Kotou­tu­mi­nen

Integra­tion services help you get to know your new home munici­pa­lity, find the services you need, and learn the Finnish language.
Integra­tion Services Brochure fin/eng/rus

We also support compa­nies and other organiza­tions with questions related to residence permits and recruit­ment of foreign emplo­yees. Don’t hesitate to contact us!

These services are for you if:

• You have moved to Finland and live in Liperi
• You need help with practical matters and guidance to services
• You want to learn the language and get to know the commu­nity

We offer you:

• Advice and guidance (e.g. official matters, housing, health services)
• Help with filling in forms
• Infor­ma­tion and support for job seeking
• Infor­ma­tion about courses and hobbies
• Infor­ma­tion and guidance for studying Finnish
• Events and groups where you can meet other people
• Civic Orien­ta­tion Course (brochure available fin/eng/rus)
• Language cafés in Ylämylly and Liperi (brochure available fin/eng/rus)
• Language courses – Ask the staff for more infor­ma­tion
• Infor­ma­tion about Finnish society and munici­pal services
• A shared munici­pal WhatsApp channel with updates about events and current issues – Ask the staff for more infor­ma­tion

Contact us:

• By email
• By phone
• By text message or WhatsApp
• Through a contact form (on this page after our contact info)

Meetings are available on weekdays by appoint­ment in Ylämylly at Duuni­talo (Ylämyl­lyn­tie 62b), in Liperi at the munici­pal office (Varolan­tie 3) and in Viini­järvi (Kauppa­tie 4).

Services are available in Finnish and English. If needed, we will arrange interpre­ting in other langua­ges.

Suomi.fi website the official portal of many Finnish public services, inclu­ding immigra­tion.

Munici­pa­lity of residence

If you have lived in Finland for one year and have been granted tempo­rary protec­tion, you can apply for a munici­pa­lity of residence. In some cases, you may be entit­led to a munici­pa­lity of residence even earlier. Submit the applica­tion to the Digital and Popula­tion Data Services Agency. 

You can apply for a munici­pa­lity of residence based on one-year residence online. Apply on the website of the Digital and Popula­tion Data Services Agency (dvv.fi).

When you have a munici­pa­lity of residence, you are entit­led to more exten­sive services than at a recep­tion centre. Read more about how the services of a recep­tion centre differ from the services provi­ded by your munici­pa­lity of residence.

If you do not apply for a munici­pa­lity of residence, you will conti­nue to be a client of a recep­tion centre and will conti­nue to receive services from your recep­tion centre. If you need advice, you can contact your recep­tion centre. 

• Read more: Munici­pa­lity of residence in Finland.pdf
• Read more: Infor­ma­tion about munici­pa­lity of residence for custo­mers recei­ving tempo­rary protection.pdf