Press releases

Finnish Immigration Service has updated its application volume forecasts

Press release 24.11.2025 11.00

Increase in number of international students’ applications halted – decline in number of asylum seekers continued

Press release 28.10.2025 10.00

Determination of citizenship status and definition of national travel document for residence permit applications reviewed by Finnish Immigration Service

Press release 3.10.2025 13.00

Finnish Immigration Service resumes issuing asylum decisions for Syrians

Press release 26.9.2025 12.00

Finnish Immigration Service to review its policy on which travel documents can be accepted for a residence permit application

Press release 5.9.2025 14.00

Asylum not automatically granted to all Palestinians from Gaza

Press release 14.8.2025 11.59

Cooperation helps combat human trafficking

Press release 31.7.2025 11.00

Decline in number of work-based residence permit applications – growing number stay in Finland after completing a degree

Press release 4.7.2025 10.00

Summer berry season: Wild-berry pickers apply for permits under the Seasonal Workers Act for first time

Press release 2.7.2025 9.30

Support and assistance for returning to Syria available

Press release 1.7.2025 10.00

Number of asylum seekers declining, work-based residence permits expected to rise next year – Finnish Immigration Service updated estimates of future application numbers

Press release 25.6.2025 10.00

Legislative amendments and new requirements for family reunification

Press release 16.6.2025 10.00

Changes to work-based residence permits – protection period for unemployment and new notification obligation for employers

Press release 11.6.2025 10.00

New provisions clarify enforcement of removals from the country and protection status impacts of travelling to home country

Press release 2.6.2025 11.00

European Migration Network Annual Report 2024: People move to Finland mainly from Asia to work and study

Press release 20.5.2025 9.30

Finland pilots a reception centre specialised in promoting returns

Press release 9.5.2025 12.00

Entry ban and maximum detention period extended, more detailed provisions given on the right to reside in Finland after a decision on removal from the country

Press release 6.5.2025 11.00

Immigration legislation contains no exceptions for athletes

Press release 11.4.2025 10.30

Finnish Immigration Service closes down reception centres

Press release 27.3.2025 12.00

Finnish Immigration Service achieved significant reforms and development in 2024

Press release 24.3.2025 11.25

Finnish Immigration Service published forecasts of future application numbers

Press release 18.3.2025 8.55

The number of victims of human trafficking in Finland has stabilised — forced labour and forced marriage among the most common forms of human trafficking

Press release 4.3.2025 11.09

Immigration statistics 2024: Sharp drop in applications for international protection, record number of students applied for residence permit

Press release 30.1.2025 10.00

Finnish Immigration Service introduces automated post-decision monitoring of residence permits for employed persons

Press release 20.1.2025 9.34

The validity periods of international protection permits will be shortened and protection becomes temporary

Press release 2.1.2025 11.20

New minimum income limit as of 1 January 2025 for the residence permit for an employed person

Press release 20.12.2024 10.14

Employment permit services of the TE Office transferred to the Finnish Immigration Service on 1 January 2025

Press release 18.12.2024 10.00

Decision-making on asylum applications from Syrians paused by Finnish Immigration Service

Press release 10.12.2024 10.30

Almost 12,000 Ukrainians have applied for temporary protection in Finland this year

Press release 3.12.2024 9.48

Finnish Immigration Service establishes permanent posts

Press release 27.11.2024 13.54

Work-based migration to Finland higher than before COVID-19, number of international students growing

Press release 7.11.2024 11.31

The Finnish Immigration Service is investigating the realisation of the terms of employment of wild-berry pickers from Thailand

Press release 29.10.2024 11.05

Migration to Finland increasingly seamless and controlled

Press release 25.10.2024 11.00

Contracts for additional places in reception centres not continued next year

Press release 23.10.2024 11.00

Two group homes for minors to be closed down by Finnish Immigration Service

Press release 9.10.2024 10.49

Longer period of residence required for citizenship

Press release 1.10.2024 11.50

Competitive tendering procedure for IT services related to immigration matters completed

Press release 6.9.2024 12.00

New border procedure introduced on 1 September 2024

Press release 2.9.2024 10.04

Finnish Immigration Service to change income thresholds for residence permits as of 1 November 2024

Press release 30.8.2024 12.00

Processing times for students’ residence permit applications continue to improve despite increasing numbers

Press release 27.8.2024 11.25

Wild-berry pickers are applying for a residence permit for the first time – all applications have been processed

Press release 16.7.2024 14.36

The Finnish Immigration Service is reducing the amount of accommodation in the reception system

Press release 1.7.2024 10.00

“Football Belongs to Everyone” tour in reception units – Football serves as a bridge between different cultures

Press release 20.6.2024 10.00

Finnish Immigration Service’s chatbot partly disabled – customer data has not been compromised

Press release 19.6.2024 10.30

Finnish Immigration Service introduces automated post-decision monitoring of specialists' residence permits

Press release 17.6.2024 10.34

Summer berry season: Ukrainians employed on farms; Thai wild berry pickers must have an employment contract for the first time

Press release 14.6.2024 10.50

Finnish Immigration Service reforms organisational structure to enhance ability to address changes in security environment and meet Government Programme targets

Press release 3.6.2024 11.54

European Migration Network Annual Report 2023: An increasing number of immigrants continue to work in Finland

Press release 21.5.2024 13.31

New programme set up for the steering and monitoring of the assistance system for victims of human trafficking

Press release 20.5.2024 10.41

Finnish Immigration Service rectified its procurement decisions concerning reception centres

Press release 10.5.2024 9.26

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