integration programm

[vincebel]

I now see from your next post that it might be possible to just bring it to them in English. Thank you. I appreciate that.

no the told me to bring a finnish version. to make more money i guess. cost about 100 euros

[blaugrau]

I'm not entirely sure how it is with the unemployment office, I just know that the maistraatti would have accepted an English translation of my birth certificate, and the university was fine with English diplomas/translations.

But I guess it's not so easy to generalize this.

(In any case, I don't see how the unemployment office is earning by wanting translations.)

[vincebel]

(In any case, I don't see how the unemployment office is earning by wanting translations.)

i just said that payimg 100 euros to translate an european diploma is !"#¤% and more money for the finish government

[blaugrau]

Yes I understand your dissatisfaction about this. However, in my experience it's the private translators that charge 100 Euro for a A4 page, whereas the translation centres of the local governments charge 66 Euro. In some earlier post I gave you the details of the translation centre of the Vaasa region -- ok, not really around the corner of where you live, but you could call them and ask if it's possible to let them translate the document. On the other hand, if you have a job from January that pays enough, I guess it's not really necessary that you go through the whole procedure with the unemployment office, since they wouldn't pay you anything before Feb/March anyway?

[vincebel]

yeah i sent my diploma two weeks ago in vaasa and still no news. but you re right. if i have this job it doesnt matter anymore.
but in case this dpiloma helps em to find a proper job its still good

[Hank W.]

i just said that payimg 100 euros to translate an european diploma is !"#¤% and more money for the finish government

So then when you move to Belgium they will accept your wifes "European diplomas" in Finnish?

[vincebel]

my diploma is in english and in french

[nidhal]

hi all. maybe this topic has been discussed or explained already but i would like to know what is exactly the integration program in the unemployment agency.

Do they give you finnish lessons?
They help you finding a job?
They pay your holidays in Cancun?

thanks even if I know the answer for the last one

Vince

i sign my self for this integration which start on 02.01.2008, i tell u : u get by day 31e for 20 days in month it means 620 euro, u get this money even ur wife get so much money it doesnt effect at all , this course has 7 hours /day for 5 days in week, its intensiv finnish language plus computer , i think its better than u learn finnish at home , i tried tht before but it didnt work!!! and here i believe tht u should learn finnish before looking for a work because they will ask u about ur finnish skills!!!wish to u good luck!

[suominizator]

the 'integration program'.. hu humm, I was part of it during a year in finland, it's a help, yes, but in maistraati, kela, police, tyokkari, etc they always try to get you away and delay the things, to make you think it's easier to get a job and make forget about it, I remember in malmi the officer named Antoni Rodionov told me I didn't need to learn finnish, and that he had friends working in restaurants happily without finnish, then in tyovoimatoimisto Ms. Mariana Elsayed tried to delay the whole thing by making mistakes all in a row, and finally delayed the cash flow for over a month an a half.. and in kela or maistraati they never know sh*t, "you have to weit for thi disition" it's all they can say.
remember you can't have any work history in finland before you apply.
good luck bro.