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Residence permit application for seasonal work

You must apply for your first residence permit for seasonal work abroad before arriving in Finland. If you already have a certificate or visa for seasonal work and you want to continue doing seasonal work in Finland directly after the expiry of your certificate or visa for seasonal work, you can apply for a residence permit for seasonal work in Finland. In that case, apply for a first residence permit for seasonal work before your certificate or visa expires. Check whether you have the right to work while your application is being processed: migri.fi/en/working-while-your-extended-permit-application-is-being-processed.

Family members of seasonal workers cannot get a residence permit in Finland on the basis of family ties.

If your work is not seasonal or the season lasts longer than nine months, you must apply for a residence permit for an employed person (TTOL). The application form can be found on the page migri.fi/en/residence-permit-for-an-employed-person.

Seasonal workers may only work for employers whose names have been marked on their seasonal work permit. If you want to add a new employer to your valid seasonal work permit, you can apply for the addition of a new employer. The instructions can be found on the page migri.fi/en/new-employer

You will receive a decision on your residence permit application for seasonal work within 90 days of submitting your correctly filled-in application and all documents required by the Seasonal Workers Act to the Finnish Immigration Service.

  • Expected processing time for electronic application

    first permit, 3–6 mths: 1–2 months, first permit, 6–9 mths: 3 months / extended permit 1–3 months

     

  • Expected processing time for paper application

    first permit, 3–6 mths: 1–3 months, first permit, 6–9 mths: 4 months / extended permit 1–3 months

  • Electronic application fee

    first permit, 3–6 mths: 380 €, first permit, 6–9 mths: 490 € / extended permit: 160 €

  • Paper application fee

    first permit, 3–6 mths: 480 €, first permit, 6–9 mths 740 € / extended permit 430 €

Right to work

You cannot start working before you are granted a residence permit for seasonal work.

A residence permit for seasonal work is always bound to a specific employer. This means that you are only allowed to work for the employer whose name is marked on your residence permit. If you want to add a new employer of seasonal workers to a valid residence permit for seasonal work, you can apply for the addition of a new employer. Read more on the page New employer.

If you are applying for a first residence permit for seasonal work while your certificate or visa for seasonal work is still valid, or if you are applying for an extended permit, check whether you have the right to work while your application is being processed.

This is what you should do

Make sure you meet the requirements for a residence permit for seasonal work.

Requirements for a residence permit for seasonal work:

Make sure you have all the necessary attachments. Have the attachments translated and legalised if needed.

Attachments:

This is what you should do:

1

Make sure you meet the requirements for the residence permit you are applying for.

2

Make sure you have all the attachments needed for the application and that they are up to date. If necessary, have them translated.

3

Fill in the application OLE_TY6. You can only apply for your first residence permit for seasonal work abroad. If you already have a certificate or visa for seasonal work and you want to continue doing seasonal work after the expiry of your certificate or visa, you can apply for a residence permit for seasonal work while you are in Finland.

4

Pay for your application in the online service Enter Finland, at a Finnish mission (embassy or consulate) or at a service point of the Finnish Immigration Service.

5

If you are abroad, contact one of the Finnish missions (embassy or consulate) abroad. If you are already in Finland, book an appointment at a service point of the Finnish Immigration Service.

6

Wait for a decision. The Finnish Immigration Service will contact you if necessary.

7

Read what happens after you have applied.

Please notice that if your seasonal work will last for 6–9 months, your application for a residence permit for seasonal work will be processed in two stages. This means that an Employment and Economic Development Office (TE Office) will first assess, among other things, whether you have sufficient financial resources and whether labour force is available in Finland or within the EU/EEA for the work in question within a reasonable time. Secondly, following this, the Finnish Immigration Service makes its decision.

Residence permit application for seasonal work, OLE_TY6

Fill in an electronic application

Extended permit for a seasonal worker, OLE_TY6

Fill in an electronic application

Application-specific attachments

When you apply for a permit in Enter Finland, you can give your employer permission to supplement your application in Enter Finland for Employers. Your employer needs to supplement your application with the following information:

  • Information about terms of employment
    • If it is not possible to use Enter Finland, submit the supplement form  TY6_plus, filled in and signed by your employer, together with your application.
    • If you are employed by a temporary-work agency, the contract between the temporary-work agency and the user company must also be attached to the application.

In Enter Finland for Employers, your employer can also attach the following documents to your application. The attachments may not be more than 3 months old.

  • Certificate of paid taxes or certificate of tax debts
  • Certificates from an insurance company on the employer’s statutory insurance premiums regarding
    • TyEL insurance
    • accident  insurance
  • Report on recruitment of labour force from the Finnish labour market and the labour market within the EU/EEA

If it is not possible to use Enter Finland, ask your employer for the above-mentioned documents and attach them to your application.

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