The Finnish Immigration Service may grant an extended permit even if your income was temporarily lower than required. The lower income must be due to the coronavirus pandemic, and it may last for a maximum of six months.
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On 1 February 2021, the Finnish Immigration Service launched a project to speed up and streamline the processing of work-based permits and residence permits for international students. The aim is to issue customers with a work permit on average within a month by 2023.
Webinar ”Welcome to work in Finland!”
22/09/2020
Recording of the webinar "Welcome to work in Finland!" by the Finnish Immigration Services covers issues such as residence permits for employed persons, the online service Enter Finland, occupational safety and health, and working life in Finland.
The Finnish Immigraton Service will resume ordinary service as of 1 September 2020 after the exceptional circumstances caused by the coronavirus epidemic. In urgent matters, you can visit the service points of the Finnish Immigration Service and queue using waiting numbers. You will be able to submit an application on Enter Finland or when visiting...
A dirty businessImmigrants clean schools, kindergartens, grocery stores and restaurants in Finland. Many companies exploit their workers with impunity. The scale of exploitation is wide. At worst cleaners work without pay and sleep on the worksite. Read a story by Helsingin Sanomat 5.7.2020Do you feel like you might have been a victim of...
Update 4.7.2020. The activities relating to residence permit applications were gradually resumed in the missions on 16 June 2020. The reception of ordinary visa applications continues to be suspended due to the coronavirus epidemic.
Updated 5.6.2020: If you become unemployed or temporarily laid-off, immediately register as an unemployed jobseeker in accordance with the instructions of the TE-Services. Download the registration form here
Amendments to the Posted Workers Act
21/05/2020
The Government proposes amendments to the Posted Workers Act that promote equal treatment of local and posted employees with regard to working conditions, and equal competition between companies.
The Government proposes that the exempt amount be raised temporarily from the current EUR 300 to EUR 500 per month. The exempt amount means the amount unemployed jobseekers can earn without an effect on their unemployment benefit.
Third-country nationals residing in Finland with a residence permit or a permit based on the Seasonal Workers Act may change employer and field of employment without applying for an extended permit. The amendments enable such foreigners to work in duties central to the security of supply and to the functioning of the labour market. The temporary...