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Important updates for Specialists and Blue Card holders:

We are closely monitoring all changes in immigration legislation and sharing key updates with you:

🔵 Changes to salary requirements for Blue Card holders and Specialists

✔️ Last year, the salary requirements for Blue Card holders and Specialists were unified – set at €3,638.

✔️ As of this year, the minimum salary has increased to €3,827.
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🔵 Minimum salary for other types of work permits:

✔️ If you don’t hold a Blue Card or Specialist status, your minimum salary must be at least €1,600.

✔️ It’s also crucial that your salary aligns with the applicable collective agreement (työehtosopimus) in your industry.

🔵 What to do if you are laid off or put on lomautus?

We reached out to Migri, and here’s what they shared (we’ll see how it works in practice):

✔️ If you hold a Blue Card or Specialist status, you have 6 months to find a new job. Additionally, before termination, your employer can place you on a three-month unpaid leave. This extends your job search period to 9 months. The 6-month period begins after the last day of unpaid leave (lomautus). Nerdsbay will support you by ensuring a three-month lomautus.

✔️ For all other categories, the job search period will be reduced to 3 months starting April 1, 2025.

✔️ Your residence permit will not be canceled if its validity is less than 6 months, or if you were temporarily laid off with a known end date.
👉 For more details, check the Migri website: https://migri.fi/luvan-peruuttaminen
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