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The Finnish Immigration Service provides services related to residence in Finland and Finnish citizenship The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) is responsible for the granting of residence permits, residence rights and citizenships to people who...https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/migri-services
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Information for those who work in customer service People working in customer service meet immigrants in person, online or by phone. The time they can spend with a customer is often short. They can use interpretation services, plain language and v...https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/information-for-customer-service
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InfoFinland supports multi-lingual communications and services InfoFinland is a multi-lingual website providing important information in one place for those planning to migrate to Finland or already living here. The website also serves the authori...https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/infofinland-online-service
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18.6.2026 | The guideline on the representation of unaccompanied children in Finland has been updated and published on kotoutuminen.fi. The update applies to the Finnish version of the publication. The Swedish version will be published later after the translation is completed.https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/-/updated-guideline-for-representatives-published-in-finnish
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About the integration.fi service The new version of the kotoutuminen.fi/integration.fi online service was deployed in September 2021. Service content The website’s address is integration.fi (kotoutuminen.fi in Finnish). The web editorial staff of ...https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/about-the-website
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An integration programme is a service package for the early stages of integration organised by municipalities. The objective of the services included in an integration programme is to promote the immigrant’s integration, employment or entrepreneurship, skills and working life competencies.https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/integration-programme
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Other Finnish authorities include Kela, The Finnish Immigration Service, Police and many other authorities.https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/other-authorities
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The Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration has compiled information on the situation in Ukraine and those fleeing from Ukraine on this website. The materials have been produced by the Government and other authorities, and in part by municipalities and organisations.https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/russian-attack-on-ukraine
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Distribution instructions for the statutory bodies Statutory bodies – the Finnish Immigration Service, the Digital and Population Data Services Agency and Finnish missions abroad – can order the InfoFinland promotional card for distribution as a d...https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/distribution-instructions-for-the-statutory-bodies
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The conditions and practices for moving to Finland vary depending on whether a person moves to Finland from an EU country or outside the EU and whether they move here to study or short-term seasonal work, for example. This page includes examples of the most typical situations.https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/moving-to-finland
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Services provided by other authorities also promote integration The services provided by many other authorities also promote integration in Finland, and immigrants who have a municipality of residence and have been granted a residence permit can r...https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/services-provided-by-other-authorities
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The agreements made on municipal placements help refugees to have a managed transition to municipalities and a smoother start to integration.https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/municipal-placements-and-allocation-to-municipalities
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Contact information Kotoutuminen.fi online service is intended for persons who work on promoting integration and refugee reception and encounter immigrants in their work. The service is maintained by the KEHA Centre. The KEHA Centre supports perso...https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/contact-information
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Legislation steers the promotion of integration The promotion of integration is steered by legislation. It is connected to, among other things, government and municipal programmes for the promotion of integration, to the promotion of integration a...https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/principles-of-integration-work
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Services provided by several different authorities promote the integration of immigrants The Act on the promotion of immigrant integration was amended on 1.1.2025. Unfortunately, this website has not yet been updated to comply with the new integra...https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/services-by-authorities
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Some refugees need resettlement because they have left their region of residence or their home country for another country or region where they are unable to stay.https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/quota-refugees
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The purpose of the Aliens Act is to implement and promote good governance and legal protection in aliens matters.https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/aliens-act
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Several acts guide immigrant integration The legislation relevant to immigration and promoting integration and the work to develop this legislation are based on objectives set by the Finnish government, European Union (EU) legislation and internat...https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/legislation
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Reaching immigrants outside the labour force with municipal integration services Why should immigrants outside the labour force be targeted for services? This online resource offers a collection of operating methods for reaching those outside the ...https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/koto24-reaching-immigrants-with-integrations-services
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Refugees flee persecution and conflict According to the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, there were more than 120 million people in the world in May 2024 who had had to flee from persecution and conflict. According to the UNHCR, a significant proportion o...https://kotoutuminen.fi/en/refugees