The Finnish Immigration Service and the police will be introducing e-services in residence permit matters at the end of 2011. Students are the first group of applicants able to apply online for their first residence permit or for a permit extension. Students will also be able to take advantage of other features of the service, including monitoring of the progress of the application. Other application forms will be added to the service in 2012.

Submitting a residence permit application still requires a personal visit to a Finnish embassy. The processing of the residence permit application starts only after the student has identified him/herself in person at a Finnish embassy.

The e-services will enable customers to:

• open their own customer account
• initiate their application
• attach documents to the application
• pay the application fee online
• supplement information on their own initiative or when requested by the authorities
• monitor the progress of the application
• obtain information on a decision being reached or about the decision itself
• receive notice by e-mail or SMS of a message arriving in their customer account, for example concerning a request for further information, or notification of a decision. For the time being, SMS messages can only be sent to Finnish mobile numbers.
• E-service customers will also be able to review their applications after they have been completed and submitted.

A more detailed timetable concerning the launch and publication will be available later. Keep yourself posted by following our website at www.migri.fi.
 

From 1 January 2012 onwards, students will get e-mail notifications from the student register. An e-mail will be sent when a course grade has been entered on the records (pass, fail, retake, credit transfer). E-mails will be sent once a day to the e-mail address that the student has given when activating the UEF user account (see ‘Personal data’ -> ‘E-mail address’ in WebOodi).

If you have questions on your grades, please contact the departmental secretary of the department in question. If you have questions about WebOodi, please send an e-mail to oodituki[at]uef.fi

The notification service will be tested during the spring semester 2012. You can send questions, feedback and ideas to oodituki[at]uef.fi

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