Two Salary Floors, and Neither Number Is in the Aliens Act: 1,134 Euros Borrowed From the Unemployment Act and 1,600 From a Decree
Answer
The general rule applies to you
No exception is recorded for citizens of Trinidad and Tobago on this topic. That is the answer, not a gap - everything below is the rule you get, unchanged.
147 exceptions recorded across 54 countries · none match Trinidad and Tobago to Finland · Residency through work
Every work-based permit must clear section 71(1)(3): the pay must be at least the euro amount laid down in chapter 5, section 4(2) of the Unemployment Security Act, which is 1,134 euros a month. That is a cross-reference into a statute about something else entirely - how much a month of work has to pay before it counts towards unemployment benefit - and the figure it lands on is the only one in that subsection. On top of it, the ordinary employee permit under section 72 carries a second floor set by government decree, which Decree 860/2024 fixes at 1,600 euros a month gross. The specialist permit under section 73 escapes both: it asks instead for at least the average gross wage of a wage earner, a figure the Act does not state and does not say who publishes. Labour market testing applies only to the section 72 permit, and falls away on a renewal in the same occupation or after nine months' work. Every application in the chapter carries a two-month decision deadline written into section 84.
At a glance
- Salary floor for any work-based permit
- 1,134 euros a month
Section 71(1)(3) of the Aliens Act points at chapter 5, section 4(2) of the Unemployment Security Act (1290/2002), which sets that amount for full-time work where the sector has no collective agreement.
- Extra floor for the employee permit
- 1,600 euros a month gross
Section 1 of Government Decree 860/2024, made under section 72(4) of the Aliens Act and in force from 1 January 2025.
- Is the 1,134 indexed
- No - only the amounts in subsection 1 of the same section are
Chapter 14, section 1 b of the Unemployment Security Act indexes the amounts in chapter 5, section 4(1) and says they are at 2023 level. Subsection 2 is not mentioned.
- Specialist permit salary
- At least the average gross wage of a wage earner
Section 73(1) of the Aliens Act. The Act gives no figure, names no publisher of one and sets no date on which it is measured.
- Labour market test
- Only for the employee permit under section 72
Sections 73(2), 74(4) and 75(3) each disapply sections 72 and 72 b to their own permit.
- When the labour market test falls away
- On a renewal in the same occupation, or after nine months' work on the permit
Section 72(2) of the Aliens Act.
- Decision deadline
- Two months from a properly completed application
Section 84(1). The clock starts when the applicant gives biometrics in person and the applicant and employer have met their section 71 obligations.
- First permit length
- One year as a rule; two years for a specialist, for upper or middle management, or for a growth entrepreneur
Sections 53(1) and 53(10) of the Aliens Act. Section 53(10) names sections 73, 74(1)(4) and 80.
Requirements
- An employer who has met and can meet its obligations, with terms matching the applicable collective agreement
- Pay of at least the amount in chapter 5, section 4(2) of the Unemployment Security Act - 1,134 euros a month
- For the employee permit under section 72, gross pay of at least 1,600 euros a month and a labour availability assessment
- For the specialist permit under section 73, specialist duties and pay of at least the average gross wage of a wage earner
- The information duties of the worker (section 71 a) and the employer (section 71 b)
In detail
A number that lives in the wrong Act
Chapter 5, section 4 of the Unemployment Security Act is about the employment condition for unemployment benefit: how much a calendar month of work has to pay before the month counts. Subsection 1 sets 930 euros for that purpose, and chapter 14, section 1 b indexes it annually and records that it is at 2023 level. Subsection 2 then adds a fallback for sectors with no collective agreement - 1,134 euros a month for full-time work - and that is the subsection the Aliens Act borrows. The indexation clause names subsection 1 and not subsection 2, so the figure that governs whether a foreign worker may live in Finland is a 2023 figure that nothing adjusts, sitting one paragraph below a figure that is adjusted every January.
