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Automated messages sent by mistake to employers from Enter Finland for Employers

Press release 4.2.2025 11.47

Immigration statistics 2024: Sharp drop in applications for international protection, record number of students applied for residence permit

Press release 30.1.2025 10.00

Follow our updates about processing of residence permits for employed persons

Press release 28.1.2025 15.03

Temporary protection will continue until 4 March 2026

Press release 23.1.2025 11.05

Automated post-decision monitoring of residence permits for employed persons begins

Press release 20.1.2025 9.34

Finnish Immigration Service introduces automated post-decision monitoring of residence permits for employed persons

Press release 20.1.2025 9.34

Collecting your residence permit card or residence card in Finland? Follow the instructions on your notice of arrival

Press release 9.1.2025 10.48

The validity periods of international protection permits will be shortened and protection becomes temporary

Press release 2.1.2025 11.20

Changes to international protection permits as of 2 January 2025

Press release 2.1.2025 11.19

Decision-making pause in January 2025 concerning the residence permit for an employed person and seasonal work permits

Press release 31.12.2024 11.20
 

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        • معلومات لطالب اللجوء
        • األطفال الذين بدون ويل أمر
        • Warar loogu talagalay dadka magangelyada codsaday
        • Caruurta aan lahayn waalid ama ilaaliye
        • پروسه پناهندگی در فنلند
        • اطفال بدون رسپرست
        • درخواست پناهندگی در فنلاند
        • کودکان بدون رسپرست فارسی
        • Ходатайство об убежище в Финляндии
        • дети без родителей
        • Demande d’asile en Finlande
        • Enfants non accompagnés
        • ሕቶ ዕቝባ ኣብ Finland
        • ወለዲ ወይ ኣለይቲ ዘይብሎም ቘልዑ
        • Daxwaza penaberiyê ji Fînlanda yê re
        • Zarokên bê dêûbav û sergêrên xwe
        • فن لینڈ میں سیاسی پناہ کی درخواست
        • جن بچوں کے والدین یا سرپرست نہ ہوں
        • داوای پەنابەری لە فینلەندا
        • منداڵانی بێ سەرپەرشت
        • Finlandiya'dan sığınma başvurusunda bulunma
        • Yanlarında velileri bulunmayan çocuklar
        • په فنلنډ کې د پناه غوښتنه
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            • Information à l’attention du demandeur d’asile après l'entretien
            • Macluumaad loogu talaggalay qofka magangalyoddoonka ah, warysiga kaddib
            • زانیاری بۆ داواکەری پەنابەری لە دوای چاوپێکەوتن
            • Información para solicitantes de asilo después de la entrevista
            • معلومات برای پناهجویان بعد از انترویو (مصاحبە)
            • Информация для просителей убежища после собеседования
            • معلومات لطالب اللجوء بعد المقابلة
            • Mülakat Sonrası Sığınmacı İçin Bilgi
            • Amakuru agenewe abasaba ubuhungiro nyuma yo kubazwa
            • Agahiyên ji bo penaxwaz piştî hevpeyvînê
            • ቃለ መጠይቅ ላደረጉ ጥገኝነት ጠያቂዎች ተጨማሪ መረጃ
            • ინფორმაცია თავშესაფრის მაძიებლისთვის ინტერვიუს შემდეგ
            • مهاجرت اداره ممکن له تاسې څخه د مرکې وروسته نور وضاحت وغواړي – خپل ځواب په ټاکلي وخت کې مهاجرت ادارهته وسپارئ
            • اطلاعاتی برای پناهجو پس از مصاحبه
        • Age assessment or establishment of age of a person younger than 18
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        • Where do quota refugees come from?
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        • Arrival in Finland
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        • Идентификация
        • التعريف بالهوية المُوَثّق
        • 身份验证
        • Nhận diện
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        • احراز هويت
      • Enter Finland for Employers
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        • سوالات اغلب پرسیدە شدە در بارە وضعیت افغانستان
      • Russia's attack on Ukraine
      • Russia's attack on Ukraine and its effects on Russian citizens
        • Часто задаваемые вопросы о нападении России на Украину и его влиянии на россиян
      • Situation at Finland’s eastern border
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        • معلومات حديثة عن وضع سوريا
        • Nûtirîn agahî derbarê rewşa Sûriyê
    • Immigration advice
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