bigli wrote:challengingtimes wrote:bigli wrote:
I remember I also got worried about my time abroad (I had about 6 months total but in 3 different trips of 2 months each) when applying and read this section on migri many many times. My understanding is that if you an absence between 6 months and one year, they subtract that period from your total time of continuous resident in Finland, but they do not consider your residence to be non-continuous. I believe the purpose of time abroad whether it's work or family related, does not affect this.
Well if this refers to overall period then yes you are right. But in my case they treated my last 2 years with 2 absences totalling less than 7 months rather harshly and even though this was less than the maximum criteria of 8 months they still rejected my application. Again they have got one fact wrong there besides the point I made in the previous sentence.
Here is my break up of last 2 years. Total of continuous residence permit and living if last 2 years are included is 7 years.
I have been in Finland from
a) Jul 2005 to Jun 2008 (B Type permit)
b) Jun 2008 to Jun 2012 (A type permit)
c) Jun 2012 to Jun 2013 (P type Permit)
d) *********** Jun 2013 to May 2015 (overseas) ---> Less than 2 years
e) Jun 2015 to Feb 2016 (Permanent)
f) ********** Mar 2016 to Aug 2016 ( overseas )----> less than 6 months
g) Sep 2016 to Nov 2016 (P type permit)
h) ********** Nov 2016 - Dec 2016 ( (overseas ) ---> Less than 1 month
i) Dec 2016 to PRESENT (P Type Permit)
Any opinions when I should apply again???? I tried asking migri but they gave evasive answers with lots of conditions... basically it did not help. Maybe I am missing something
I am guessing they might treat time abroad differently for cases of accumulated period of residence. The description on migri website does not make it very clear what they mean. Maybe try contacting Virka and ask their opinion?
https://www.hel.fi/kanslia/virka-en/advice/
Thanks bigli, I got an opinion from virka that the total number of months outside Finland in the last 2 years should not be more than 6 months.
Can you also get the same interpretation from the below link?
http://www.migri.fi/finnish_citizenship ... de_finland
"The following periods of absence will not interrupt your continuous period of residence:
absences that last a maximum of one month
a maximum of six periods of absence that last 1–2 months each
a maximum of two periods of absence that last 2–6 months each
If you are temporarily absent from Finland for over six months but no longer than one year, your continuous period of residence will not be interrupted. However, the period of absence is not counted as continuous residential time."
If you are absent from Finland for longer than one year, your periods of residence in Finland will be taken into account as an accumulated period of residence."
What is the interpretation of above underlined text in green font i.e. which of these (A/B) is true?:
A) The maximum time for one trip cannot be more than 6 months.
or
B) The total of all the trips in the last 2 years cannot be more than 6 months.
The advisor in the virka said interpretation is (A), but then page does not say this explicitly, hence the confusion.
Please give your interpretation A or B or something else?