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Temporary protection For employers: If you are hiring an employee from Ukraine On these page, you will find information about hiring employees who have fled from Ukraine, their right to work and other instructions related to working. Right to work...https://migri.fi/en/for-employers1
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Permits and citizenship Fast track: Instructions for employers An employee who intends to come to Finland can use the fast-track service if they are applying for one of the following residence permits: residence permit for persons employed as a sp...https://migri.fi/en/fast-track-instructions-for-employers
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Permits and citizenship Application for employer certification This page contains instructions on how you can apply for employer certification for your company and what information is required for the application. Employers that have their registe...https://migri.fi/en/employers-certification-application
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Permits and citizenship Employer certification If your company hires a large number of employees from outside Finland, you may benefit from applying for employer certification for the company. Even though your employees still need to submit their ...https://migri.fi/en/employer-certification
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Permits and citizenship Employer’s role and obligations An employee who is not a citizen of an EU or EEA country must apply for a residence permit. Your employees must fill in and submit their own residence permit applications but you can help the...https://migri.fi/en/role-and-obligations-of-employers
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Services Working for the Finnish Immigration Service We at the Finnish Immigration Service work with a diverse range of migration-related tasks and deal with international and socially significant matters. We have more than 1,300 employees in 11 c...https://migri.fi/en/working-for-the-finnish-immigration-service
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Permits and citizenship Frequently asked questions from employers Submitting an application and visiting a service point The terms of employment Validity of the employee's right to work Submitting an application and visiting a service point What i...https://migri.fi/en/frequently-asked-questions-from-employers
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Residence permit Problems at work? The Finnish laws and any international agreements that bind Finland are applied to work performed in Finland. Usually also a collective labour agreement applies. These agreements determine work-related rights and...https://migri.fi/en/problems-at-work-
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Permits and citizenship Filling in the terms of employment When an employee of yours is applying for a residence permit on the basis of work, you need to supplement the employee's application by filling in the terms of employment. Using Enter Finl...https://migri.fi/en/filling-in-the-terms-of-employment
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Temporary protection Children who have fled Ukraine When you are in Finland, tell a police or a border control official that you want to stay in Finland The police or the border control official will help you. They will register your application i...https://migri.fi/en/children-who-have-fled-ukraine
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Permits and citizenship Labour market test When you recruit employees, you must primarily hire people who are already available in the labour market in Finland or in the EU/EEA area. Assessing the availability of suitable labour is referred to as ...https://migri.fi/en/labour-market-test
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Press releases RSS (Opens New Window) (Opens New Window) 29.5.2026 The European Migration Network's Annual Report 2025: immigration to Finland declined, citizenship granted to a record number of applicants Finland's unfavourable economic outlook a...https://migri.fi/en/newsroom/press-releases
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Services Health Female circumcision – you can get help If you are in danger of being subjected to female circumcision, tell the employees of the Finnish Immigration Service a reception centre a school a health centre or similar place. They can als...https://migri.fi/en/instructions/health
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Asylum in Finland The web page is being updated. Accommodation of an unaccompanied minor asylum seeker A person who is under the age of 18 and who has arrived in Finland alone to apply for asylum will be accommodated in a group home or a supported...https://migri.fi/en/accommodation-of-an-unaccompanied-minor-asylum-seeker
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Asylum in Finland Interpreting Reception centre employees may book an interpreter to help you in situations where they handle important official matters that concern you. For example, information sessions organised by the reception centre will be ...https://migri.fi/en/interpreting
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Permits and citizenship Enter Finland for Employers If your employee applies for a residence permit online, you can to supplement the application with information about the employment and your company in the Enter Finland for Employers service. Yo...https://migri.fi/en/enter-finland-for-employers
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To the information bank Work-based residence permits The information bank is being updated. How can foreign nationals move to Finland for work? Foreign nationals who have a job in Finland or their own business in Finland can apply for a residence ...https://migri.fi/en/work-based-residence-permits
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Services Resource library This resource library page contains a collection of materials and information about immigration processes. Instruction videos Webinars and recordings Printable instructions Press releases and customer bulletins of the Fin...https://migri.fi/en/partners-and-stakeholders/resource-library
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To the information bank Work permits How can foreign nationals move to Finland for work? Foreign nationals who have a job in Finland or their own business in Finland can apply for a residence permit on the basis of work or entrepreneurship. In gen...https://migri.fi/en/information-bank/work-permits
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Services Security checks at the Finnish Immigration Service Before you enter the customer facilities of the Finnish Immigration Service, you may be required to undergo a security check. Your belongings will be x-rayed. You are not allowed to bring...https://migri.fi/en/security-checks-at-the-finnish-immigration-service