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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.
...along with some Kela benefits. Child benefit, housing allowance, study grants and child care allowance reduce the amount required. Social assistance and the general social security benefit, which...
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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‰.
...Use an engine block heater. Many car parks and housing company spaces have electrical posts for heaters (lämmitystolppa). Preheating saves fuel and wear in freezing weather. Fill the tank with...
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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.
...child maintenance allowance, study grants and housing allowance, count. Social assistance, labour market subsidy, basic unemployment allowance and the general social security benefit do not count....
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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.
A residence permit extension in Finland (jatkolupa) costs EUR 230 through the Enter Finland e-service and EUR 430 on paper, according to the Finnish Immigration Service's (Migri)...
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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.
An employment contract in Finland binds both sides once you and the employer agree on the work, whether the agreement is verbal, written or electronic. Whatever the form, the...
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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.
As a foreigner in Finland, you get national health insurance from Kela once Kela decides you live in Finland permanently or you earn at least 800.02 euros per month...
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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 performance pay with at...
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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.
...buy public transport tickets region by region in Finland: a Helsinki region (HSL) ticket does not work on Tampere's Nysse or Turku's Föli, and long-distance trains need a separate VR ticket. In 2026...
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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.
The statutory notice period in Finland is 14 days to six months when your employer gives notice and 14 days or one month when you resign, depending on how long the employment has...
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Unemployment benefit in Finland and the two routes
Unemployment benefit in Finland comes from an unemployment fund as an earnings-related allowance, or from Kela as the general social security benefit.
If you lose your job in Finland, you get one of two benefits. A member of an unemployment fund (työttömyyskassa) who has worked 12 months while a member receives an...
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Personal identity code in Finland
A personal identity code in Finland is the eleven-character henkilötunnus DVV issues once you are registered in the Population Information System.
...identity code if you are residing legally in Finland and there are grounds for registration, such as: working in Finland and you have the right to work studying in Finland a family member who...
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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.
An employment contract in Finland is valid indefinitely unless the employer has a justified reason to make it fixed-term, as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's...
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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.
You renew a residence permit card in Finland by applying for a new card in Enter Finland or at a Migri service point, and in 2026 it costs 60 euros online, 105 euros on paper and 140...
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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.
...Spouse of an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen living in Finland. A non-EU spouse applies for a residence card instead of a family-ties residence permit, a separate route. Grounds for an interview Many...
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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.
...start working before you get a residence permit." Finland has no document called a dependent visa. The spouse applies for their own residence permit on the basis of family ties (oleskelulupa...
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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.
An employer in Finland needs a reason set out in the Employment Contracts Act to end a permanent employment contract, and since 1 January 2026 a "proper reason" is...
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The Kela card in Finland
The Kela card proves your right to Kela reimbursement at private clinics that cannot check it electronically, and Kela posts it once you are covered.
...it takes. Who this applies to People moving to Finland permanently, from any country, once Kela decides they live here permanently. People working in Finland who earn at least 800.02 euros per...
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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.
You get a first residence permit for Finland by applying from abroad in Enter Finland, paying the processing fee and proving your identity at a Finnish embassy or consulate. The Finnish...
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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.
...in a form. The grounds selected in the Enter Finland e-service determine which line applies, so the grounds are worth checking before paying. Students pay 600 euros online in 2026, up from 450...
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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.
Finland has four residence permit types, and the letter on your residence permit card tells you which one you hold. The Finnish Immigration Service...