Three thresholds, three mechanisms
Finland now runs the general floor at 1,134 euros from a statute about unemployment benefit, the employee-permit floor at 1,600 euros from a government decree, and the specialist floor at an average wage that no instrument quantifies. Sweden puts its figure inside the Aliens Act itself - ninety per cent of the median wage, with a shorter list allowed seventy-five - and Denmark names two kroner amounts for two named routes. Finland is the only one of the three where a reader who opens the Aliens Act learns none of the numbers that decide the answer.
What the 2025 amendments moved
Act 582/2025 replaced the regional labour-market guidance with a decision of the elinvoimakeskus for its own area (section 72 b) and added a nationwide list of shortage occupations, defined by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment from employment and vacancy statistics and then enacted by government decree (section 72 c). Neither the regional decisions nor the shortage-occupation decree was read for this record, so what either of them currently says is not stated here.
Country-level policy
Finland does not ask what permit you hold when it decides what you are entitled to. It asks whether you have a kotikunta - a municipality of residence determined under the Municipality of Residence Act (201/1994) - and that question has its own statute, its own criteria and its own answer. The health duty runs through it: a wellbeing services county owes care to its residents, and a resident is someone whose kotikunta lies in its area. The driving licence clocks in sections 60 and 61 of the Driving Licences Act run from the entry in the population register that a kotikunta produces. Residence-based social security under Act 16/2019 points at section 4 of the same Act for anyone arriving from outside the EU. Section 4 opens the gate to a Finnish citizen, to a holder of a continuous or permanent permit, to a registered Union, EEA or Swiss citizen, to a family member of someone who already has one - and to a holder of a temporary permit of at least a year who also intends to settle, which is where the evidence list in section 4(2) does its work. One year abroad closes it again under section 5(1), unless the ties here remain closer.
A reader who opens the Finnish Aliens Act looking for the money will not find it. The general salary floor for a work-based permit is a cross-reference into chapter 5, section 4(2) of the Unemployment Security Act, a provision about how much a month of work must pay before it counts towards unemployment benefit; the amount there is 1,134 euros and the indexation clause two hundred sections later adjusts the subsection above it and not that one. The employee permit's extra floor is set by government decree and the decree, 860/2024, is two sections long and says 1,600 euros. The specialist permit asks for the average gross wage of a wage earner and names no figure and no publisher. The new four-year route to permanent residence asks for 40,000 euros of income in the last completed taxation, adjusted each January by the wage coefficient in section 96 of the Employees Pensions Act and expressed at 2026 level. Four thresholds, four mechanisms, and the only one a reader can look up inside the immigration statute is the one with no number in it.
What applies to you
Nothing changes for a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago
We have no rule recorded that treats your citizenship differently here, so the general rule above is the one that applies to you. That is an answer, not a gap.
What the law says
«ulkomaalaisen toimeentulo on turvattu ansiotyöstä saatavalla tulolla oleskeluluvan voimassaolon ajan siten, että palkka on vähintään työttömyysturvalain (1290/2002) 5 luvun 4 §:n 2 momentissa säädetyn euromäärän suuruinen ja työehtosopimuksen mukainen tai, jos alalla ei ole työehtosopimusta, palkka vastaa vähintään mainitussa momentissa säädettyä euromäärää ja samankaltaisista tehtävistä maksettavaa palkkaa;»Our translation - not official
the foreigner's livelihood is secured by income from employment for the period of validity of the residence permit, so that the pay is at least equal to the euro amount laid down in chapter 5, section 4(2) of the Unemployment Security Act (1290/2002) and in accordance with the collective agreement or, if the sector has no collective agreement, the pay corresponds at least to the euro amount laid down in that subsection and to the pay paid for similar duties;
The general floor, stated as a pointer into another statute instead of as a number.
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Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The English translations are not the instrument and must never be quoted as one - they are produced by ministries, carry their own amendment cut-offs separate from the Finnish text's, and several are years behind it. The consolidated text is the right thing to quote for what the law is now, but it prints provisions that are not yet in force alongside those that are, each marked with its own commencement date: the Nationality Act consolidation of 16 June 2026 carries the 2027 citizenship-exam wording of section 13 directly beneath the wording in force. A reader who takes the first paragraph they see has a one-in-two chance of reading next year's law. The consolidation also lags the statute series, and each statute's page lists the government bills pending on it; those bills are not law and must not be cited as if they were. The original statute as enacted is a different document at a different address under /lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/ and does not carry amendments.
