Documents Required for Resident Permit

Lower Secondary Diploma

Notarized copy and translated into English. 

If the student does not have a Diploma at the time of applying for the Residence Permit, a letter confirming the expected date of graduation from the school is required.

Lower Secondary Transcript

Notarized copy and translated into English 

*Vocational School Students may skip this step and only present the Secondary school diploma

Acceptance Letter From Finnish High School

Print the letter emailed by the school

Language Certificate (Finnish B1.1 Certificate or other)

Notarized copy and translated into English (If the certificate is not English)

Documentation of paid tuition fee or documentation of scholarship 

Print the confirmation of tuition fee payment or the scholarship letter sent by the school via email

Note:  It is necessary to prepare all other documents to be ready to submit as soon as you receive acceptance letter from the Finnish school.

Resident Permit Application (MP_1 form)

Fill in the EnterFinland website after having all the necessary documents. Print out the completed form after completing the online form. 

Passport photo (size 3.5 x 4.5)

• White wallpaper, no glasses, no open-mouthed smile.

• Write information on the back of the photo to avoid losing it.

Passport valid for at least 6 months 

Notarized all pages with information (exit, entry, Visa...). For cases where students do not have ID card, they should hire a service to assist in making passports for the students.

Note: The passport must be ready by early May. It is recommended to apply for a new passport if your passport is about to expire because it is quite expensive to get a new passport in Finland 

Birth Certificate 

Notarized copy and translated into English.

Legalize the birth certificate (for students under 18 years old). 

Step 1: Legalization at the Department of Foreign Affairs (Consular Department) 

Step 2: Consular Legalization at the Embassy of Finland

Note: The Embassy does not accept a copy of the birth certificate. The original document is a MUST. In case your students lost the original birth certificate, please double check with your local Embassy. Notarization time should not be too long (within 6 months).

International health insurance 

Print the certificate of insurance purchased. Minimum compensation value of 40,000 euros/year.

Among the list of international insurance recommended by Migri, there is only 1 company with an insurance policy for students under 18 years old, which is International Student Insurance. 

Name of insurance plan: Patriot Exchange Insurance or Atlas Travel Insurance 

Guardian’s consent for child’s study abroad

• Bilingual Form: CLICK HERE → Must be signed by the parents or all legal guardians of the student under the age of 18. 

• Migri Form: CLICK HERE → Parents fill out and sign

Wet-ink signature is required!!!

Confirmation of saving account balance or bank account with student’s name has ~ 7000 EUR up to ~21,000 EUR at your disposal (the total amount of money saving depends on the validity of your Residence Permit)

The confirmation must be English - bilingual and must have balance conversion equal to Euro at current bank rates 

Health Certificate / Vaccination Certificate 

Bilingual certified and signed by the hospital . (If the school requests)

Financial records to prove that a parent or guardian is able to support a student living and studying in Finland, the parent or guardian must provide documentation of the clarification of income and assets.

New updates: Student needs to show financial proof for ONLY 1 year, instead of 3 years even if he/she  applies for 3 years duration.

Depend on difference of the characteristics of the job, each financial clarification would be different. Commonly, there are 3 types:

Type 1 -  Office worker or employee (The employee)

Labor contract 

Official Labor Contract for the most recent job (s).
Note: Notarized copy and translated into English

Bank account statements or Confirmation of the level of income

If receiving salary via bank account, there must be a statement of salary account for the last 6 months. If receiving salary in cash, a confirmation of the company's income is required. The total recommended monthly income is 1200 EUR or more

Note: Notarized copy and translated into English 

Appointment decision

If the parents are public servants and the contract does not specify the salary, there must be a decision to appoint with the salary coefficient.
Note: Notarized copy and translated into English

Important note: Fake documents are banned immediately and taint students’ profile.

