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The Finnish tax card and your withholding rate
The Finnish tax card sets your withholding rate and annual income ceiling for each employer. Without one, the employer withholds 60 percent of your wages.
If your employer pays you before it has a Finnish tax card for you, 60 percent of your gross pay is withheld. The Tax Administration's page for wage earners states that "a 60% withholding tax...
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The Finnish tax at source card for non-residents
Workers staying six months or less in Finland pay 35 percent tax at source, and a tax-at-source card first takes 510 euros a month off the wage.
If you work for a Finnish employer for six months or less, your wages are taxed at source at 35%, after a deduction of 510 euros per month or 17 euros per day, and the...
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Employment contract types in Finland
Finnish employment contracts are indefinite or fixed-term, and since 1 June 2026 a first fixed-term contract of up to one year needs no justified reason.
...2026 there is one exception: according to the Finnish Government, a first fixed-term contract of up to one year with a new employee needs no reason. That leaves two contract types, indefinite...
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Residence permit card renewal in Finland
A new Finnish residence permit card costs 60 euros online, 105 on paper or 140 for a lost card in 2026, and an ending permit needs an extension instead.
...the old card was lost or stolen, according to the Finnish Immigration Service's processing fees page. A new card is the right application only when the permit behind it stays valid, for example a...
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Residence permits for Finland, step by step
A first Finnish residence permit is applied for from abroad in Enter Finland, paid before processing starts and confirmed at a Finnish mission.
...the processing fee and proving your identity at a Finnish embassy or consulate. The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) states on its first residence permit page that a first permit is, as a rule,...
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Termination of employment contract in Finland
Since 1 January 2026 a Finnish employer needs only a proper reason to dismiss on personal grounds, while an employee can resign with notice and no reason.
...permit face a second set of rules from the Finnish Immigration Service when the job ends. The lower threshold since 1 January 2026 An amendment to the Employment Contracts Act that entered into...
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Finland residence permit cost by application type
An employed person's first Finnish residence permit costs 750 euros online in 2026, an extension 230 euros and a permanent permit 380 euros, per Migri.
...person costs 750 euros in 2026, according to the Finnish Immigration Service's (Migri, Maahanmuuttovirasto) processing fees page. The same application on paper costs 950 euros. That 200-euro gap...
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Spouse work rights on a dependent visa in Finland
A spouse on a Finnish family-ties permit can work for any employer and any hours once it is granted, while a pending application gives no right to work.
...of hours, from the day the permit is granted. The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) lists the residence permit on the basis of family ties among the permits that give an unrestricted right to work....
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International schools in Helsinki
ISH charges EUR 12,432 to 16,608 a year in 2026-2027; the European School and English School cost less, and Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa run free English schools.
...in Helsinki is a private school that follows the Finnish national curriculum, taught partly in English and partly in Finnish, from preschool to the end of upper secondary. Its fee page lists annual...
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The spouse visa route into Finland
Finland's spouse route is a family-ties residence permit at 750 euros online, with income thresholds by municipality and an age-21 rule since June 2025.
...ties, or 800 euros on paper, according to the Finnish Immigration Service (Maahanmuuttovirasto, Migri). Finland issues no document by that name; the residence permit on the basis of family ties...
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Employment contract in Finland
An employment contract in Finland can be verbal, written or electronic; without one, the employer owes a written statement of terms within seven days.
...everyone employed by an employer in Finland, Finnish and foreign citizens alike. Two groups need to read further: Employees with very short hours. The written statement is required only for an...
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Finland residence permit types, A, B, P and P-EU
Finland issues A, B, P and P-EU residence permits, and only years on an A permit or Brexit permit count towards permanent residence, per Migri's rules.
...permit card tells you which one you hold. The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) defines them on its residence permit types page: A is a continuous fixed-term permit, B is a temporary fixed-term...
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Spouse visa interview questions for Finland
Migri publishes no spouse interview question list, but its LIITE_PUOLISO form shows the relationship questions it asks before any interview.
The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) interviews a spouse only when the documents cannot settle the application, and it publishes no fixed list of...
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Statutory notice periods in Finland
The statutory notice period in Finland runs from 14 days to six months for employers and 14 days to one month for employees, by length of service.
...fixed-term contracts changed on 1 June 2026: the Finnish Government's announcement states that either party can terminate a fixed-term contract concluded without a justified reason once it has lasted...
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Residence permit extension in Finland
A residence permit extension in Finland costs 230 euros online in 2026, opens two months before expiry for work permits, and keeps your right to work.
...e-service and EUR 430 on paper, according to the Finnish Immigration Service's (Migri) processing fees page. The EUR 200 difference between the two channels is the strongest practical argument for...
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Driving in Finland
EU licences work in Finland while valid; convention-country licences for 2 years after you settle. Winter tyres 1 Nov to 31 Mar; drink-driving limit 0.5‰.
...after you move here permanently, according to the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom's licence exchange guide. A licence from any other country lets you drive for one year after you...
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Extended residence permit on family ties in Finland
Apply for an extended family-ties permit in Finland from inside the country, no earlier than three months before expiry; it costs 230 euros online in 2026.
...or 430 euros on paper in 2026, according to the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) fee list. Migri states that you "should not apply for an extended permit earlier than 3 months before your current...
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Health insurance for foreigners in Finland
Foreigners get Kela health cover by living in Finland permanently or earning 800.02 euros a month, and public client fees are capped at 815 euros in 2026.
...permit before Kela can cover them, then a Finnish personal identity code and a bank account. Students from outside the EU must show private insurance, or an accepted card, with the residence...
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Holiday pay in Finland and the three calculation methods
Holiday pay in Finland is your normal salary, average daily pay times a coefficient, or 9 or 11.5 percent of the year's wages, by how you are paid.
Your holiday pay in Finland depends on how you are paid. On monthly or weekly pay, your normal pay continues during the holiday. On hourly or...
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Public transport in Finland
Finland has no national transit ticket: HSL, Nysse, Föli and Waltti cities sell their own. An HSL AB single costs EUR 3.30 in the app in 2026.
...and children under 7 travel free. Students with a Finnish student card and people aged 70 and over get season tickets at a discount; the AB 30-day ticket costs them EUR 44.30 in 2026. Payment methods...