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Posted on January 03 2024

Finland reduces permanent residency application fee from 1st Jan 2024

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Updated January 03 2024

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Highlights: Finnish government announces to reduce the PR application fee

  • The Government of Finland announced a cut down on the application fees for permanent resident applications.
  • Finland will implement the changes in the application fee starting 1 January 2024.
  • The PR application fee for online applications will be charged €220, while the offline applications will charge €270. 
  • Candidates who apply via the Enter Finland platform can file their applications faster and cheaper than in offline mode. 

 

 

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Reduction in Finnish PR Application fees

The Finnish Immigration Service announced a decrease in visa application fees for permanent residency. The revised processing fees will be implemented starting 1 January 2024.

The changes in the application fees will be assigned to different application types to promote online application submissions.

 

 

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Finland Visa Application Fees

The online application fee for the first residence permit for an employer person is set at €540, while the renewal of a residence permit card costs around €170.

The complete details of the updated Finland visa application fees are given below:

Residence permits and registration of an EU citizen

 

 

Paper application

Electronic application

 

First residence permit (others than those mentioned below)

520

470

 

First residence permit for work: - work requiring a partial decision

740

540

 
 

First residence permit, no labor market testing:

480

380

 
 

Other work

 

specialist

 

specialist, EU Blue Card

 

researcher

 

athlete, coach or trainer

 

internship

 

au pair

 

Working holiday

 
 

First residence permit for seasonal work for 3–6 months, no labor market testing

480

380

 

First residence permit for seasonal work for 6–9 months (requires a partial decision)

740

490

 

Certificate for seasonal work

250

90

 

Application for the addition of a new employer to a seasonal work permit

250

90

 

First residence permit for an entrepreneur:

 

 

start-up entrepreneur

480

400

 

 Other entrepreneur

690

490

 

First residence permit for studies

450

350

 

First residence permit, minor holder

270

240

 

Extended permit

430

170

 

Extended permit for studies or for a minor

250

180

 

Extended permit for victim of employer negligence or exploitation

180

-

 

Certificate of expanded right to work for victim of employer negligence or exploitation

65

-

 

Permanent residence permit

270

220

 

Permanent residence permit, minor holder

150

150

 

Registration of an EU citizen's right of residence

52

52

 

Residence card or permanent residence card for a family member of an EU citizen

52

52

 

Certificate of an EU citizen's right of permanent residence

52

52

 

Renewal of a residence permit card

75

60

 

Renewal of the residence card of a family member of an EU citizen

52

52

 

New residence permit card to replace a lost one

120

120

 

Application for preventing the cancellation of a residence permit

100

-

 

Right of residence under the withdrawal agreement

52

52

 

Right of permanent residence by virtue of the withdrawal agreement

52

52

 

Application for right of residence for family member of a British citizen

52

52

 

Application for right of permanent residence for a family member of a British citizen

52

52

 

D visa

120

95

 

 

 

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Finnish visa applications

The Finnish Immigration Service stated that the visa applications pending till 31 December 2023 will have the previous application fees. The applications already in the processing stage will remain ineffective of the recent changes.

As per Stats, on average, 1,400 applications were being submitted weekly. The application intake was comparatively high compared to 2018-2021.

 

 

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