Other residence permits

If you hold a residence permit issued on the basis of temporary protection and wish to stay in Finland permanently, it is advisable to apply for an extended permit. Grounds for an extended permit may be, for example, a job, a family member or studies in Finland. Applications for an extended permit are subject to a fee.

See the Application Finder to find out which residence permit application is best suited to your situation. Please remember that you need to meet the requirements for the residence permit in question to obtain a positive decision on your application.

If you are granted a residence permit on some other grounds, your residence permit issued on the basis of temporary protection will expire

The Aliens Act has been amended on 12 June 2026. In future, clients who have been granted temporary protection, may only hold one valid residence permit or other right to reside in Finland at a time. If you hold a residence permit issued on the basis of temporary protection, and you are issued a residence permit on some other grounds on or after 12 June 2026, your temporary protection residence permit will expire. Expiry means that your temporary protection residence permit expires automatically.

The residence permit expires when the purpose of residence has changed and the holder of the permit has been granted a new residence permit. If you are issued a residence permit on some other grounds, you will not receive a separate decision on the expiry of your temporary protection permit against which you could appeal. This is because under the Aliens Act, temporary protection residence permits expire automatically.

Your residence permit issued on the basis of temporary protection will also expire if you receive a decision on the registration of your right of residence as an EU citizen, if you are issued a certificate of the right of permanent residence, a residence card of a family member of an EU citizen or a permanent residence card of a family member of an EU citizen on or after 12 June 2026.

If you have been granted a residence permit also on some other grounds before 12 June 2026

Your residence permit issued on the basis of temporary protection will expire automatically on 12 August 2026, if

you have been granted a residence permit on some other grounds in addition to temporary protection before 12 June 2026, and
your other permit is still valid on 12 August 2026.

The date of expiry is based on a transition period in the Aliens Act. Your residence permit issued on the basis of temporary protection expires by virtue of the Aliens Act, and you will not receive a decision on the matter. This means that you cannot appeal against the expiry of the temporary protection residence permit to an administrative court.

Effects of the expiry of a temporary protection residence permit

When your temporary protection residence permit expires:

your right to work based on the permit also ends. The grounds for your valid residence permit determine what type of right to work you will have in future. Read more about the right to work.
Your right to reception services on the basis of temporary protection ends. You should ask your reception centre what this means in your case.
Your temporary protection residence permit card expires even if the expiry date printed on the card is 4 March 2027. Destroy your old temporary protection residence permit card once it has expired.

Advantages of an extended permit

Residence permit on the basis of temporary protection	Extended permit
A residence permit on the basis of temporary protection is granted for one year at a time. The Council of the European Union decides separately each year whether to extend the validity of residence permits issued on the basis of temporary protection. Your individual situation does not have any effect on whether or not your temporary protection residence permit is extended.	The validity of an extended permit depends on your individual situation and it is granted for a maximum of four years at a time. With an extended permit, your residence in Finland is more established than before.
Temporary protection is intended for temporarily moving to Finland. As a permit type, it is a temporary B permit. If you live in Finland only under a temporary protection residence permit, you cannot, for example, apply for a permanent residence permit or for Finnish citizenship, because one of their requirements is that you have lived in Finland under a continuous A permit.	When you have a continuous A permit, you can begin to accumulate residence time for a permanent residence permit or a citizenship application. Continuous A permits include, for example, residence permits granted on the basis of family ties and some residence permits granted on the basis of work. Read more about the differences between A and B permits on the page Residence permit types.

Note the following if you are considering applying for asylum

The Finnish Immigration Service will suspend the processing of your asylum application for the time during which your residence permit issued on the basis of temporary protection is valid.
Ukrainian citizens are rarely granted asylum or subsidiary protection. For more information, see the statistics produced by the Finnish Immigration Service. Note also that the Dublin procedure is applied to your asylum application, which means that your application is not processed in Finland in certain situations.
You can apply for asylum in a situation where you have a fear of being subjected to personal persecution in Ukraine and the Ukrainian authorities are unable or unwilling to protect you.
- Personal persecution refers to a situation where you are subjected to a serious threat or harm because of, for instance, your origin, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion.
- Protection provided by the Ukrainian authorities means that they can intervene in the event of persecution or a serious threat and you can rely on them. As a rule, the Finnish Immigration Service considers that protection by authorities is available in the areas controlled by Ukraine. For example, if you travel to Ukraine or acquire a passport issued by Ukraine, you may be considered to rely on protection provided by the Ukrainian authorities.
If you apply for asylum, the Finnish Immigration Service will also assess whether you would be eligible for subsidiary protection.
- Subsidiary protection may be granted, for example, when your home region is dangerous and you cannot reasonably move within Ukraine to a safer area.
You may not be able to get a residence permit in Finland on the basis of work or studies if you have applied for asylum or have received a negative decision on your asylum application.

If you intend to stay in Finland permanently, it is advisable to apply for an extended permit.

More information

For more information about the different residence permit grounds based on which you can live in Finland, see the multilingual InfoFinland website: Moving to Finland (infofinland.fi). The website has been translated into Ukrainian.

Any questions? Call the Finnish Immigration Service’s service number 0295 790 600. The number is open from Monday to Wednesday and on Fridays at 8.30–11.30 and 12.30–15.30. On Thursdays you can call us 10.30–11.30 and 12.30–15.30. Our service languages are Finnish, Swedish, and English.