Finnish Immigration Service introduces automated post-decision monitoring of specialists' residence permits

A residence permit for a specialist can be granted to a person who arrives in Finland to work in expert duties that require special expertise and meets all the permit requirements. Post-decision monitoring will focus on the key requirements for the permit. The Finnish Immigration Service will verify whether the specialist has been paid a salary that meets the income requirement, for example.

“Automation makes the process of issuing a residence permit for a specialist more seamless and enables us to detect misuse more efficiently. Post-decision monitoring gives us information that we can utilise to streamline the processing of the permits,” says Pauliina Helminen, Director of Permit and Citizenship Department.

The Finnish Immigration Service has conducted post-decision monitoring since 2017. Automated post-decision monitoring is already being used to monitor the permits of students and startup entrepreneurs. Expanding the scope of post-decision monitoring to cover work-based residence permits is part of the Government’s action plan against labour exploitation.

Further information for the media

• Press release 28/09/2023: Finnish Immigration Service introduces automatic post-decision monitoring of student residence permits
• Press release 24/04/2024: Finnish Immigration Service introduces automated post-decision monitoring of startup entrepreneurs' permits
• Website: Post-decision monitoring of residence permits