If you are applying for an extended permit or citizenship or renewing your residence permit card or residence card, it is possible that you do not need to visit a service point to prove your identity. For more information about when visiting a service point is not necessary, see the page Identification migri.fi/en/identification. 
 

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I need help using Suomi.fi.

<p><strong>Choose one of the two options below. </strong>i If the work requires specific qualifications or an accepted state of health, a residence permit on the basis of work may only be issued to persons who meet the requirements.</p> <p>☐ The work requires a licence, specific qualifications or an accepted state of health. I have ensured that the employee meets the requirements before he or she starts working.</p> <p>☐  The work does not require a licence, specific qualifications or an accepted state of health.</p> <p> </p>
Please contact Public Service Info. The Finnish Immigration Service does not maintain Suomi.fi and unfortunately we can not help you with using it.

My employee sent an application and agreed to share it to me, the employer, but I haven't created an Enter Finland for Employers account yet. What can I do?

<p><strong>Choose one of the two options below. </strong>i If the work requires specific qualifications or an accepted state of health, a residence permit on the basis of work may only be issued to persons who meet the requirements.</p> <p>☐ The work requires a licence, specific qualifications or an accepted state of health. I have ensured that the employee meets the requirements before he or she starts working.</p> <p>☐  The work does not require a licence, specific qualifications or an accepted state of health.</p> <p> </p>
If the business code given was correct, you can create an Enter Finland for Employers account after the fact and follow the application, even though it has been sent to the service before the Employer account was created.

According to Enter Finland, a decision or a partial decision has been made on the application, but I can't read it. How can I read it?

<p><strong>Choose one of the two options below. </strong>i If the work requires specific qualifications or an accepted state of health, a residence permit on the basis of work may only be issued to persons who meet the requirements.</p> <p>☐ The work requires a licence, specific qualifications or an accepted state of health. I have ensured that the employee meets the requirements before he or she starts working.</p> <p>☐  The work does not require a licence, specific qualifications or an accepted state of health.</p> <p> </p>
The Finnish Immigration Service will serve the decision and partial decision once the Immigration Service has made its decision. The decision is not served to the employer at all, if the employer does not have the right of appeal in that type of application (e.g. with special experts, athletes and researchers, the employer has no right of appeal). In addition, in some situations the decision can not be served due to technical or legal reasons, either at all or for some time. In these situations we kindly ask you to patiently wait for us to contact you or for us to send you a letter.

How can I make sure that the document I sent to you in Enter Finland has been received?

<p><strong>Choose one of the two options below. </strong>i If the work requires specific qualifications or an accepted state of health, a residence permit on the basis of work may only be issued to persons who meet the requirements.</p> <p>☐ The work requires a licence, specific qualifications or an accepted state of health. I have ensured that the employee meets the requirements before he or she starts working.</p> <p>☐  The work does not require a licence, specific qualifications or an accepted state of health.</p> <p> </p>
If the application events show that the document or response has been sent, and if the application attachments include the documents you've sent, they have definitely been received.

How can I tell that my reply to a supplement request was sufficient?

<p><strong>Choose one of the two options below. </strong>i If the work requires specific qualifications or an accepted state of health, a residence permit on the basis of work may only be issued to persons who meet the requirements.</p> <p>☐ The work requires a licence, specific qualifications or an accepted state of health. I have ensured that the employee meets the requirements before he or she starts working.</p> <p>☐  The work does not require a licence, specific qualifications or an accepted state of health.</p> <p> </p>
We will send you a new request if the information you provided was not enough to process the application.

Can I get more precise information on the status of my application by calling you?

<p><strong>Choose one of the two options below. </strong>i If the work requires specific qualifications or an accepted state of health, a residence permit on the basis of work may only be issued to persons who meet the requirements.</p> <p>☐ The work requires a licence, specific qualifications or an accepted state of health. I have ensured that the employee meets the requirements before he or she starts working.</p> <p>☐  The work does not require a licence, specific qualifications or an accepted state of health.</p> <p> </p>
No. We can not give you more information on the phone than you can see yourself in Enter Finland. You will always get the latest and precise information on your application's status by checking it yourself in Enter Finland.

According to Enter Finland, the processing ground of the application has been changed. What does it mean?

<p><strong>Choose one of the two options below. </strong>i If the work requires specific qualifications or an accepted state of health, a residence permit on the basis of work may only be issued to persons who meet the requirements.</p> <p>☐ The work requires a licence, specific qualifications or an accepted state of health. I have ensured that the employee meets the requirements before he or she starts working.</p> <p>☐  The work does not require a licence, specific qualifications or an accepted state of health.</p> <p> </p>
Choosing the correct form can sometimes be difficult. For example, if the applicant applied for a residence permit for an employed person, where the Economic Development and Employment Office evaluates whether the employer should recruit an employee from Finland first, but the applicant could receive a residence permit as a special expert, where this evaluation is not made and the processing time is much shorter, we will process the application as a special expert application. This change is made only when it benefits the applicant and doesn't disadvantage the applicant in any way. The change is also only made when the basic reason for applying stays the same (employment, family ties, studying). For example, a residence permit application for family ties is never processed as a residence permit application for employment. However, changing the processing ground doesn't update completely into Enter Finland, so the application events and the estimated processing time may no longer be valid for that application. However, the information on whether or not there has been a decision will always be updated correctly.
Enter Finland support

If you have a technical problem, please email an exact description of the problem and a screenshot if possible to esupport@migri.fi

 

If you have any questions about the use of the Enter Finland service, we can help you on weekdays from 8:30 am to 15:30 pm at the service number 0295 790 606.

 

In other matters, you will find our contact details at the address migri.fi/en/contact-information

Instructions for employers

You can find more information and instructions on our website: migri.fi/en/for-employers