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An entrepreneur’s residence permit depends on the form of business

You are a self-employed person if you pursue a trade or profession in your own name (in other words, a ‘person pursuing a trade’) or if you are comparable to such a person because of your corporate responsibility.

Self-employed persons are most often private traders with a company name (Finnish: ‘toiminimi’) or work in a general partnership (‘avoin yhtiö’) or are general partners in a limited partnership (‘kommandiittiyhtiö’).

For other kinds of business activities you will in most cases need a residence permit for an employed person.

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