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Residence permit for voluntary work

FinlandCulture, faith and volunteering

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What exact activity, role or purpose qualifies?

The residence permit for voluntary work is for people coming to Finland through a volunteer programme.

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  • Captured route-specific text is available, but the page excerpt does not by itself establish every material qualification for this question.

What organisation, institution, religious body, charity, teacher or host must support the activity?

The applicant volunteers through an organisation’s volunteer programme; approved examples include the European Solidarity Corps, Maailmanvaihto ry – ICYE Finland and AIESEC.

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  • The capture identifies approved programme organisations but does not establish every host-specific condition.

What proves the placement, role, affiliation, experience or cultural/religious/voluntary activity?

Proof consists of details of the organisation arranging the voluntary work and an agreement signed with the organisation describing the voluntary service scheme and its content, and the duration, location and supervision conditions of the work.

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Can the person receive salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement? Can they undertake other work?

The volunteer organisation must provide sufficient financial resources for the stay, which may take the form of accommodation, meals and pocket money; the agreement must document funds covering subsistence and accommodation and a minimum pocket-money sum. The permit gives the right to do voluntary work only, not other work.

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  • https://migri.fi/en/volunteering
    3. The volunteer organisation must offer you sufficient financial resources for the duration of your stay in Finland.
  • https://migri.fi/en/volunteering
    The agreement between you and the organisation responsible for the voluntary service scheme must include evidence that you have sufficient funds for the duration of your voluntary work. Your income may come in the form of accommodation, meals and pocket money, for example.
  • https://migri.fi/en/volunteering
    documentation of funds that cover your subsistence and accommodation costs during your entire stay
  • https://migri.fi/en/volunteering
    documentation of a minimum sum of money paid to you as pocket money during your entire stay
  • https://migri.fi/en/volunteering
    You have the right to do voluntary work. This residence permit does not give you the right to do other work.

How long can they stay, can they change host/activity, can family accompany, and can the status be extended?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the length of stay, change of host, family accompaniment and extension rules.

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  • Not established: the correction failed a second independent check (NAO_SUSTENTA: The citations give the fees '230 € / 430 €' but not their labels; 'online' vs 'paper' comes only from uncited headings ('Electronic application fee' / 'Paper application fee'). The fee is also not asked in r5.)

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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