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- HE 199/2024 vpPassed
Automatic extension of temporary protection permits
Residence permits and residence permit cards for recipients of temporary protection will remain valid automatically without a separate application for an extension for as long as the protection decision remains in force. The three-year maximum duration of protection will be removed, but permits will remain temporary in nature.
27 Feb 2025 · 3 votesClosest vote · Proposed statement
101 jaa74 ei - HE 169/2024 vpPassed
Bringing berry pickers under seasonal employment
Foreign wild berry pickers will be able to enter Finland on a seasonal work permit and work in an employment relationship. The change will improve pickers' working conditions and prevent human trafficking and labour exploitation.
17 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 112/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Extending healthcare rights for undocumented migrants
Undocumented migrants and foreign nationals in a comparable situation will be guaranteed the right to necessary public healthcare services in addition to urgent care. Minors will be provided with the same healthcare services as children permanently resident in Finland.
7 Dec 2022 · 2 votes79 jaa70 ei - HE 49/2022 vpPassed
Enabling EU Asylum Agency assistance
Finland will be able to request and receive expert assistance from the European Union Agency for Asylum, for example in situations of large-scale entry. The agency's experts will be able to assist Finnish authorities in registering asylum seekers and examining applications.
21 Jun 2022 · 1 vote108 jaa39 ei - HE 99/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Faster entry for specialists and students
Finland will introduce a long-term visa for students, researchers, corporate executives and employees of certified employers, as well as their family members. Under the reform, individuals granted a residence permit could travel to Finland immediately without waiting for a residence permit card.
2 Dec 2022 · 1 vote103 jaa35 ei - HE 142/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Centralising EU minimum tax returns
Automatic exchange of information between tax authorities in EU countries will expand to cover the minimum taxation of large enterprise groups. Multinational groups will be able to submit the minimum tax information return centrally in a single EU country.
12 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 6/2024 vpPassed
Easing EU Blue Card conditions
Conditions for the EU residence permit for highly educated individuals and specialists, known as the EU Blue Card, will be eased. The salary threshold required to obtain the permit will be lowered, and the movement of workers between EU Member States will be streamlined.
17 Apr 2024 · 3 votesClosest vote · Lakiehdotus 1, 9 §, mietintö /Hanna Räsänen
99 jaa82 ei - HE 253/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Tackling the exploitation of foreign labour
A foreign worker exploited in their employment would be able to change employers freely or receive an extended permit for one year to seek new work. At the same time, employers guilty of abuses could be barred from recruiting foreign workers for a fixed period.
11 Jun 2021 · 7 votes43 jaa10 ei - HE 103/2022 vpLapsed
Introducing a border procedure for asylum applications
A border procedure will be established in Finland allowing certain asylum applications to be examined through an accelerated process directly at the border without permitting applicants to move freely within the country. The procedure may be introduced in situations involving an exceptionally large number of arrivals or instrumentalised migration.
5 Apr 2023 · no votes - HE 52/2023 vpPassed
Customs oversight of carbon border adjustment
Finland will introduce the reporting obligations of the first phase of the EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism. Finnish Customs will supervise the reporting of emissions for imported products and may impose penalty fees for deficient reporting.
15 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 46/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming waste transport registration and supervision
Registration rules for waste carriers and brokers will be reformed to combat the grey economy and make the monitoring of waste flows more effective. At the same time, a new electronic waste consignment note register and open online information services for waste management and producer registers will be established.
16 Jun 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 294/2022 vpLapsed
Longer residence permits for researchers
Researchers and doctoral students arriving from outside the EU will be granted longer residence permits than before. A researcher pursuing a postgraduate degree will be able to receive a residence permit for up to five years at a time.
5 Apr 2023 · no votes - HE 2/2016 vpPassed
Abolishing humanitarian protection residence permits
The possibility of obtaining a residence permit on the basis of humanitarian protection will be removed from the Aliens Act to align Finnish regulation with the EU minimum level. At the same time, the service of asylum decisions will be expedited and permit fees will be required to be paid before the processing of paper applications begins.
22 Apr 2016 · 2 votes107 jaa29 ei - HE 122/2021 vpPassed
Faster entry for specialists and startups
A new long-term D visa will be introduced in Finland for specialists, startup entrepreneurs and their family members. The visa will enable them to travel to Finland and start work immediately after being granted a residence permit, without waiting for the residence permit card to arrive.
14 Dec 2021 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Mauri Peltokangas 2
117 jaa30 ei - HE 80/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming seasonal worker and specialist permits
Separate acts will govern the permits and rights of seasonal workers from outside the EU and workers transferred within multinational companies. Workers will be guaranteed equal treatment in terms of employment conditions and access to public healthcare during their stay in Finland.
24 Nov 2017 · 1 vote161 jaa16 ei - HE 77/2015 vpPassed
Tuition fees for non-EU students
Finnish higher education institutions will start charging tuition fees to students from outside the EU and EEA in foreign-language degree programmes. At the same time, higher education institutions will be required to establish a scholarship system to support fee-paying students.
18 Dec 2015 · 3 votes137 jaa46 ei - HE 206/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Adding fingerprints to identity cards
Fingerprints will begin to be added to identity cards in the same way as to passports, and the data will also be stored in an official register. Fingerprints given once can subsequently be used interchangeably when applying for both passports and identity cards.
11 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 18/2021 vpPassed
Reforming VAT on e-commerce
All goods ordered from outside the EU will become subject to value added tax (VAT) regardless of the value of the consignment. At the same time, centralised declaration and payment systems will be introduced to handle taxation for international online and distance selling.
28 Apr 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 179/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Broadening recognition of foreign driving licences
Driving licences issued by all states recognised by Finland will be accepted for driving in mainland Finland. The right to drive will be valid for up to one year from entry into the population register.
13 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 24/2022 vpPassed
Enacting the EU-Qatar aviation agreement
Finland will approve the air transport agreement between the EU and Qatar. The agreement will open aviation markets between the countries and harmonise aviation rules.
19 Apr 2022 · passed without a vote