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«Palkan on oltava työehtosopimuksen mukainen. Jos alalla ei ole työehtosopimusta, kokoaikatyön palkan on oltava vähintään 1 134 euroa kuukaudessa.»Our translation - not official
The pay must be in accordance with the collective agreement. If the sector has no collective agreement, the pay for full-time work must be at least 1,134 euros a month.
The amount section 71 points at. Note what the subsection is actually about: how much a month of work must pay before it counts towards the employment condition for unemployment benefit.
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Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The English translations are not the instrument and must never be quoted as one - they are produced by ministries, carry their own amendment cut-offs separate from the Finnish text's, and several are years behind it. The consolidated text is the right thing to quote for what the law is now, but it prints provisions that are not yet in force alongside those that are, each marked with its own commencement date: the Nationality Act consolidation of 16 June 2026 carries the 2027 citizenship-exam wording of section 13 directly beneath the wording in force. A reader who takes the first paragraph they see has a one-in-two chance of reading next year's law. The consolidation also lags the statute series, and each statute's page lists the government bills pending on it; those bills are not law and must not be cited as if they were. The original statute as enacted is a different document at a different address under /lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/ and does not carry amendments.
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«Edellä 5 luvun 4 §:n 1 momentissa mainittuja määriä tarkistetaan vuosittain tammikuun alusta lukien kansaneläkeindeksistä annetussa laissa tarkoitetulla kansaneläkeindeksillä. Edellä 1 momentissa tarkoitetut määrät ovat vuoden 2023 tasossa. Määriä tarkistettaessa ne pyöristetään lähimpään euroon.»Our translation - not official
The amounts referred to in chapter 5, section 4(1) are adjusted annually from the beginning of January by the national pensions index referred to in the Act on the National Pensions Index. The amounts referred to in subsection 1 are at 2023 level. When adjusted they are rounded to the nearest euro.
Subsection 1 is indexed. Subsection 2, which carries the figure the Aliens Act uses, is not named here at all.
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Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The English translations are not the instrument and must never be quoted as one - they are produced by ministries, carry their own amendment cut-offs separate from the Finnish text's, and several are years behind it. The consolidated text is the right thing to quote for what the law is now, but it prints provisions that are not yet in force alongside those that are, each marked with its own commencement date: the Nationality Act consolidation of 16 June 2026 carries the 2027 citizenship-exam wording of section 13 directly beneath the wording in force. A reader who takes the first paragraph they see has a one-in-two chance of reading next year's law. The consolidation also lags the statute series, and each statute's page lists the government bills pending on it; those bills are not law and must not be cited as if they were. The original statute as enacted is a different document at a different address under /lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/ and does not carry amendments.
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«Ulkomaalaiselle myönnetään hakemuksesta työntekijän oleskelulupa, jonka myöntämistä ennen tulee: 1) selvittää tarkoitettuun työhön sopivan, työmarkkinoilla käytettävissä olevan työvoiman saatavuus kohtuullisessa ajassa ottaen huomioon 72 b §:n mukaiset linjaukset; 2) huolehtia siitä, että työntekijän oleskeluluvan myöntäminen ei estä 1 kohdassa tarkoitetun henkilön työllistymistä; 3) varmistaa, että ulkomaalaiselle maksettava kuukausittainen bruttopalkka ei luvan voimassaoloaikana alita 4 momentin nojalla säädettyä palkkarajaa.»Our translation - not official
On application, a residence permit for an employed person is granted to a foreigner, and before it is granted it is necessary to: 1) establish the availability within a reasonable time of suitable labour available on the labour market for the work in question, taking into account the guidelines under section 72 b; 2) ensure that granting the residence permit for an employed person does not prevent the employment of a person referred to in point 1; 3) ensure that the monthly gross pay to be paid to the foreigner does not fall below the salary threshold laid down under subsection 4 during the validity of the permit.
