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Customer bulletins

Student: follow the processing queue on our website or in Enter Finland
Press release 22.8.2018 8.40
Asylum seeker: Let us know the grounds for your subsequent application already when applying
Press release 9.8.2018 12.09
Finnish Immigration Service official on the Åland islands 2–5 October 2018
Press release 7.8.2018 12.20
Processing of asylum applications submitted before 20 July 2018 continues in a normal manner
Press release 26.7.2018 15.23
Processing time of asylum applications limited to 6 months from 20 July onwards
Press release 18.7.2018 16.06

Press releases

At the moment about every second asylum application is a subsequent application
Press release 9.8.2018 12.05
No returns to several areas in Afghanistan, asylum decisions assessed individually
Press release 3.8.2018 14.45
Several victims of sex trafficking identified in Finland
Press release 30.7.2018 9.30
Reputation crisis veterans Finnish Immigration Service and Church meet at SuomiAreena 19.7.
Press release 10.7.2018 13.31
Survey: Asylum seekers feel safe at reception centres
Press release 10.7.2018 9.07
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