Information for students who have received invitation for entrance exam

I observed that many of the students are still confusion about entrance issues though I wrote the same on many posts. So, I am posting extract of a news from Embassy of Finland, Nepal. Remember: it is not the entrance information for year 2008 (this year), but it is from last year (2007). I am posting it, just to give you more detail about the Finnish way of expressing issues related to Entrance and how they manage Entrances.

News, 3/30/2007
Information for students who have received invitation for entrance exam

• Read your invitation carefully, it should state WHO ORGANISES the exams, WHEN, WHERE AND THE FEE.
• Embassy has no obligation of informing students of exams which are NOT organised by the Embassy.
• Most exams are organised by the British Council in Nepal, in this case the Embassy has no involvement -> Contact British Council, not the Embassy.
• If you have a chance to sit in an exam in Nepal, use that opportunity! It's not adviced to apply a visa for Finland to participate exam in Finland, if you can do it here.
• If the only chance to participate to the exam is in Finland, you may apply a tourist visa. Chances for getting a visa are extremely low, only very few students will be allowed a tourist visa for entrance exam purposes.
• Bear in mind all costs are borne by the visa applicant: non-refundable visa fee, plane tickets, local transportation and accommodation etc. in Finland.
• For tourist visa, follow the general tourist visa application procedures and bring a copy and original of all mentioned below:

1. All educational documents
2. All other supporting documents you may want to show during visa application process
3. Invitation letter from college/university

EVTEK exam for Techonology, Communication and Transport will be organised by the Embassy at a hotel in Katmandu on 24th April from 12 noon untill 4 PM. If you are invited to EVTEK, come to the Embassy at least one day before to pay your fee 100€ (9400NPR) payable only in Nepalese currency. You also need your ID card and invitation letter. On the exam day you need the receipt of paid exam fee, ID and invitation letter.

TAMK exam for Environmental engineering will be organized at the Embassy on 11th May. Time will be published later. Come at least one hour before the exam with 9400 NPR. two ID cards, college invitation letter and copy AND original of educational documents.

Diaconia exam for Degree Programme in Social Services will be organized at the Embassy either on the 2nd or the 3rd of May. The exact time and date and more detailed information will be published later. Embassy will also organize all the necessary phone interviews.

Invited students for the following colleges may come to apply visa to participate entrance exam in Finland, chances of getting a visa is very low.

• Haaga-Helia Only in Finland 20.4., 23.4., 7.-11. 5. and 9.6.2007.
• TAMK International Business, exam only in Finland 8-10 May.
• Pirkanmaa Nursing: exam only in Finland 16 and 17. April.
• Satakunta SAMK Social services, health and sports/Physiotherapy, exam only in Finland.
• Arcada Human Ageing and Elderly Service 10. May only in Finland.
• Laurea Nursing exam and Social Service exam only in Finland. Please note that the Laurea Business management exam will be held at the British Council 12. April.

For the following colleges no information is available yet:

• Mikkeli No information available yet.

The following exams are organised by the British Council:

• HAMK Mechanical engineering and production technology. British Council organises, 12 April.
• Arcada Business Management/International Business, British Council 12 April.Plastics Technology, British Council 12 April.
• Ostro-Botnia All exams by British Council in Nepal.
• Vaasa AMK British Council organises, Mid-April.
• South-Carelia British Council organises, 12 April.
• Turku AMK Engineering/Information Technology, British Council organises, 12 April.
• Laurea Business management exam, British Council organises,12. April.

Remember: this Entrance information is NOT for 2008 this year; it is from last year's information 2007. It is presented just to give you idea about how the Entrance date, organizer and place varies.