Riveria

Vocational Program Application

✨Congratulations✨ on finishing your Finnish Language Program. In this article, we will show you how to:

Apply for your dream schools
Prepare and submit the required documents

Where are you on the journey?

After qualifying for the Finnish Certification, now it’s time to choose your study program and apply for your dream schools before getting the verification from the school’s principal.

School Application Timeline

Most Vocational Schools will have their own application period. After you've achieved your suitable certification (B1.1 or B1.2 depending on the programs), please inform your partner for further support at this stage.

Access to Wilma

Here’s where you access Wilma, a Finland national vocational schools application platform, to fill in your information and program choice.

Please be noted that you can only apply once you reach the required Finnish Level Certification. If you need further information on the criteria and requirements of each program, please find it HERE.

Step 1. Access the Wilma application system

Your partner will provide you with the suitable application link for your school.

Step 2. Website translation and navigation

From here, you can utilize Google Translate function on your laptop/PC browser to translate to your language for easier navigation. There are 2 ways to do this, by either clicking on the translate button on the right of your address bar or right-clicking anywhere on the website and clicking on 'Translate to...'. An example can be seen in the below video. Even though the Google Translation tool is not 100% accurate, it will help you to navigate the website.

(if the video does not autoplay, please click on it)

Translating the website

We advise you NOT TO click on the below button to change the language to English, as sometimes the Wilma portal does not fully support English for the application.

✨ Or you can follow our instructions below ✨

Applying to Wilma

Now that you know how to access and navigate the Wilma website, it's time to start the application process.

Again, please be noted that you can only apply once you reach the required Finnish Level Certification. If you need further information on the criteria and requirements of each program, please find it HERE.

Step 1. Input your Email

On the very first page, you will need to enter your email address. Please make sure that the email that you input is correct. After this, please click on ' Laheta varmistusviesti ' to continue.

After this, an email will be sent to you. Click on the email as below, and click on the personalized link to access the Wilma portal for Riveria.

Step 2. Terms & Conditions

For the next step, you will encounter the Terms step. Simply click ' Hyväksyn, jatka ' on the bottom right to continue to the form.

Step 3. Personal Information

Here, you will fill in your application details and information, including your name, email, address, etc.

Step 4. Personal Information (continue)

Moving on to the next part, you can fill in the information such as ID number, Sex, country of residence, etc.

Social Security: since you don't have a Finnish Social Security number, please follow this format:

The first 6 numbers will be your birth day/ birth month/last 2 numbers of birth year in ddmmyy format

After this,

If your year of birth is before 2000, add '-XXXX'. For example: if your birthday is 1st November 1998, then you should fill in 011198-XXXX

If your year of birth is 2000 or later, add 'AXXXX', for example, if your birthday is 31st January 2002, then you should fill in 310102AXXXX

Sex: by clicking on the button with the blue circle, you can choose either 'Nainen'/'Female' or 'Mies'/'Male'.
Mother Tongue: please browse the list by clicking on the button, if you cannot find your language, you can simply choose 'englanti'/'english'.
Street/Address: please fill in your home address in your country.
Postal Number: if you have a postal number, please fill in. If not, please fill in the same address as your home address above.
Country of residence: please browse the list by clicking on the button and look for your country's name.

Step 5. Means of Communication

Here you will need to fill in some further personal information, such as:

Email Address: please make sure your email address is correct, as school will use this to send announcements and further instructions.
Mobile Phone: enter your mobile phone number including your country code
Citizenship: please browse the list by clicking on the button and look for your current citizenship.
Motherland: please browse the list by clicking on the button and look for your motherland's name.
Municipality of residence: after clicking on the blue circle button, click on the first option, which is a dash ' - '.
For Residence permit, Residence permit valid until, Driving license, you can leave it blank.

Step 6. Previous Education

With Past & Present Studies, you will have to input your degrees here.

For Basic general education certification, or 'Yleissivistava pohjakoutulus", always choose 'Ulkomainen todistus', which can be found at the bottom of the list when you click on the options button.

Then you can input the name of your relevant vocational degree in yyyy - yyyy format.

For other studies, you can input other degrees information here, including your high school, secondary school degree and certification. Remember you can input your Finest Future Finnish Language Certificate as shown below and specify whether it is B1.2 or B1.1

If you have any other activities relevant to the program you are applying to, please fill it in the last section.

Step 7. Working Experience

For this section, you will fill in relevant working experiences to your chosen program. For example, if you are choosing Practical Nurse program, you can fill in experiences working as a nurse or in relevant hospitals, etc.

If you do not have relevant professional working experience, please add a dash ' - ' in the Employer/Company box.

Step 8. Background & Motivation

In this section, you will write a brief paragraph answering the questions stated. For the first question, you can state your current situation;

For the second one, similar to a short motivation letter, you can write why you want to come to Finland to study for the specific program, and your future plan, and what skill you would like to gain.

You can mention that you studied Finnish in Finest Future before applying to the school.

DO NOT TICK ON THE 2 BOXES BELOW

Step 9. Health Requirements

For this final part, if you are applying for Vocational Programs, please read through the health requirements of the program in the provided link (please use Google Translate if possible).

After you have read the requirements, tick the first box 'Olen tutustunut tutkinnon terveydentilavaatimuksiin.'

Please do not tick the 'Minulla on mahdollisia terveydentilaesteitä tavoitetutkinnon suorittamiselle' or 'Minulta on aikaisemmin peruutettu opiskeluoikeus terveyteni ja toimintakykyni perusteella' box if it does not relevant to you.

Step 10. Add Attachments

In this step, you will add your Finest Future Finnish Language Certification alongside other documents (lower secondary/higher secondary degree) if needed.

Step 11. Almost There

After you have filled in all the information, click on Seuraava to enter the final step.

Reviewing Your Application

Here, you will have the chance to review all your information.

Please make sure that you have attached and filled in all the required information. And double check your email and personal info.

After you are done with reviewing, simply click on 'Tallenna' to bubmit.