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Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The English translations are not the instrument and must never be quoted as one - they are produced by ministries, carry their own amendment cut-offs separate from the Finnish text's, and several are years behind it. The consolidated text is the right thing to quote for what the law is now, but it prints provisions that are not yet in force alongside those that are, each marked with its own commencement date: the Nationality Act consolidation of 16 June 2026 carries the 2027 citizenship-exam wording of section 13 directly beneath the wording in force. A reader who takes the first paragraph they see has a one-in-two chance of reading next year's law. The consolidation also lags the statute series, and each statute's page lists the government bills pending on it; those bills are not law and must not be cited as if they were. The original statute as enacted is a different document at a different address under /lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/ and does not carry amendments.
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«Edellä 1 momentin 3 kohdassa tarkoitettu palkkaraja on euromääräinen. Palkkaraja tulee asettaa sellaiselle tasolle, että työvoiman maahanmuutto vahvistaa julkista taloutta eikä työvoiman saatavuus vaarannu tarpeettomasti. Huomioon on otettava myös työehtosopimusten mukaiset kokoaikaisen työn vähimmäispalkat. Palkkarajan suuruudesta säädetään valtioneuvoston asetuksella.»Our translation - not official
The salary threshold referred to in subsection 1, point 3 is expressed in euros. The salary threshold must be set at a level at which labour immigration strengthens the public finances and the availability of labour is not unnecessarily jeopardised. The minimum wages for full-time work under collective agreements must also be taken into account. The amount of the salary threshold is laid down by government decree.
The Act sets the criteria for the number and leaves the number itself to the government of the day.
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Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The English translations are not the instrument and must never be quoted as one - they are produced by ministries, carry their own amendment cut-offs separate from the Finnish text's, and several are years behind it. The consolidated text is the right thing to quote for what the law is now, but it prints provisions that are not yet in force alongside those that are, each marked with its own commencement date: the Nationality Act consolidation of 16 June 2026 carries the 2027 citizenship-exam wording of section 13 directly beneath the wording in force. A reader who takes the first paragraph they see has a one-in-two chance of reading next year's law. The consolidation also lags the statute series, and each statute's page lists the government bills pending on it; those bills are not law and must not be cited as if they were. The original statute as enacted is a different document at a different address under /lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/ and does not carry amendments.
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«Työntekijän oleskeluluvan myöntämisen edellytyksenä olevan bruttopalkkarajan suuruus on 1 600 euroa kuukaudessa.»Our translation - not official
The amount of the gross salary threshold that is a condition for granting a residence permit for an employed person is 1,600 euros a month.
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Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The English translations are not the instrument and must never be quoted as one - they are produced by ministries, carry their own amendment cut-offs separate from the Finnish text's, and several are years behind it. The consolidated text is the right thing to quote for what the law is now, but it prints provisions that are not yet in force alongside those that are, each marked with its own commencement date: the Nationality Act consolidation of 16 June 2026 carries the 2027 citizenship-exam wording of section 13 directly beneath the wording in force. A reader who takes the first paragraph they see has a one-in-two chance of reading next year's law. The consolidation also lags the statute series, and each statute's page lists the government bills pending on it; those bills are not law and must not be cited as if they were. The original statute as enacted is a different document at a different address under /lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/ and does not carry amendments.
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«Tämä asetus tulee voimaan 1. päivänä tammikuuta 2025.»Our translation - not official
This Decree enters into force on 1 January 2025.
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Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The English translations are not the instrument and must never be quoted as one - they are produced by ministries, carry their own amendment cut-offs separate from the Finnish text's, and several are years behind it. The consolidated text is the right thing to quote for what the law is now, but it prints provisions that are not yet in force alongside those that are, each marked with its own commencement date: the Nationality Act consolidation of 16 June 2026 carries the 2027 citizenship-exam wording of section 13 directly beneath the wording in force. A reader who takes the first paragraph they see has a one-in-two chance of reading next year's law. The consolidation also lags the statute series, and each statute's page lists the government bills pending on it; those bills are not law and must not be cited as if they were. The original statute as enacted is a different document at a different address under /lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/ and does not carry amendments.
