Highlights: Finland is processing student residence permit in just 30 days
- Finland issuing student residence permits applications faster than last year, within 30 days.
- Finland received a total number of 9,293 applications for residence permits by the end of July 2024.
- A total of 8,159 applications were processed, of which 96 percent of the students were granted a residency permit.
- Students from Bangladesh, Nepal, China, India, and Sri Lanka have filed the largest number of residence permit applications.
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Finland issues student residence permits
Finland has recently experienced an increase in the number of students who applied for first-time Finland residence permits to study there. Currently, the country processes the application within 30 days. In 2023, the average processing period was a minimum of 38 days.
During this time, 8,159 applications were processed, and around 96 per cent of foreign students were issued residence permits.
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Top five countries to submit the application
As per the Finish Immigration Service report, below are the top five countries from which the country received the maximum number of residence permit applications:
- Bangladesh
- Nepal
- India
- China
- Sri Lanka
Non-EU residents who have secured a study place in their home country and are planning to relocate to Finland are applying for their initial residence permit from that country.
Finland has an automated decision-making system that automatically issues a permit if the student meets all the requirements. Though this system only generates the decision and approves the permits, an officer will conduct the additional processing tasks for the residence permit.
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