If you plan to work or be an entrepreneur in Finland, you will usually need a residence permit. If you work without a residence permit, you may be punished by a fine.
If you are applying for a residence permit on the basis of employment, the residence permit application you should use depends on the kind of work you do or the kind of business you own. If you have completed a degree in Finland, you may apply for a residence permit for seeking work.
If you are a citizen of an EU Member State, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland, you do not need a residence permit for Finland. You must nonetheless register your right of residence.
When you are applying for a residence permit in order to work in Finland, you should notice that there are specific residence permit applications for certain types of work. Read more about the requirements, and find out what you should do, on the page of each application.
Country : Finland
