Finnish Country Signing Certificate Authority (CSCA)

The same Country Signing CA is used for issuing all ICAO-compliant electronic Machine Readable Travel Documents (eMRTDs), i.e. passports, ID-cards and residence permits, in Finland. The same CSCA signs also 2D barcodes for visas. This web site contains information about CSCA certificates, Document Signing certificates (DS certificates) and certificate revocation lists (CRLs).

Country Signing Certificate 2022

The certificate is valid from 2022/04/06 to 2032/07/06.

The self-signed CSCA certificate can be downloaded from the National Directory here.

The SHA-256 fingerprint of the self-signed certificate is

3E 46 61 55 33 FD 4F 1B 3E 6E 3F C9 FE 46 A8 48
04 2A 0B E0 9E 13 64 12 89 24 15 C3 FA 67 0C F3

Corresponding CSCA link certificate can be downloaded from the National Directory here.

Country Signing Certificate 2020

The certificate is valid from 2020/07/16 to 2030/10/16

The self-signed CSCA certificate can be downloaded from the National Directory here.

The SHA-256 fingerprint of the self-signed certificate is

8F:EF:17:A6:DC:E0:1A:D6:BB:49:F7:50:B2:EB:3B:0A
2A:69:5B:17:94:DC:19:7E:09:84:47:51:7A:ED:73:02

Corresponding CSCA link certificate can be downloaded from the National Directory here.

Country Signing Certificate 2016

The certificate is valid from 2016/01/29 to 2026/04/26

The self-signed CSCA certificate can be downloaded from the National Directory here.

The SHA-256 fingerprint of the self-signed certificate is

1b:55:af:9f:22:00:a6:9c:9c:bb:fa:e7:cc:85:d4:13:
a0:33:7d:ee:99:23:b9:d9:f4:68:53:dd:74:d1:43:25

The SHA-1 fingerprint of the self-signed certificate is
d7:d6:e5:ff:d7:44:f0:ec:f4:68:e8:56:10:b3:ff:de:2d:e0:05:16

Corresponding CSCA link certificate can be downloaded from the National Directory here.

Country Signing Certificate 2011

The certificate is valid from 2011/02/15 to 2021/05/17.

The certificate can be downloaded from the National Directory here.

The SHA-1 fingerprint of the certificate is

56:bc:36:fa:99:ae:5c:0e:ad:80:0f:3f:6e:e0:f6:29:30:47:3a:9f

Document Signer Certificates

The primary distribution channel for the DS certificate is the eMRTD itself. DS certificates can also be downloaded from the ICAO PKD or from the National Directory. More information about LDAP or DS certificates in general can be requested via email: CSCA.Finland@govsec.fi.

Certificate Revocation Lists

The primary distribution channel of CRLs is the National Directory: Latest CRL

CRLs can also be downloaded from the ICAO PKD or via LDAP: https://pkddownload1.icao.int/CRLs/FIN.crl

ldap://ldap.fineid.fi:389/cn=CSCA%20Finland,ou=VRK,o=Finland,c=FI?certificateRevocationList

ICAO PKD

Finland is a member of the ICAO PKD.

Contact Information

The preferred means of communication is email:
CSCA.Finland@govsec.fi

Mailing address:

Mika Hansson
National Police Board

P.O. Box 1000
FI-02150 Espoo
Finland