- Residence permit
- EU citizen
- Finnish citizenship
- Asylum in Finland
- What are the grounds for asylum?
- Applying for asylum
- Living in a reception centre
- Living in private accommodation
- Accommodation of an unaccompanied minor asylum seeker
- Legal advice
- Representative of an unaccompanied minor asylum seeker
- Daily life in a reception centre
- Asylum seeker’s right to work
- Processing of asylum applications
- Cancelling an application
- Positive decision
- Negative decision
- Subsequent applications
- Family members seeking asylum in Europe
- Quota refugees
- Detention
- Assistance system for victims of human trafficking
- Transfer of refugee status to Finland
- Withdrawal of refugee status and subsidiary protection
- Cancellation of refugee status and subsidiary protection
- Voluntary return
- Effect of crime on the asylum process
- Travel documents
- Income requirement
- Processing of applications
- Notify us of changes
- Requests and certificates
- Legislation
- Informing of the decision
- Appealing a decision
- Cancellation of a permit
- Refusal of entry and deportation
- Right to work
- For employers
- Travelling
- Visiting Finland
Processing of asylum applications
After a police or a border control official has accepted your application and you have arrived in a reception centre, the Finnish Immigration Service takes responsibility for handling your application. The Finnish Immigration Service will soon invite you to an asylum interview.