1. You have found a job

Your employer must supplement your application by filling in and submitting your terms of employment. The employer can do it either online in Enter Finland or by using a paper form. For more information, see the page Filling in the terms of employment.

2. You have sufficient qualifications and education for the job in question. 

• Your employer must verify that you have the professional skills required for the job. Your employer must document this when they fill in the terms of employment for your application. 
• Health care professionals, for example, need a permission to practise their profession from the Finnish Supervisory Agency (lvv.fi), the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health.

3. You have sufficient income in Finland during the entire time your residence permit is valid. 

• Your total gross salary must be at least EUR 1,600 per month in 2026. You may earn your income from several employment relationships. The employment relationship or employment relationships may be part-time. However, a zero-hours contract or an on-demand contract of employment do not meet the requirements for granting a residence permit for an employed person because your employer has not agreed on regular minimum working hours with you.
• Salary supplements, such as evening work or night work supplements, are excluded from the total salary.
• Some of your salary may consist of fringe benefits, such as company car or employer-provided accommodation. A maximum of 50% of your salary may consist of fringe benefits. When your salary is assessed, the taxable value of your fringe benefits will be taken into account in the calculation. For more information about the taxable values of fringe benefits, see the website of the Finnish Tax Administration (vero.fi).
• For more information on the income requirement and on calculating a part-time salary, see the page Income requirement for persons who apply for a residence permit on the basis of work.
• When you apply for an extended permit, we will also retrospectively control that your salary has been sufficient during your previous residence permit. The terms of employment stated in the previous residence permit application must have been fulfilled and you must have been paid at least an average of EUR 1,600 per month.

In addition, you must meet the general requirements for obtaining a residence permit. See also the general requirements for granting a residence permit.

Have the attachments translated and legalised if needed.

• A valid passport issued by your country of nationality. For more information, see the page Passports and other travel documents. Show the passport when you visit a service point to prove your identity.
• A passport photo complying with the photo guidelines issued by the police, or a photograph retrieval code you received from a photo shop
  • The passport photo must be no more than 6 months old.
• Colour copies of the passport page containing personal data and of all passport pages that contain notes
• Document showing that you are legally staying in the country where you submit the application
  • This document is not needed if you apply for an extended permit. 
• Response to possible denial of admittance or stay and to entry ban (the form MP_1) 
  • This form is needed only if you, for some reason, submit your residence permit application in Finland. Please note that an application for a first residence permit must usually be submitted abroad.
  • This form is not needed when you apply for an extended permit.  

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