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Customer bulletins

Queue of applications for seasonal work permits and certificates
Press release 20.2.2020 17.00
Student: follow the processing queue on our website or in Enter Finland
Press release 7.2.2020 8.48
Applying for a residence permit in Finland - watch videos
Press release 3.2.2020 11.05
Waiting times for appointments are longer than usual – what to do if you cannot book an appointment
Press release 28.1.2020 14.11
Letters about retaining Finnish citizenship have contained incorrect name and address details
Press release 27.1.2020 15.30

Press releases

Review of asylum decisions by the Finnish Immigration Service due to ECHR decision completed, results to be used to develop operations
Press release 19.2.2020 9.30
Migration Library to close permanently
Press release 7.2.2020 12.53
Highlighting the skills of asylum seekers and increasing activity at reception centres
Press release 5.2.2020 10.07
New videos give advice to residence permit clients
Press release 3.2.2020 11.07
New videos describe asylum process to asylum seekers
Press release 22.1.2020 12.13