Residence permits on the basis of work

There are different residence permit applications for different types of work.

If you are not sure which application you should submit, you can use the Application Finder to find out.

You can get help to choose the right application from our instruction videos:

• Who is a specialist?
• How to select the right residence permit application on the basis of employment

Applications pages:

• Employed person 
• Entrepreneur
• Start-up entrepreneur
  • Fast track for start-up entrepreneur
• Specialist
  • Fast track for specialist
• EU Blue Card
  • Fast track for EU Blue Card
• Research work completed in Finland
• Degree completed in Finland
• Application for students and researchers: residence permit to look for work
• Internship
• Seasonal work
• Employee of a religious community
• Working holiday
• Internal transfer within a company (ICT)
  • Fast track for specialist and manager (ICT)
• Intra-corporate transfer (Mobile ICT)
• Volunteering
• Work in the field of culture or arts
• Work in the field of mass media
• International organisations and cooperation between states
• Preparation of a company’s arrival in Finland and supervision of orders
• Delivery of a machine or a system
• Athlete, coach or trainer
• Top and middle management
  • Fast track for top and middle management
• Au pair
• Consultant
• Visiting teacher, lecturer or instructor
• Intergovernmental agreement