Finland Forum

good to hear about the job stuff, and if you get invited to interview say where you got the link ;) definitions of fluency are available here: http://culture2.coe.int/portfolio/inc.asp?L=E&M=$t/208-1-0-1/documents_intro/../&L=E&M=$t/208-1-0-1/main_pages/levels.html anything less than B2 ...

so how come i have no permit, no paperwork, nothing, just a KELA card?

Bret

I'm hoping to take courses in Finnish to learn the language when I arrive. I'm confident that I can get a very good grasp of the language within 6 months, but it's the fear of what will happen in that time that scares me the most. <blunt-mode> 6 months? you already speak 3 languages, yes? if not, I...

30 days to go to katsastus. if they refuse to OK the car, you have another 30 days....

Bret

residency is the key - the bilateral tax agreements are also fun to read.

and the finns are really simple: resident here, tax here. i'm interested to see what happens with our 183-day stuff from last year, but we won't find out for a while yet.

Bret

an acquaintance of mine is interested in letting her Volvo 850 go through to another pair of good hands shortly. the car is in Germany at the moment, and would need to go through the paperwork, but it should be worth it. spec: red kombi -94 200000km petrol, 144hp new brakepipes and all sorts of othe...

simple answer: yes. you need it sooner or later, and that at a level over and above being able to understand menus and get yourself home in one piece. or do you want to be "the reason" everyone switches to English in a meeting? personally, i've been learning for six months having spoken th...

IR Keyboard: if you want one, i've got one hanging around. inkl. receiver - but you'll need a bit of talent to get it working / if you insist, i'll set it up myself...offers? pics? check out this auction: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=8077&item=5143548195&rd=1 i m...

"en puhu vielä hyvää suomea" is also cool

Bret

kansalaisopisto / uni should have something...

Bret

blunt start: having a PhD in Kuopio is pointless. there are no jobs. personal experience. unless you're a biochemist / gene researcher. in helsinki? no idea. your possible employers are limited (try the main banks) but you'd be much better off in Frankfurt, literally. 59k starting is a dream AFAIC -...

hold on, i wasn't trying to be negative. was there anything specific you need to know? yes, the moving-vehicle stuff is worth doing; the paperwork to move is as complicated for you as for the rest of us, but the EU makes things significantly easier. when you're here go to maistraatti, poliisilaitos,...

öschis gibt's hier soweit ich weiss net. aber ein paar deutschsprechender..

was wolltest du wissen?

there's quite a lot of information gathered at the moment, if you're a little more specific....

Bret

i got told yesterday my finnish isn't bad. by a prospective employer, who would be sending me out to customers. a bigger compliment i don't know of, especially as my first lesson was 4 months ago. that i've been surrounded by the language for 5 years is not really important except that (as others co...

depends if you need a job or not...

Bret