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Are you planning to apply for a residence permit as a start-up entrepreneur? You can now apply for an Eligibility Statement from Business Finland online in Enter Finland

Press release 11.8.2022 8.22

Backlogs in the processing of citizenship applications

Press release 9.8.2022 8.30

Citizen of Ukraine: Is your seasonal employment ending? This is how you can continue your stay in Finland

Press release 3.8.2022 13.07

Changes in the service numbers of the Finnish Immigration Service

Press release 29.7.2022 15.32

Dismissals in Finnish companies due to sanctions on Russia – what can you do if your employment ends?

Press release 6.7.2022 14.58

Press releases

Over 35,000 have applied for temporary protection in Finland – more customers within reception system than ever before

8.8.2022 9.03

Growing number of victims of exploitation referred to the assistance system for victims of human trafficking – Forced labour the most common form of human trafficking in Finland

27.7.2022 8.46

Russian invasion of Ukraine is visible on berry farms – exceptionally low number of applications from seasonal workers

Press release 14.7.2022 10.53

Municipalities are compensated for costs associated with the accommodation of people who have fled Ukraine – compensation can be received until March 2023

7.7.2022 9.19

The Finnish Immigration Service to establish new reception centres 1 July

1.7.2022 9.07