Work permit in Finland.

EU Blue Card minimum gross monthly salary: €3,937 a month (from 1 January 2026).

Maahanmuuttovirasto (Migri) (Finnish Immigration Service): Decides residence permits for work, the EU Blue Card and family permits, and weighs the availability of labour itself.

After 6 years on most routes. Applications from 8 January 2026: six years on a continuous (A) permit, two years of work history and Finnish or Swedish at B1. Four years on an A permit suffice with taxable income of at least EUR 40,000 a year, a recognised foreign master's or doctoral degree and two years of work, or C1 language skills and three years of work. A master's, doctoral or university bachelor's degree completed in Finland, with Finnish or Swedish at A2, needs no set number of years.

After 5 years on most routes. Stable and regular resources. Sickness insurance. Integration conditions where national law sets them.

Settio is relocation management and work permit software with a plan for Finland: the main route (Residence permit for an employed person (työntekijän oleskelulupa)), the steps with the Finnish Immigration Service, the documents, the deadlines and the registrations after arrival, with client and employee portals, quotes and milestone invoices. It runs every EU country in the same workspace, and each case shows only Finland's own rules and sources.

Settio builds the step-by-step plan for each person moving to Finland, checks documents before filing, tracks deadlines and gives the person a portal in their own language.