every Georgian in Finland is entered in. Finland is bilingual in Finnish and Swedish, and official documents are issued in either. Georgia has the notarized translation. Our Finnish team at David Agmashenebeli Ave 117 - Georgian sworn translators with Nordic training, native Finnish editors and a partner authorized translator in Helsinki for the English-language re-certification Finnish offices accept - connects the systems.

Translation directions for Finnish, and Swedish

• Georgian → Finnish: birth and marriage certificates, marital status certificates for DVV, conviction certificates, diplomas and transcripts, court decisions, Public Registry extracts, medical records and contracts leaving Georgia for Finland. Notarized in Tbilisi and apostilled. Finnish authorities accept English for most purposes, and we advise which target serves you.
• Finnish → Georgian: passi and henkilökortti, ajokortti, virkatodistus and ote väestötietojärjestelmästä from DVV or the parish, vihkitodistus, rikosrekisteriote, tutkintotodistus and opintosuoritusote, kaupparekisteriote, yhtiöjärjestys, valtakirja, työsopimus and tiliote entering the Georgian system, always notarized in Georgia. Passports and driving licenses are translated from a photo without a visit.
• Swedish-language Finnish documents: documents from Swedish-speaking municipalities and Åland are handled by our Swedish team with Finnish specifics observed.
• Finnish ↔ English: direct translation for Finnish companies working in English and for university admissions.

Finnish names are transliterated into Georgian by consistent rules aligned with the passport, with ä and ö handled uniformly and double vowels and consonants preserved, and the henkilötunnus (personal identity code) reproduced exactly.

Which certification Finnish authorities accept

Details are on the notarized and certified Finnish translation page.

Pricing and turnaround for Finnish-Georgian translation

Finnish is priced at the standard per-page tariff (1,800 characters with spaces) with a modest supplement for the rarity of the pair, and fixed prices for passports, henkilökortit, ajokortit, DVV extracts and civil status certificates. Migri and university packets are quoted as a bundle. Notary fees, apostille state fees, authorized re-certification and courier charges to Finland are itemized separately.

• Passport, henkilökortti, ajokortti, one certificate: 1-2 hours, notarized.
• Migri work, study or family permit file: same day or next day.
• Opetushallitus or university packet (tutkintotodistus, opintosuoritusote, course descriptions): 1-3 business days.
• Contracts, yhtiöjärjestys, court files: 2-4 business days.
• Apostille on a Georgian document: add 1-5 business days.

Ordering from Tbilisi, from Finland or from anywhere in Georgia

Clients in Tbilisi send a photo on WhatsApp for a quote within 15 minutes and bring the original to Agmashenebeli 117, near Marjanishvili Metro, where the translation is notarized while they wait. Passports and driving licenses are translated from the photo alone and delivered by courier, without a visit. Clients in Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Turku or Oulu who need a Georgian document usually have the original with family in Georgia; we collect it, translate, notarize, apostille and ship by DHL with tracking, which reaches Finland in two to three days, or deliver a digitally signed scan the same day for Migri's Enter Finland portal. Finnish teachers and companies in Tbilisi, and clients in Batumi, Kutaisi and elsewhere, send originals by courier and receive the finished documents back while our regional offices are being renovated. Enquiries are answered in Finnish or English.

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