Type 2 -  Owner of a business/company

Business license

Business Registration Licenses for currently active businesses.
Note: Notarized copy and translated into English

Certificate for Tax Code Registration

Tax code registration of currently active businesses.
Note: Notarized copy and translated into English

Bank statement of the company

Bank statement of the company for the last 6 months
Note: Bank statements must have the stamp of the bank and bilingual

Tax receipts

Types of tax receipts such as business license tax, value added tax, personal income tax ... depending on the field and business scale
Note: Notarized copy and translated into English

Important note: Fake documents are banned immediately and taint students’ profile.

Type 3 -  Property Rentals (Real estate, premises, vehicles, etc.)

Certificate of land/asset use rights

Land use rights certificate (real estate), Vehicles ownership certificate
Note: Notarized copy and translated into English

House/property rental agreement

House/Car rental contract
Note: Notarized copy and translated into English

Bank statement

Bank statement of the last 6 months
Note: Bank statements must have the stamp of the bank and bilingual

Tax receipts

Types of tax receipts such as business license tax, value added tax, personal income tax … depending on the field and business scale
Note: Notarized copy and translated into English

Important note: Fake documents are banned immediately and taint students’ profile.

Other circumstances: 

In case a parent or guardian has income from freelance businesses and other sources (real estate, stocks, loans, banking ...), the consultation will be offered to the family in order to work out the most appropriate documentation.

Some other cases:

Families have real estate for rent, collected in cash 

• • Open a bank account with 8,000 EUR under the student's name

  • Take a photo of the building + the front of the property with the house number

  • Certificate of land use rights

  • Write an explanation letter 

Parents divorced, student lives with mother and stepfather 

Add new marriage registration certificate + explanation letter 

Parents move to Finland

• Photocopy of Passport including all pages with information

• Photo

• Application form Pk3_Plus (it is only applied for those who are living in Finland already and want to have their guardian to stay with them in Finland.)

• Confirm balance equivalent to 12,000 EUR

• Proof of sponsor's income

• Insurance for parents (optional)

• → Put parent's profile on EnterFinland's kid's profile

Total family income under 40 million VND/ month (1,574 Euro) 

Add 1 savings book mom or dad 8,000-19,000 EUR 

Freelance business, cash collection 

Documents that can be used to prove finance:

• Goods Invoice

• Large sales contract over 772.20 EUR

• Sales receipts

• Retail Invoice

• Tax receipts

• Pictures related to business establishments

• Pictures of parents + students standing in front of the sign

• Hand-signed contract

Income from stocks/stocks/bonds,... 

• Confirmation of stock trading / Stock trading volume statistics 

• Account statement for 6 months

• 1-year income explanation letter (break the trading column to explain)

Retired Parents 

• Retirement time

• Retirement book

• Deciding to retire

• Bank account book

Restaurant 

• Individual business license

• Business-license tax

• Take pictures of the restaurant

• Daily receipt of goods

Farming/seafood farming 

• Certificate of locality working / farming on that land.

• Parent savings book

• Handwritten contract/ sales contract

Important note: Fake documents are banned immediately and taint students’ profile.

Other proof of assets (optional) 

Saving account (Recommended)

The balance is from 11,000-18,000 EUR 

Certificate of land/asset use rights (Optional)

Notarized copy of English translated document

• The completed set of documents must include an original set of documents and a set of copies that have been translated into English for the Embassy to verify. The Embassy may not keep all the documents included in the set.

• The application process may include an interview with Embassy staff to test students' motivation to study abroad and their ability to communicate in a foreign language.

• Students must be present to apply in person (accompanied by a guardian for under 18 children) and fingerprints will be collected.

• Students will be provided with an envelope showing the address to receive their Residence Permit Card. Students can use their own address or authorize other people to collect the card on their behalf.

• Processing time will not be the same for every student's Residence Permit application. The shortest is a week and the longest is three months depending on the number of applications submitted to Finland Immigration at that time.

• In some cases, the Finland Immigration Office will ask for additional documents or write a financial explanation. Students can add additional documents online in EnterFinland, without having to go to the Embassy again.