I currently live in Scotland and I want to move to Finland when I leave school to start my careers and life there. Will I need a visa to buy a house, live and work there, or can I just go to Finland and live there?
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On the basis of the European Economic Area Treaty, a citizen of an EEA country has the right to reside, to seek work or to undertake work in Finland without a residence permit, so long as the work lasts no more than three months. If the employment contract is for longer than this, the employee must obtain a residence permit. A residence permit is normally valid for five years. If the employment contract lasts for less than a year, a residence permit will be granted only for the duration of the employment contract. A residence permit is automatically granted to EU citizens once they have obtained a job or study right in Finland or once they have begun to practise a trade in Finland. Citizens of EU/EEA countries and of Switzerland, who move to Finland for over 3 months, must register at the local police department and local register office of their place of residence. The right to register as a resident of EU/EEA citizens is a general pre-requisite for starting, work, study or establishing family ties in Finland. In order to register as a resident with the local police, the following documents (depending on the grounds of the application) are required: • EU registration form • residence card application • family ties form (OLE 2) • marriage certificate • employer’s certificate of employment contract • account of business activity • student registration certificate • declaration of guaranteed means of support • photograph • national identify card or passport • other documents required by the authority When registering at the local register office of their locality of residence, EU citizens must take along their passport or an official identity card with photograph, plus a certificate of registration of EU citizen’s residence granted by the local police force. Other documents required in the registration are a marriage certificate (if applicable) and children’s birth certificates (certificates must be legalised). Non-nationals temporarily resident in Finland may also provide a voluntary notification of registration either to the Social Insurance Institution (Kela) office or to the inland revenue office as well as to the local register office. Residence is temporary if it is for less than one year. Hopefully you are fluent in either Suomi or Svenska.. Source(s): http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?catId=8136&acro=living&lang=en&parentId=7743&countryId=FI&living= ..
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If you're Scottish (ie with a UK passport), you can move to other countries in the EU without needing a permit. My boyfriend is Scottish and we live in Norway (not EU but EEA with similar rules for working here). He just had to register with the police after he found work. http://ec.europa.eu/youreurope/nav/en/citizens/index.html However, you'll need to speak Finnish to live in Finland. It is nearly impossible to get unskilled work without it, as well as most skilled work. There are many immigrants there already, not finding work, many of them speaking Finnish. I used to live in Sweden, and it took me almost 2 years to find a job even though I could speak Swedish after ~6 months. The economy is worse now, and it's no better in Finland. I really recommend finding work before you move over, or at least get a decent grasp on the language. I read in your other question you are considering being a tattooist. I used to be pretty involved with the Scandinavian tattooing community and can say you have to be really talented and experienced to get work there doing it. Contacts help too, so start making them now.
