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Emp l oymen t I s s ue s
4. Employment
Issues
4.1 Students, Researchers, Staff
For information about working and taxation
in Finland, please check:
www.intofinland.fi.
The webpage is a service point of the Social
Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela/Fpa) and
the Tax Administration and is intended for
foreign workers in Finland.
International Exchange or Degree Students
If you are a
Nordic or EU/EEA
national, you do not
nee dany special permits for working in Finland
during your studies. There are no restrictions as
to how many hours per week you are allowed to
work, but you should take care that work does
not get in the way of your study progress.
Non-EU students
can work within certain
limits on a student residence permit
( www. studyinfinland.fi/living_in_finland/before_your_ arrival/residence_permits )if the work is practical
training included in the degree or if the amount
of part-time work does not exceed
25 hours
a week.
The number of working hours is not
restricted weekly, but the restriction concerns
each term, so that you can work periodically
according to the current situation. During
holidays, i.e. during summer and Christmas
holidays, you can work full-time without hourly
restrictions.
For more information about work regulations
concerning international students, see the web service
of the Finnish Immigration Service MIGRI (
www.migri. fi/studying_in_finland/right_to_employment ).
If the employment is part of the student’s thesis
or is a compulsory trainee period in the student’s
field of study, the person might be allowed work
without limitations on the basis of the residence
permit for students. Because the study-related
work cases differ from each other greatly, each
case will be handled by the local Employment
Office in cooperation with the employer in
question. For further information, contact the
local Employment Office.
International PhD Students Conducting
Research
International PhD students who are in the
process of conducting research for their
licentiate or doctoral thesis on behalf of, or in
cooperation with, an institution or a company
that pays the student for the work, should
generally have a residence permit for scientific
research. This grants unlimited working rights.
For further information on the researcher
employment, check with both your university
and your employer, as well as with the local
employment office.
International Visiting Scholars and Teaching
Staff
International visiting researchers and any
teaching staff who have been invited to conduct
research or do academic work in Finland will
get a residence permit, or will be registered on
the basis of their right to reside for scientific
research, which does not restrict right to work.
Short Time Visitors
A non-EU researcher (or lecturer) coming to
Finland for research/teaching purposes based
on an agreement or an invitation for a maximum
of 3 months may conduct research during the
period of validity of the visa or the visa free
period. A residence permit is needed for a stay of
more than 3 months.
Family Member’s Right to Work
If you have been granted a residence permit
on the basis of family ties, you will have an
unlimited right to work in Finland. The right
to work will also be entered on your residence
permit card. Check
www.migri.fifor more
information.
4.2 Getting a Job
People who do not speak Finnish or Swedish
have a reduced competitive strength on the
labour market due to the lack of Finnish or