Residence permit for studies
People accepted to study for a degree or vocational qualification at a Finnish educational institution.
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Finland: visa types
Each visa type with who it's for and the official page. These routes are not yet checked against your profile, so always read the official page.
Information, not immigration advice. Official sources: Finnish Immigration Service - Enter Finland e-service, Ministry for Foreign Affairs: visa to visit Finland.
Links checked 3 Nov 2026
About this list. Residence permits from the Enter Finland e-service pages, plus the Schengen visitor visa from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (um.fi, added as an official domain; its pages load with our checker). Still missing: other permit types (specialist, researcher, EU Blue Card, working holiday, trainee, international protection) because enterfinland.fi showed only a maintenance message on 3 Nov 2026 and migri.fi refuses automated reading (403, also refused by WebFetch). Quoted facts are recorded only for the Schengen visa (fee, daily funds, decision time, from um.fi): the permit pages on enterfinland.fi showed only a maintenance message on 3 Nov 2026 and migri.fi refuses our checker (403). Still missing: facts for the 11 other routes, specialist, researcher, EU Blue Card, working holiday, trainee and asylum.
Study
Work after study
Residence permit to look for work or to start a business
People who completed a degree or research in Finland and want to look for work or start a business there.
Not yet checked against your profileWork with a sponsor
Residence permit for an au pair
Young people coming to live with a Finnish host family as an au pair to learn the language and culture.
Not yet checked against your profileWork and employment in Finland
People coming to Finland to work, do an internship, volunteer, do research or take a working holiday; the e-service finds the right permit from their answers.
Not yet checked against your profileSeasonal work
Residence permit for seasonal work
People coming to do seasonal work in certain fields in Finland, including picking wild berries.
Not yet checked against your profileBusiness and investment
Residence permit for an entrepreneur
People starting or running their own business in Finland as a private trader or partner.
Not yet checked against your profileResidence permit for a startup entrepreneur
Founders opening a start-up company in Finland whose business plan and team meet the start-up criteria.
Not yet checked against your profileJoin a partner
Residence permit for a spouse of a Finnish citizen
Spouses, registered partners or cohabiting partners of a Finnish citizen who lives in, or is moving to, Finland.
Not yet checked against your profileResidence permit for a spouse
Spouses, registered partners or cohabiting partners of a person who has, or is applying for, a Finnish residence permit.
Not yet checked against your profileJoin family
Residence permit for a child
Unmarried minor children of a Finnish citizen or of a person with a Finnish residence permit.
Not yet checked against your profileResidence permit for a guardian
Parents or guardians of an unmarried minor child who lives in Finland.
Not yet checked against your profileResidence permit for other family member
Close relatives of a Finnish citizen or of a person with international protection, who led a family life together or depend fully on them.
Not yet checked against your profileVisit
Schengen visa to visit Finland
Citizens of countries that need a visa for a short, temporary visit of less than 90 days in any 180-day period, for tourism, family visits or business.
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