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«Valtioneuvoston päätöksen mukaisesti säädetään ulkomaalaislain (301/2004) 72 §:n 4 momentin nojalla, sellaisena kun se on laissa 695/2024:»Our translation - not official
Pursuant to a decision of the Government, it is laid down under section 72(4) of the Aliens Act (301/2004), as it stands in Act 695/2024:
The enabling words, which name the subsection and the amending Act the power comes from.
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Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The English translations are not the instrument and must never be quoted as one - they are produced by ministries, carry their own amendment cut-offs separate from the Finnish text's, and several are years behind it. The consolidated text is the right thing to quote for what the law is now, but it prints provisions that are not yet in force alongside those that are, each marked with its own commencement date: the Nationality Act consolidation of 16 June 2026 carries the 2027 citizenship-exam wording of section 13 directly beneath the wording in force. A reader who takes the first paragraph they see has a one-in-two chance of reading next year's law. The consolidation also lags the statute series, and each statute's page lists the government bills pending on it; those bills are not law and must not be cited as if they were. The original statute as enacted is a different document at a different address under /lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/ and does not carry amendments.
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«Jos jatkolupahakemus koskee samaa ammattialaa kuin hakemusta jätettäessä voimassa oleva työntekijän oleskelulupa tai jos se ei koske samaa ammattialaa ja ulkomaalainen on työskennellyt työntekijän oleskeluluvan nojalla vähintään yhdeksän kuukauden ajan, 1 momentin 1 ja 2 kohtaa ei sovelleta.»Our translation - not official
If an application for an extended permit concerns the same occupational field as the residence permit for an employed person in force when the application is lodged, or if it does not concern the same occupational field and the foreigner has worked under a residence permit for an employed person for at least nine months, subsection 1, points 1 and 2 do not apply.
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Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The English translations are not the instrument and must never be quoted as one - they are produced by ministries, carry their own amendment cut-offs separate from the Finnish text's, and several are years behind it. The consolidated text is the right thing to quote for what the law is now, but it prints provisions that are not yet in force alongside those that are, each marked with its own commencement date: the Nationality Act consolidation of 16 June 2026 carries the 2027 citizenship-exam wording of section 13 directly beneath the wording in force. A reader who takes the first paragraph they see has a one-in-two chance of reading next year's law. The consolidation also lags the statute series, and each statute's page lists the government bills pending on it; those bills are not law and must not be cited as if they were. The original statute as enacted is a different document at a different address under /lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/ and does not carry amendments.
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«Ulkomaalaiselle myönnetään hakemuksesta erityisasiantuntijan oleskelulupa, jos hän toimii erityisosaamista vaativissa asiantuntijatehtävissä, josta hänelle maksettava palkka on vähintään keskimääräinen palkansaajan bruttopalkka.»Our translation - not official
On application, a residence permit for a specialist is granted to a foreigner if he or she works in expert duties requiring special expertise for which the pay paid to him or her is at least the average gross wage of a wage earner. Sections 72 and 72 b do not apply to a residence permit for a specialist.
A threshold with no number in it, in an Act that gives a number for everyone else.
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Cannot be cited for: The English translations are not the instrument and must never be quoted as one - they are produced by ministries, carry their own amendment cut-offs separate from the Finnish text's, and several are years behind it. The consolidated text is the right thing to quote for what the law is now, but it prints provisions that are not yet in force alongside those that are, each marked with its own commencement date: the Nationality Act consolidation of 16 June 2026 carries the 2027 citizenship-exam wording of section 13 directly beneath the wording in force. A reader who takes the first paragraph they see has a one-in-two chance of reading next year's law. The consolidation also lags the statute series, and each statute's page lists the government bills pending on it; those bills are not law and must not be cited as if they were. The original statute as enacted is a different document at a different address under /lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/ and does not carry amendments.
