Migri resets residence permit application fees

The Finnish Immigration Services (Migri) has re-evaluated the application process for residence permits and decided to bring changes in the application fees.

According to the new price regime, the application fee for issuing an extended residence permit for an adult will rise from EUR 187 to EUR 200, and the fee for an extended permit for a minor or student will decrease from EUR 168 to EUR 150, said a press release.

Extended residence permits form one of the biggest permit categories in Migri. A total of 23,448 extended permit applications were filed between January and September 2017.

The fee for a permanent residence permit will also be reduced so that the permit fee would be closer to the cost price, i.e., the cost incurred by the state in producing the performance as referred to in the Act on Criteria for Charges Payable to the State.

The fee for a permanent residence permit for an adult will be reduced from EUR 187 to EUR 180, and for a minor from EUR 168 to EUR 150.

The extended permit issued on a discretionary basis on humanitarian grounds will become subject to a fee, in the same way as all the other extended permits.

The changes will enter into force on 1 January 2018, and they will be published in the Statue Book of Finland in the near future.