The Finnish Immigration Service introduced automated post-decision monitoring of residence permits for employed persons on January 20, 2025.
- The purpose of automated post-decision monitoring is to verify whether the holder of a residence permit for an employed person still meets the requirements for the permit. Post-decision monitoring is applied to first residence permits issued on or after January 1, 2024, and to extended permits issued on or after January 1, 2023.
- A residence permit for an employed person can be granted to an applicant who is coming to Finland to work for a Finnish employer or other employer operating in Finland.
- Applicants must have confirmed employment in Finland before they can apply for the permit.
Post-decision monitoring will focus on the key requirements for the permit.
- The Finnish Immigration Service will verify whether the employee has been paid a salary that meets the income requirement.
- The authorities may conduct automatic register checks in national registers, including the register of Kela (kela.fi), the Incomes Register (vero.fi) and the registers of the Legal Register Centre (oikeusrekisterikeskus.fi).
Automated post-decision monitoring is already being used to monitor the permits of students, startup entrepreneurs and specialists. Expanding the scope of post-decision monitoring to cover work-based residence permits is part of the Government’s action plan against labor exploitation. The Finnish Immigration Service has carried out post-decision monitoring since 2017.
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