{"id":43,"date":"2017-03-21T17:07:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T08:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dxlontheroad.com\/?p=43"},"modified":"2017-05-23T00:46:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T15:46:13","slug":"finnish-residence-permit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxlontheroad.com\/english\/2017\/03\/21\/finnish-residence-permit\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnish residence permit &#8211; apply from Paris, France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Wednesday, we went to the Finnish Embassy in Paris for the residence permit interview. \u00a0Basically, we brought with us all the original documents, copies of which have been uploaded to the online application system. \u00a0Finger prints were taken there\u00a0as well. \u00a0 And, that&#8217;s all.<\/p>\n<p>For my husband, who will work in Finland as a post-doc researcher, the required documents are quite simple: the invitation letter from Finland, and the sejour in France (since we are applying in France). \u00a0For me, a housewife, additional documents are needed: the marriage certificate or the family book (translated and legalized), and a form (something like a survey of our current situation and our past) signed by my husband.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday (Monday), we received emails saying that the decisions were ready. \u00a0 SO FAST! \u00a0We thought it would take one month or two. \u00a0 Based on their website, the longest wait is nine months! \u00a0 After logging into the online application system, I saw our residence permits were granted. \u00a0 Now we just need to wait for two to three weeks for the actual cards. \u00a0We are going to Finland for sure!!!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_377\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-377\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-377\" src=\"https:\/\/dxlontheroad.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/04\/Welcome-to-Finland-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"Welcome to Finland\" width=\"525\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxlontheroad.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/04\/Welcome-to-Finland-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dxlontheroad.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/04\/Welcome-to-Finland-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dxlontheroad.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/04\/Welcome-to-Finland-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Welcome to Finland, from Embassy of Finland in Paris, France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>***Update***<\/p>\n<p>4\u00a0days after the decision: \u00a0the cards are on their way!<\/p>\n<p>6 days after the decision: \u00a0the cards are in our hands!<\/p>\n<p>From application to receiving the cards: only 11 days!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>X<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Wednesday, we went to the Finnish Embassy in Paris for the residence permit interview. \u00a0Basically, we brought with us all the original documents, copies of which have been uploaded to the online application system. \u00a0Finger prints were taken there\u00a0as well. \u00a0 And, that&#8217;s all. For my husband, who will work in Finland as a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dxlontheroad.com\/english\/2017\/03\/21\/finnish-residence-permit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Finnish residence permit &#8211; apply from Paris, France&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[40],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxlontheroad.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxlontheroad.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxlontheroad.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxlontheroad.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxlontheroad.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/dxlontheroad.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":442,"href":"https:\/\/dxlontheroad.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions\/442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxlontheroad.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxlontheroad.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxlontheroad.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}