from romania

[greengrin]

hi. i am from romania and i am really decided to move to finland but i don't know where to start from. i thought it will be a good thing to try to learn finnish but i am sure this will last more than a year. even if i like very much the language it seams a bit hard to learn. in the meantime i have to find out a lot of things about chances of moving in finland. what should i do? where should i ask? where to start? is there anybody from romania on this forum. this would be a great help.
of course i would love to hear some advices from all of you who are Finns, live in Finland or intend to move there. Thank you

[ojanm]

Search the forum, read the FAQs etc.

[sammy]

A few general links - as you did not specify what you'd move here for...

General info on...

Immigration regulations (permits etc) http://www.uvi.fi

Working in Finland http://www.mol.fi

Studying http://finland.cimo.fi

Finland in general... http://virtual.finland.fi/

...also see this: http://www.infopankki.fi

I know it's a bit of a bore to read through a load of web pages, but then again... you have to go through the hoops

[greengrin]

I'd move there for... living, of course. That includes working, continuing my studies, having social life, growing my future children, have fun etc.

Thanks Sammy

[ojanm]

I'd move there for... - - have fun

I recommend doing that before moving. Or prepare to change your drinking habits.

[greengrin]

we are close to russia too but i am not sure i can compete with the finns (yet). Maybe i should start a training

[girrll]

Hi there!

There are a lot of Romanians in Finland... you'd be surprised how many. If you want to find out more... here's a useful link:

http://www.arofi.org

You can contact the president of the association, she's a very friendly person and I'm sure she'd be happy to help you:

Rodica Moldovan
telefon : 0504098720
email: rodica.moldovan(a)arofi.org

Or you can pm me

What kind of studies/work do you do?

[greengrin]

great! thank you.