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«Tämän luvun mukaiseen hakemukseen on tehtävä päätös viimeistään kahden kuukauden kuluessa siitä, kun viranomainen on vastaanottanut asianmukaisesti täytetyn hakemuksen liitteineen. Käsittelyaika lasketaan siitä, kun hakija asioi henkilökohtaisesti viranomaisessa antaakseen 60 d §:n mukaiset biometriset tunnisteet sekä hakija ja työnantaja täyttävät 71 §:ssä säädetyt velvoitteet.»Our translation - not official
A decision must be made on an application under this chapter at the latest within two months of the authority receiving a properly completed application with its annexes. The processing time is counted from the point at which the applicant attends the authority in person to give the biometric identifiers under section 60 d and the applicant and the employer meet the obligations laid down in section 71.
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Finland's state legal information service, run by the Ministry of Justice. It publishes the Suomen säädöskokoelma - the statute series, where an Act takes effect on publication - and, separately, the ajantasainen consolidated text of each Act with later amendments worked into it. Every statute carries an ELI identifier that states the date of the consolidated version, so the cut-off is on the page rather than inferred: the Aliens Act 301/2004 was read at http://data.finlex.fi/eli/sd/2004/301/ajantasa/2026-06-26/fin. The site is bilingual by law and serves Finnish and Swedish texts of the same statute at the same address; Finnish is the language quoted here. It also carries unofficial English translations under /lainsaadanto/saadoskaannokset/.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The English translations are not the instrument and must never be quoted as one - they are produced by ministries, carry their own amendment cut-offs separate from the Finnish text's, and several are years behind it. The consolidated text is the right thing to quote for what the law is now, but it prints provisions that are not yet in force alongside those that are, each marked with its own commencement date: the Nationality Act consolidation of 16 June 2026 carries the 2027 citizenship-exam wording of section 13 directly beneath the wording in force. A reader who takes the first paragraph they see has a one-in-two chance of reading next year's law. The consolidation also lags the statute series, and each statute's page lists the government bills pending on it; those bills are not law and must not be cited as if they were. The original statute as enacted is a different document at a different address under /lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/ and does not carry amendments.
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«Jollei jäljempänä tässä pykälässä toisin säädetä, ensimmäinen määräaikainen oleskelulupa myönnetään yhdeksi vuodeksi, jollei oleskelulupaa haeta lyhyemmäksi ajaksi.»Our translation - not official
Unless otherwise provided later in this section, the first fixed-term residence permit is granted for one year, unless the residence permit is applied for for a shorter period.
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Finland's state legal information service, run by the Ministry of Justice. It publishes the Suomen säädöskokoelma - the statute series, where an Act takes effect on publication - and, separately, the ajantasainen consolidated text of each Act with later amendments worked into it. Every statute carries an ELI identifier that states the date of the consolidated version, so the cut-off is on the page rather than inferred: the Aliens Act 301/2004 was read at http://data.finlex.fi/eli/sd/2004/301/ajantasa/2026-06-26/fin. The site is bilingual by law and serves Finnish and Swedish texts of the same statute at the same address; Finnish is the language quoted here. It also carries unofficial English translations under /lainsaadanto/saadoskaannokset/.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The English translations are not the instrument and must never be quoted as one - they are produced by ministries, carry their own amendment cut-offs separate from the Finnish text's, and several are years behind it. The consolidated text is the right thing to quote for what the law is now, but it prints provisions that are not yet in force alongside those that are, each marked with its own commencement date: the Nationality Act consolidation of 16 June 2026 carries the 2027 citizenship-exam wording of section 13 directly beneath the wording in force. A reader who takes the first paragraph they see has a one-in-two chance of reading next year's law. The consolidation also lags the statute series, and each statute's page lists the government bills pending on it; those bills are not law and must not be cited as if they were. The original statute as enacted is a different document at a different address under /lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/ and does not carry amendments.
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Practical notes
Decree 860/2024 was read in its Finlex consolidated form and is two sections long. Its consolidated text still reads 1,600 euros and records no amending instrument.
The government decree listing nationwide shortage occupations under section 72 c, and the regional decisions under section 72 b, were not located or read. A reader who needs to know whether a given occupation is on either list cannot get that from this record.
The figure for the average gross wage of a wage earner, which section 73 depends on, is not published in any instrument read here. Statistics Finland and the Finnish Immigration Service both publish figures described that way; neither was read, and no number is stated on this record for that reason.
