Abstract This article explores how the concept of dependency is used when scrutinising residence permit applicants of the elderly who fall into the category of “other family members” for family reunion. Through an analysis of interviews with immigration officers, as well as Finnish and European Union (EU) legal documents, the article shows that contestations of the concept of dependency become part of bordering practices. Bordering thus enters the everyday lives of transnational families with elderly family members in the form of investigating health conditions and the availability of care facilities. The ageing body of the elderly becomes a site of bordering. In opposition to the state individualistic system of a Nordic welfare state that aims at independency from the family, immigration regulations actually stress family dependencies. Only if immigration authorities perceive the applicant’s dependency on the sponsor to be high enough, the applicant can become part of the Finnish welfare system.

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作为边界站点的衰老机构：

摘要本文探讨了在审查家庭团聚的“其他家庭成员”类别的老年人的居留许可申请人时，如何使用依赖的概念。通过对移民官员的采访以及芬兰和欧洲联盟（EU）的法律文件进行的分析，该文章表明，关于抚养权概念的争论已成为接壤做法的一部分。因此，以调查健康状况和提供护理设施的形式，与年老的家庭成员进入跨国家庭的日常生活。老年人的衰老身体成为交接的场所。与旨在独立于家庭的北欧福利国家的国家个人主义制度相反，移民法规实际上强调了家庭依赖性。