Visa Assistance

[sim1024]

Hi do you know companies or agencies in helsinki where they also assist jobseeker on getting residence permit (to work).

[wolf80]

I don't know, but hopefully not.

Sorry, that's harsh, but if you have skills needed on the Finnish labour market you will be able to find work and get your residence permit yourself. If you would need an agency then I doubt it would be easy for you to find a job anyway. Finland has a record unemployment rate at the moment, so only if you bring the right skills to the table you should be allowed to get into the country.

[betelgeuse]

Finland has a record unemployment rate at the moment, so only if you bring the right skills to the table you should be allowed to get into the country.

The statement about the unemployment rate is bogus.

http://www.findikaattori.fi/fi/34

[leisl]

Are you EU and do you already have a job offer?

[leisl]

Finland has a record unemployment rate at the moment, so only if you bring the right skills to the table you should be allowed to get into the country.

The statement about the unemployment rate is bogus.

http://www.findikaattori.fi/fi/34

This isn't a statement. It's about unskilled furriners "taking all the jobs".

But it's not an issue in the first place. It's a stupid myth perpetuated by racists and sensationalist media. It's a crock of rubbish.

1. If foreigners can "take jobs away" without speaking the local language or having the right skills, then the locals must be pretty terrible.

2. If foreigners get a job and pay tax then they're not takers. They're givers. You can't be both.

3. Finland has no need to try and stop people coming here for work. It's hardly the tropical paradise most desired by people looking for a brand new life, and for those who make such an enormous effort to move here and successfully get a job, pay into the system and raise their kids here? Those are the sort of hard-working people we should welcome.

[Disciplineofmoon]

Finland has a record unemployment rate at the moment, so only if you bring the right skills to the table you should be allowed to get into the country.

The statement about the unemployment rate is bogus.

http://www.findikaattori.fi/fi/34

This isn't a statement. It's about unskilled furriners "taking all the jobs".

But it's not an issue in the first place. It's a stupid myth perpetuated by racists and sensationalist media. It's a crock of rubbish.

1. If foreigners can "take jobs away" without speaking the local language or having the right skills, then the locals must be pretty terrible.

2. If foreigners get a job and pay tax then they're not takers. They're givers. You can't be both.

3. Finland has no need to try and stop people coming here for work. It's hardly the tropical paradise most desired by people looking for a brand new life, and for those who make such an enormous effort to move here and successfully get a job, pay into the system and raise their kids here? Those are the sort of hard-working people we should welcome.

i came from america and now live in Finland, to your statements
1. if foreigners can take away local jobs with no local language or right skills then yes, you are right, the locals are terrible,
However the government job is to take care of the locals, not to create job opportunities for foreigners. the first and foremost duty is to its citizens. So for all Finnish people you should demand that your government invest in the people more so that they cannot be out competed in jobs. Dont listen to people who say you suck and it is OK for the government to ignore its role and use foreign labor. Make government make more programs so its citizens can compete against the international market instead of just using the international market.
2. foreigners get jobs and pay taxes sounds nice on papers, but the more it happens, the more say foreigners will have as the government becomes more and more depended on foreign labor. For example, increase taxes to increase the welfare program = pissed off foreigners who migrate to other nations that are more of tax heavens. Local Finnish people are more accepting of taxes as it is wealth that circulates in the nation, however for a foreigner, it does not matter as much as the world is their playground. they can simply move to UK, Germany, USA etc.
3. Finland has all the more reason to stop trash from entering its border just as any country. Finland a small nation of 5 million with one of the best welfare programs will attract people who wish for better life. Majority of these people are generally low skilled, low income people as they will over look the weather and move to Finland for the money, Remember not all migrants are low skilled, low income etc, but majority of them are.
On the other hand, Highly skilled, educated and financially independent people are in the minority as for these people weather might be a big issue to them.

Seriously as a foreigner myself living in Finland, i fully support Finland prioritizing Finnish people over immigrants. Why? because it is a big incentive for me to become Finnish citizen when i know that the government actually performs its duty of looking after the welfare of its people and not just resorting to international market to meet its need. For example, country needs workers, instead of training its citizen to meet the demand. the country goes shopping in India, china, usa for workers. The country needs more infrastructures? instead of investing in finnish business that can create those infrastructures, they again go shopping in the international market for all their answer.
If the local population of Finland are low skilled, rather than employing workers from international market, i want the government to invest in the Finnish people so they can do those jobs. If Finnish people lack the man power to complete those jobs, instead of outsourcing, tap into the un used Finnish manpower such as the immigrants already living in Finland who have no jobs, refugees already living in Finland etc.