Integration

If you are a migrant, i.e. you have been granted a residence permit in Finland up to three years ago:

• we will make an integration plan for you together
• we will register you for integration training.

If you received your first residence permit more than three years ago, you are not entitled to an integration plan. 

If you already have an integration plan, please contact your own specialist at Helsinki Employment Services. They will help you to determine your integration period. As a rule, the integration period is 1–3 years.

Integration plan

The integration plan specifies the services you need for employment and integration. These may include the following:

• Finnish or Swedish language training
• integration training
• vocational education
• work try-out
• job search training
• pay-subsidised work
• work.

It is important that you complete the agreed tasks and follow the plan.

Integration training

Integration training is for migrants who have moved to Finland recently. Usually, the training lasts about one year. You will agree on the duration of your training with your own specialist.

You can choose Finnish or Swedish as your integration language. You can discuss the language choice with your specialist.

You cannot choose your own integration training. You will be entered on the waiting list and receive an invitation when places are available.

In the integration training:

• you will learn Finnish or Swedish language and communication skills
• you will learn skills needed in Finnish society and working life
• you will receive your personal professional plan.

After the integration training, your Finnish or Swedish language skills will be sufficient for everyday tasks at work, shops and public offices, for example. After completing the integration training, you can apply for a job or a place of study, for example, in a vocational institute.

The Finnish or Swedish language training is part of your integration training. 

If you want to study Finnish or Swedish in another course or want to learn to read and write, please discuss this with your specialist before starting the course.  

You can also study languages independently.  
Search for courses in the FinnishCourses.fi online service (the site is available in Finnish, English and Russian). 
You can also find study materials on the InfoFinland website  and in  libraries.

You can look for, for example, vocational training independently. If you are admitted to a school to which you have applied yourself, please inform your own specialist about it immediately. Please make the notification before starting the training. 

Please note that studying may affect your unemployment benefits. 

Your specialist

Your specialist will send you their contact information. 

E-Services    

Leave a contact request with your specialist in the E-Services.   

Telephone services 

You can contact us by phone. You have a variety of telephone services available to you, depending on your situation. 

See the phone service details

Advice services 

The advice services of Kamppi, Pasila and Itäkeskus are open every weekday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  

• Kamppi office, Malminkatu 34  
• Pasila office, Ratapihantie 7 
• Itäkeskus office, Asiakkaankatu 3 A  

You do not need to book an appointment for the advice services. Our services will help you with job seeking, training applications and the use of the E-Services. 

InfoFinland

On the InfoFinland website you will find information about jobs, studying, housing and everyday life in Helsinki.

InfoFinland, Helsinki