The seasonal work Act (907/2017) and the intra-corporate transfer Act (908/2017) were not read. Section 2 of the Aliens Act's chapter 5 regime and those two Acts overlap, and a seasonal or intra-corporate worker is not covered by this record.
- consolidatesUlkomaalaislaki, consolidated text of 26 June 2026
Finlex, oikeusministeriö · consolidated to 2026-06-26
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Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The English translations are not the instrument and must never be quoted as one - they are produced by ministries, carry their own amendment cut-offs separate from the Finnish text's, and several are years behind it. The consolidated text is the right thing to quote for what the law is now, but it prints provisions that are not yet in force alongside those that are, each marked with its own commencement date: the Nationality Act consolidation of 16 June 2026 carries the 2027 citizenship-exam wording of section 13 directly beneath the wording in force. A reader who takes the first paragraph they see has a one-in-two chance of reading next year's law. The consolidation also lags the statute series, and each statute's page lists the government bills pending on it; those bills are not law and must not be cited as if they were. The original statute as enacted is a different document at a different address under /lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/ and does not carry amendments.
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- consolidatesTyöttömyysturvalaki, consolidated text of 9 July 2026
Finlex, oikeusministeriö · consolidated to 2026-07-09
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Finland's state legal information service, run by the Ministry of Justice. It publishes the Suomen säädöskokoelma - the statute series, where an Act takes effect on publication - and, separately, the ajantasainen consolidated text of each Act with later amendments worked into it. Every statute carries an ELI identifier that states the date of the consolidated version, so the cut-off is on the page rather than inferred: the Aliens Act 301/2004 was read at http://data.finlex.fi/eli/sd/2004/301/ajantasa/2026-06-26/fin. The site is bilingual by law and serves Finnish and Swedish texts of the same statute at the same address; Finnish is the language quoted here. It also carries unofficial English translations under /lainsaadanto/saadoskaannokset/.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The English translations are not the instrument and must never be quoted as one - they are produced by ministries, carry their own amendment cut-offs separate from the Finnish text's, and several are years behind it. The consolidated text is the right thing to quote for what the law is now, but it prints provisions that are not yet in force alongside those that are, each marked with its own commencement date: the Nationality Act consolidation of 16 June 2026 carries the 2027 citizenship-exam wording of section 13 directly beneath the wording in force. A reader who takes the first paragraph they see has a one-in-two chance of reading next year's law. The consolidation also lags the statute series, and each statute's page lists the government bills pending on it; those bills are not law and must not be cited as if they were. The original statute as enacted is a different document at a different address under /lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/ and does not carry amendments.
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- consolidatesValtioneuvoston asetus työntekijän oleskeluluvan palkkarajan suuruudesta 860/2024
Finlex, oikeusministeriö · consolidated to 2024-12-19
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Finland's state legal information service, run by the Ministry of Justice. It publishes the Suomen säädöskokoelma - the statute series, where an Act takes effect on publication - and, separately, the ajantasainen consolidated text of each Act with later amendments worked into it. Every statute carries an ELI identifier that states the date of the consolidated version, so the cut-off is on the page rather than inferred: the Aliens Act 301/2004 was read at http://data.finlex.fi/eli/sd/2004/301/ajantasa/2026-06-26/fin. The site is bilingual by law and serves Finnish and Swedish texts of the same statute at the same address; Finnish is the language quoted here. It also carries unofficial English translations under /lainsaadanto/saadoskaannokset/.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The English translations are not the instrument and must never be quoted as one - they are produced by ministries, carry their own amendment cut-offs separate from the Finnish text's, and several are years behind it. The consolidated text is the right thing to quote for what the law is now, but it prints provisions that are not yet in force alongside those that are, each marked with its own commencement date: the Nationality Act consolidation of 16 June 2026 carries the 2027 citizenship-exam wording of section 13 directly beneath the wording in force. A reader who takes the first paragraph they see has a one-in-two chance of reading next year's law. The consolidation also lags the statute series, and each statute's page lists the government bills pending on it; those bills are not law and must not be cited as if they were. The original statute as enacted is a different document at a different address under /lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/ and does not carry amendments.
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