I want to learn Finnish and work part time

quanom · Post by **quanom** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:48 am

Hei,

I live in Turkey and I want to applicate to "Global Information Technology and Management" MSc programme at Turku University next year.

I have one year of free time and I want to learn Finnish language in Finland and work at a part-time job at the same time for recreation. Which prosedure should I follow? Which visa is required to do that?

In Turkey, Finnish courses doesn't exist.

Au-pair visa is the only option? Are there full time language studies which grants student visa?

Kiitos.

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rinso · Post by **rinso** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:06 am

Au-pair visa is the only option?

To stay for a year, probably yes.
Otherwise you'll fall in the 3 months/6 months visa system.
And as an Au pair you might learn Finnish more easily.

Are there full time language studies which grants student visa?

I don't think so.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:19 am

quanom wrote: Are there full time language studies which grants student visa?

They would have to be for a professional degree. There are of course those, a few of them even for non-native speakers, but none for anybody even near "beginner" status.

quanom · Post by **quanom** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:42 am

Thank you very much for posts.

I wish that I could work part-time during Finnish language courses.

"Working" is the issue here.

Although I have an industrious personality, Au-pair jobs are hard to get because I have not even a single reference and well, women are favorable here.

Mölkky-Fan · Post by **Mölkky-Fan** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:48 am

"I want to learn Finnish and work part time"

I see two little problems here - learning Finnish in a year and getting a part time job - the rest should be fine

Myrica · Post by **Myrica** » Tue May 03, 2011 9:17 pm

quanom wrote:Hei,

I live in Turkey and I want to applicate to "Global Information Technology and Management" MSc programme at Turku University next year.

I have one year of free time and I want to learn Finnish language in Finland and work at a part-time job at the same time for recreation. Which prosedure should I follow? Which visa is required to do that?

In Turkey, Finnish courses doesn't exist.

Au-pair visa is the only option? Are there full time language studies which grants student visa?

Kiitos.

you cant get long term visa based on *language course*,sorry.
during master's,you can also take finnish courses.

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