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Customer bulletins

Webinar for students coming up in May
Press release 16.4.2019 9.13
Moni cards will stop working on 30 April – any remaining money will be transferred to your PFS card in May
Press release 12.4.2019 8.27
Queue of applications for seasonal work permits and certificates
Press release 11.4.2019 13.45
Finnish Immigration Service joins International House Helsinki
Press release 3.4.2019 10.21
Brexit can happen 12 April at the earliest – registered UK citizens’ right of residence will be protected until the end of 2020
Press release 29.3.2019 10.06

Press releases

First fact-finding mission by Finnish Immigration Service researchers goes to Iraq
Press release 5.4.2019 8.50
The new Finnish Startup Permit attracted interest particularly from technology professionals during its first year
Press release 3.4.2019 10.04
Eight applicants for the post of Director of the Asylum Unit of the Finnish Immigration Service
Press release 25.3.2019 13.07
Finnish Immigration Service in 2018: Decrease in reception costs
Press release 25.3.2019 11.29
REPORT: There are numerous children and young persons in Finland who are victims of human trafficking – yet many more cases remain undetected
Press release 21.3.2019 9.02