But only for a year!

[Limbo]

Hello, I am new to the forum and stumbled accross this great site only yesterday.

I will be moving to Finland next year from england with my finnish girlfriend and will stay for around a year or for however long it takes.

I am english and have never moved abroard. I have read a lot on this web site about americans or candians having to apply for a residency permit. Does the same thing apply to me or can i just move in and look for a job because thats basically all my girlfriend did when she moved to the UK. All she had to do is get a national insurance number.

Cheers people. Do any of you people meet up in Finland and what sort of english speaking jobs do you have.

[Andrew_S]

As an EU citizen you do not need a work permit. However, you do need a residence permit and are obliged to register on the population register. You should register within the first week of your arrival.

To get exact, official details I'd recommend you telephone the Finnish embassy in London.

[Limbo]

Thank you very much Andrew.

[karen]

will stay for around a year or for however long it takes.

However long it takes to do what? Just curious what your short-term goal is in Finland.

[Limbo]

Ha ha, should i say for as long as i can take it!!

My girlfriend moved to england for me and i promised that i would move to finland one day.

We are ready to make the move and we are just going to see how life goes there.

If we are not happy living in Finland then we will move somewhere else.

But i feel we should stay there there for at least a year to adjust.

The only thing that worries me is the language barrier. I know most people speak english as i have been to finland many times. But as most people would agree its a pain not understanding what goes on around you.

Someone will probably reply 'well learn the language' but as most people know its not that simply and it wouls take more than a year to master it.

[Hank W.]

Depends if you want to immerse, ore you are one of those expat types with "one foot on the platform, the other foot on the train".

yes, stuff is different. However, depending on your attitude if stuff in Finland is normal/standard and stuff back home is the weird/different

[Rosamunda]

and what sort of english speaking jobs do you have.

....teach English

[simon]

Also go to the dole office and get yourself something like a E0.. form so that you can claim dole over here.

[Limbo]

Ha ha, Simon you have the right idea!!!!!!!!! Sounds good to me.


And penelope I dont think my english is good enough to pass on to others. My girlfriends english is so much better than mine i must admit.

I do have a few things lined up for when we move.

I am very much into classic and custom cars. And as most who know will have noticed the huge amount of american cars live in Finland, so that is ideal for me.

I am qualified vehicle restorer, so hopefully i can involve myself it that.

[littlefrank]

>>>I have read a lot on this web site about americans or candians having to apply for a residency permit<<<

You don't need to apply for a residency permit, when I got off the boat the first time, no one checked my passport etc, it's changed a bit now though, but your passport is not stamped so you can stay has a non person as long as you like, but if you want work you will need a residency permit and you will have to prove you can support yourself financially or bring the right forms for claiming dole for three months.

>>>'well learn the language' but as most people know its not that simply and it wouls take more than a year to master it.<<<

If you're no good at languages, like me, then think longer term. But then another person I knew, picked up the basics in three months, clever bastard.

>>>And as most who know will have noticed the huge amount of american cars live in Finland, so that is ideal for me. <<<

So learn to dress like this.

http://www.nervous.co.uk/png/fcd3056.png

[Xochiquetzal]

I am very much into classic and custom cars. And as most who know will have noticed the huge amount of american cars live in Finland, so that is ideal for me.

I am qualified vehicle restorer, so hopefully i can involve myself it that.

Hrm. If you consider a 1978 Ford Ranchero to be a 'classic' American car, then sure, you can find them here. But the real American classics, the muscle cars, are few and far between. Fewer still, any American car predating 1970.

Case in point, the neighbor up the street has a 1972 Dodge Duster of which he is so proud and that he considers to be a classic American muscle car. So I walk up and talk to him one day (yay, he speaks English) and ask what he has under the hood (onto which he welded a very tacky air scoop, I might add). He says 318 CID and I try not to roll my eyes. So he pops up the hood and sure enough, there's your standard 318 with the standard single throat downdrift carb. Yeah. But atleast the poor thing was stock and all the numbers matched, though I did bite my lip to prevent from asking him why that single throated carb needed all that fresh air. So that was my disappointing entry into the Finnish version of "American classic cars."

I have never seen an authentic muscle or previous era car here yet. I did see a kit replica cobra once Summer but don't really count a 4 year old car as a 'classic'. There is an auto seller down the street that is called the 'Sports Car Center" but their showroom is full of sedans and volvo stationwagons (yeah).

Anyhoo, I had the choice of bringing my muscle cars here and chose not to for obvious considerations: no place to store in Winter and no junkyards with parts. So I sold off the 70 442 Holiday Coupe and the 1969 convertible GTO and bought a Camry (sigh). I miss my monsters.

So anyway, if you want to be in that business, I recommend joining the Finnish Hot Rod Association and perhaps also attending the American Car Show. http://www.fhra.fi/fin/index.php?page_id=113 . I would have joined myself but seeing the janky Duster tauted as an American classic just sort of killed my enthusiasm. Perhaps you could get some good contacts there. And if you have a REAL American Classic, look me up.

[Hank W.]

He says 318 CID and I try not to roll my eyes. So he pops up the hood and sure enough, there's your standard 318 with the standard single throat downdrift carb.

He had an *original* ***V8*** in it... that *is* a *muscle* car... pop a hood of any other Duster and there's a straight six... and what everyone else drove in 1972 wasn't even close.

Do you have any idea what... how much... ...never mind.

[agn71]

Classic American car and muscle cars are two totally different things. Ok - muscle car can be also classic American car, but that's it. There are plenty of other classic cars and which are much more interesting that muscle machines.

[Limbo]

Ha Ha this is great.

I love to here peoples opinions on this subject. That is one reason I love cars is because the variation is so great that there is always a taste to suit everyone.

I am more into american cars from the 1930's to 1960's. But do still get excited by the stuff from the 70's. How can you not like overpowered cars that cant go around corners unless sideways!!!!!!!!!!

I am also very much into VW beetles and am in the process of restoring my 1954 oval. I am already a member of the 'volkkari' Vw club in finland.

[Hank W.]

I've got a 67 cal-looker ina a bit of a "project" state... + the doppel.