Perm. Resident Wants to Marry and bring in a non EU spouse

hychamaz · Post by **hychamaz** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:13 pm

Hello everyone, I have searched the boards for an answer and I am still lost. I have lived here for 6 years and am a permanent resident here. I am currently unemployed (searching like crazy for a job) but I am a full time dad to a 4 and 5 year old that live with me.
I have reconnected with my college sweetheart and we want to get married. I have no idea how this will work as I am a permanent resident with 2 kids here and she is non EU. I could fly to America (or here if thats possible) and she would wait in America (if thats the protocol) for everything to go through....
How hard is it for a Permanent Resident to bring someone to Finland after they are married in the US. What would all of this involve. Thank you all.

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betelgeuse · Post by **betelgeuse** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:41 pm

Search around the migri site. Your biggest obstacle is probably the income requirement:

http://www.migri.fi/moving_to_finland_t ... equirement

If your wife has income it won't be a problem. Since you have lived here for 6 years, can you get citizenship? That will make the income limits go away and the whole affair just a matter of paper work.

rinso · Post by **rinso** » Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:55 am

betelgeuse wrote: can you get citizenship? That will make the income limits go away and the whole affair just a matter of paper work.

But the paperwork can take a long time and during that time bringing your sweetheart to Finland (longer than 3 months) is not an option.

hychamaz · Post by **hychamaz** » Wed Nov 27, 2013 3:40 pm

Thank you for your help everyone! I appreciate that.

Kaarina91 · Post by **Kaarina91** » Fri Nov 29, 2013 11:35 am

I was in the same situation, but i was the wife that was coming to Finland. My husband is a resident of Finland, and i am an American. My husband didn't have a job, but he did have monthly income. I waited 6 months here in Finland to get my residents permit approved and it was denied because of insufficient funds. Than we hired a lawyer, and i waited 11 months to get my visa approved. During that time my husband went back to his previous job. We got married here in Finland. I dont think it will make a difference if you get married here or in america as long as the documents are legit. Because you have children i think the income requirement would be much higher for you than without children.

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