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Thank you very much inkku, I am genuinely thankful and appreciative for all the useful links you shared, and I would be grateful for any more suggestions too.

I would like to politely repeat that Finnish language is not an option at all. I tried suggesting that before, But, It is not in my hand, that's why I am hoping to hear any possible alternatives, Please!

Due to very complicated matters I cannot put him in a Finnish kindergarten.

According to the official stats there are 288400 Swedish speakers in Finland, assuming that only 1% of that number lives in the capital region which is about several thousands persons. Don't these nearly 3000 persons have ...

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Just sending this post to resurrect the topic. As I wrote, I really, really, really need this. I have a kid who only speaks Swedish and little bit of English and I am seriously struggling so bad to find any activities to engage him in. All swimming lessons are in Finnish, All hokey/skiing ...

Hi All,

Just sending this post to resurrect the topic. As I wrote, I really, really, really need this. I have a kid who only speaks Swedish and little bit of English and I am seriously struggling so bad to find any activities to engage him in. All swimming lessons are in Finnish, All hokey/skiing ...

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For someone who is planning to apply for the Finnish citizenship, Is it useful that the person additionally provides an official (Translated and notarized) non-criminal certificate from his/her original homeland?

It is kinda a clearance and evidence of no criminal record. Such document ...

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I sent our passports and other important documents to be renewed as Express Letter via Posti to another EU country (Germany), and the tracking status is stuck since 1 May as "The consignment has left the border point", Processed by: FIHELA. I contacted Posti and they claim that the item ...

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I have a question about a certain situation, and I would greatly appreciate your inputs if you know about any laws related to this.

Assuming an employee e.g. (IT specialist) works for a company-A which is planning to outsource its IT services to a big IT consulting company e.g ...

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Could you please help me out? Do you know any playgrounds, parks, or any institutes in the capital region that has Swedish speaking activities for young kids (3 - 7 years old)? Any place where kids can play and socialize together.

Please, Let me know - I really need this!

This is just strange, and I would expect from the daycare staff to notify us about that having communicated to them before and obviously my intention was about the fees.

Well, As usual nothing can be done...

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My child is in a daycare, and back in June, I informed the day care that we are travelling during summer and thus our child will come and attend the daycare starting mid-August onward.

We were under the impression that we will pay half of August's fees, But, I was told that I must pay ...

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I need to teach someone some classes and we need quiet area to be able to explain and focus.

Any quiet locations in Helsinki city center? I don’t the area that much and I would be thankful for any suggestions!

Sorry if my question was not clear. The main issue is with the "The already paid holiday bonus" !

The company paid first half of the holiday bonus along with June salary on (15.06.2018) e.g. 1000€, then, the company paid the second half of the holiday bonus along with August salary on (15.08.2018 ...

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I have a question about the Lomaraha and I would appreciate your inputs!

Assume that a person has been working full-time for e.g. Company-A for a few years already, and for this year 2018 has his standard (Lomaoikeus: 30 days) annual holidays. Company-A has already paid the first part of ...

Thank you all very much for your clarifications - Very useful & helpful !

What about the (Saldo)? How this will be handled when the employee leaves?
Saldo is the amount of work e.g. (Extra hours) that you do in addition to the standard hours e.g. 37.5 hrs/week, and this is NOT an overtime ...