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Residence Permit

  • Overview
  • Residence Permit Categories
  • Application Fees
  • Application form
  • Photo Specifications
  • DNA and Interview
  • Legalization

  • Overview

    Applicants who plan to stay in Finland for longer than 90 days within any 180-day period are required to have a residence permit. The right to work without a residence permit is restricted. You may have to apply for a residence permit in order to work in Finland even if your stay does not exceed 90 days. If you are an EU citizen or a citizen of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland, you are not required to have a residence permit in Finland. Decisions for the residence permits are made by The Finnish Immigration Service, which is the competent authority in all residence permit matters in Finland. You are allowed to apply only first residence permit abroad. Extended residence permit needs to be applied while you are staying in Finland.

    Who is eligible to submit a residence permit application?

    The application must be submitted in the country in which the applicant resides legally. The Application Centre can accept applications only from applicants legally registered their residency in the Philippines.

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  • Residence Permit Categories

    The applicable residence permit category needs to be chosen based on the reason for the applicant coming to Finland. For more information about residence permit categories please visit The Finnish Immigration Service.

  • Application Fees

    RESIDENCE PERMIT CATEGORY Paper application ONLINE-application
    EURO PHP EURO PHP
    Residence permit (other work, specialist, specialist, researcher, athlete, coach, internship, working holiday, seasonal work 3-6 for months and seasonal work for 6-9 months) 480 31,150 380 24,650
    Residence permit for an employed person or self-employed person 750 48,650 590 38,250
    Residence permit for studies 550 35,700 450 29,200
    Residence permit for minor 300 19,450 270 17,500
    First residence permit for an entrepreneur; other entrepreneur 700 45,400 550 35,700
    First residence permit for an entrepreneur, start-up entrepreneur 580 37,600 450 29,200
    Residence permit on family ties (spouse, other family member in Finland) 580 37,600 530 34,400
    D-Visa 120 7,800 95 6,150

    Completed in https://enterfinland.fi/eServices portal

    Applicant under 18 years old is considered minor.

    Service charge applicable when applying at the Finland Application Centre:


    SERVICE TYPE SERVICE FEE EURO SERVICE FEE PHP
    VFS RESIDENCE PERMIT SERVICE 20 € 1,300 PHP

    Please Note:

    • Applicable fees in PHP are subject to change without notice according to the current exchange rate.
    • Fees at the Application Centre are paid in PHP in cash or with debit/credit card.
    • Fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.

      The Application Centre offers additional optional services at an additional cost: To know more about the optional services please click here

  • Application form

    You have two options to apply for a residence permit

    Option 1- Applying at Enter Finland e-service

    Enter Finland is an e-service of The Finnish Immigration Service.You will get a user account created with your e-mail address at Enter Finland. The account is for personal use only. Keep your e-mail address and password safe so you can log into the service later. Choose the correct application form based on why you are coming to Finland (for example, work, studies or a family member in Finland).

    Enter Finland will guide you through the process of filling in your application. Enter Finland will save your application automatically as you fill it in.

    Pay with a credit card or the online bank credentials of a Finnish bank. If you have issues with paying, you may also pay in Application Centre.

    Attach your supplementary documents at Enter Finland. Make sure you attach all the required documents. Print Certificate of a pending online case and your application form. You need to provide both these documents at the Application Centre.

    When you have submitted your application at Enter Finland, you have to visit the Application Centre in order to prove your identity and to have your biometric identifiers taken. If you have applied at Enter Finland, you need to prove your identity within three months after submitting your application.

    You cannot use the e-service to apply for:

    • a residence permit on the grounds of Finnish origin
    • a residence permit on other grounds
    • a renewal of a residence permit card
    • travel documents
    • a Schengen visa
    • asylum

    Option 2 -Applying with paper application

    Select the appropriate residence permit category on website of The Finnish Immigration Service

    You will find the correct application form at the end of chosen residence permit category site. Print the application form.

    Fill in the paper application form in Finnish, Swedish or English and prepare the required documents.

    You must present the original, legalised (if required) documents and their translations during submission. Copies of those will be collected together with your application.

  • LEGALIZATION

    Official certificates concerning family ties, such as birth and marriage certificates, must be legalised if they are not issued by Nordic authorities. If the documents are not in Finnish, Swedish or English, they must be accompanied by a translation into one of these languages by an authorized translator. Both the original documents and their translations must be legalised.

    The Consular Office of Finland in the Philippines legalises documents issued by Philippine authorities after they are first legalised by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).

    NOTE to applicants using Enter Finland!

    You need to legalise documents prior to submitting your application for residence permit. You need to make appointment to the Consular Office of Finland in Manila and pay the legalisation fee beforehand to their bank account.

    For more information about service fees of legalisation, please visit the Consular Office of Finland website click here

  • Photo Specifications

    Please note: The technical requirements for the photo must meet the standards set by the Finnish police requirements.

    https://poliisi.fi/documents/25235045/31329600/Passport-photograph-instructions-by-the-police-2020-EN-fixed.pdf

  • DNA and Interview

    The Finnish Immigration Service may offer the applicant and the sponsor the opportunity to take a DNA test if there are no other means of sufficiently establishing family ties based on biological relationship.

    A residence permit applicant may have an invitation to an interview if there are no other means of establishing sufficient grounds for granting a residence permit. The interview may be held only by an official of the Finnish mission or The Finnish Immigration Service.

    For more information please view The Finnish Immigration Service.