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
- Specialist
- 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)
- 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
- Au pair
- Consultant
- Visiting teacher, lecturer or instructor
- Intergovernmental agreement
Residence permits on the basis of family ties
My spouse is in Finland
- Spouse in Finland with a residence permit
- Cohabiting partner in Finland with a residence permit
- Spouse in Finland as a refugee, application not made within 3 months
- Spouse in Finland as a refugee
- Cohabiting partner in Finland as a refugee, application not made within 3 months
- Cohabiting partner in Finland as a refugee
- Spouse is a Finnish citizen
- Cohabiting partner is a Finnish citizen
- Intimate relationship
My child is in Finland
- Child in Finland with a residence permit
- Child in Finland as a refugee
- Child in Finland as a refugee, application not made within 3 months
- My child is a Finnish citizen
My guardian is in Finland
- Guardian in Finland with a residence permit
- Guardian in Finland as a refugee
- Guardian in Finland as a refugee, application not made within 3 months
- Guardian is a Finnish citizen
My other relative is in Finland
Adoption
Residence permits for returnees
- Former Finnish citizen
- Descendant of a Finnish citizen
- Ingrian evacuee
- Person who served in the Finnish army