Employer’s announcements on employment relationships
In certain situations, an employer is legally obliged to notify the Finnish Immigration Service when an employee’s employment relationship begins or ends.
On this page, you will find information on the situations in which you as an employer must submit an employee announcement or an announcement about end of employment. We will also explain how an announcement is made.
The following links will take you directly to the different sections of the page:
- Employee announcement
- Announcement about end of employment
Tee näin:
Sinun pitää täyttää työehdot työntekijäsi sekä ensimmäiseen oleskelulupahakemukseen että jatkolupahakemukseen.
- Katso ohjeet Työnantajan Enter Finlandin käyttöön.
- Kirjaudu Työnantajan Enter Finlandiin.
- Työntekijän pitää lisätä hakemukseen yrityksesi Y-tunnus, jonka avulla sinut yhdistetään työntekijän hakemukseen.
- Jos olet henkilötyönantaja, pyydä työntekijää ilmoittamaan henkilötunnuksesi. Olet henkilötyönantaja, jos sinulla ei ole y-tunnusta.
- Pääset täyttämään työehdot, kun työntekijä on lähettänyt oman hakemuksensa Enter Finlandissa. Voit täydentää työehdot heti, kun olet saanut viestin Maahanmuuttovirastosta, eli jo ennen kuin työntekijä on käynyt tunnistautumassa. Näin nopeutat hakemuksen käsittelyä.
- Kun olet lähettänyt työehdot, pääset lisäämään mahdolliset tarvittavat liitteet.
Jos olet palkkaamassa usean työntekijän samoilla työehdoilla ja he hakevat samanlaisella oleskelulupahakemuksella, voit täyttää työehdot kerralla kaikille työnantajan Enter Finlandissa.
Katso tarkemmat ohjeet sivulta Ohjeet työehtojen täyttämiseen.
Jos olet kausityönantaja, katso ohjeet kausityöntekijän työehtojen täyttämiseen.
The terms of employment of a foreign employee must comply with the law and the collective agreements applicable in Finland
When your employee applies for an extended permit, the Finnish Immigration Service will check how much money your employee has been paid during the validity period of the previous residence permit.
Full-time employees
The salary of an employee who works full-time must be at least the minimum salary specified in the applicable collective agreement for full-time work. If no applicable collective agreement exists, the salary must correspond to the salary level of employees in the labour market doing similar work.
Part-time employees
If your employee only relies on his or her part-time employment relationship to secure sufficient financial resources for him or herself, the employee’s income is considered sufficient if the total salary from different employment relationships is at least such that the requirements for the residence permit are met. See the required salaries for all work-based residence permits on the page Income requirement.
Fringe benefits as part of the salary
Some of your employee’s salary may consist of fringe benefits, such as company car or employer-provided accommodation. The taxable value of the fringe benefits will be taken into account when assessing the salary. When you fill in the terms of employment, you are asked to list the employee’s salary and the fringe benefits and their taxable values separately. For more information about the taxable values of fringe benefits, see the website of the Finnish Tax Administration (in Finnish).
Income requirement for work-based residence permits
The required income depends on which grounds an employee applies for a residence permit. For example, to obtain a residence permit for an employed person, the required salary is 1,600 euros per month in 2025. See the required salaries for all work-based residence permits on the page Income requirement.
Filling in the paper ‘Terms of employment’ form
If you are not able to use Enter Finland for Employers, you can fill in the ‘Terms of employment’ paper form (pdf). Your employee should then add the form to his or her application in the online service Enter Finland. You can speed up the processing by submitting the terms of employment yourself in the online service Enter Finland for Employers. The Finnish Immigration Service can then start to process the application as soon as you have submitted the terms of employment, already before the employee has proved his or her identity.