NZ to Finland

Finzealand · Post by **Finzealand** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:09 am

Hello I’m an 18 male from New Zealand.
I have fallen in love with a Finnish girl who will one day marry.
I will be heading over to Helsinki Finland in December 2008.
Only being 18 I have very little experience or qualifications so am unsure how I am going to survive in Finland.
Finnish is a hard language to learn but have started trying to learn as fast as I can.
At this point I can only stay for three months because I am unsure if I am going to study or work and so unsure what permit I would need.

This site has been very beneficial to me so thank you .

If anyone can help me with any information it would be much appreciated
Thank you

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herz · Post by **herz** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:09 am

Finzealand wrote: I have fallen in love with a Finnish girl [...]

Only being 18 I have very little experience or qualifications [...]

Finnish is a hard language to learn but have started [...]

I am unsure if I am going to study or work [...]

Hi Finzealand! Welcome to sunny Finland!!

Hank, mCowboy, anybody?

mCowboy · Post by **mCowboy** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:45 am

You choose the action, you choose the consequence

interleukin · Post by **interleukin** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:04 am

I am unsure if I am going to study or work and so unsure what permit I would need.

To get a long-term visa for Finland you will need to either be married to a Finnish citizen (or able to prove two or more years of relationship), to have a job in Finland (not very easy to fix from outside Finland and without knowing the language), or get accepted as a student at a Finnish university.

No one can decide these things for you, but it seems to me that your only option, and best option, would be to come here as a student. If you are happy in Finland, you put all effort on learning Finnish and networking. This may lead to a job, and that would hopefully allow you to stay on.

There are no school fees atm in Finland, but you have to have money to eat& pay rent, and you are very naive if you think you can get any kind of part-time job to finance your food/rent as a student. At least at the start of your studies.

During your three months here, think carefully about your options, and see if you think you will be happy in Finland.

Hope all this helps,
good luck!

/interleukin

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:18 am

Finezealand what have you been up to?

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:27 am

interleukin wrote:but it seems to me that your only option, and best option,

Aussies and Kiwis are on with a reciprocal agreement for a Working Holiday Visa... now nowhere is said one ne succeeds actually finding a job.... but... one can get one to the UK and find a job if decides to apply for a nowheremäki prestigious international business polytechnic

Cod · Post by **Cod** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:20 pm

Whats so great about her?

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:33 pm

She is like ze fallen madonna wiz ze big boobiez?

Finzealand · Post by **Finzealand** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:59 am

thanx and have been looking towards the studying side of things.
No my fin is still in new zealand and cant explain it shes just amazing.

Any students out there whats kinda enough money to live on for a year when studying

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:23 pm

You need to show you have 6000 euros to get the residence permit for a year. I guess thats "minimum survival".

odon · Post by **odon** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:45 pm

i just want to give you my experience

when i was 18 i was so much in love with this girl, i thought i will literally climb the himalayas to marry her...she was from nepal, then i thought i will convert to buddism to please her parents......now 3 score years, i sit and laugh at the first magical moments of first love......reality check happens somewhere down the line, when she finds a more charming guy, when you go head over heels on the next blond or brunette.......

Now i just take the pill

so i do not fall into these pits.......of love or infatuation....

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:35 pm

So you saying

odon wrote:reality check happens somewhere down the line, when she finds a more charming guy, when you go head over heels on the next blond or brunette.......

this sentence is missing

Finzealand wrote: I have fallen in love with a Finnish girl who will one day marry.

someone else

Cod · Post by **Cod** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:43 pm

Only being 18 I have very little experience or qualifications so am unsure how I am going to survive in Finland

..ok, so you've got nothing to lose, at worst it could be a learning experience.

Here's some ideas. Read Richard Branson's biography. Learn some Finnish. Listen to BBC Business daily podcaste for more ideas. Save up around 10k euro to put down on a start-up. Be prepared to lose it all.

And don't pack up your room back home in case you need it again.

If Maui can fish up an island and live on it, then maybe a bit of his lucky blood runs in your veins.

Finzealand · Post by **Finzealand** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:29 am

Thank you all for your help.

Does anyone no which universities have a business degree in English and what universities have degrees in English.

i ask this because i may be starting next august

any help or info would be awesome

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:50 am

Read the stickies in the "studying" section. You need to have a bachelors degree or its a polytechnic then. Or HSE or SHH...

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