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I am admitted in central Ostrobothnia university but i am confused about further process so your blog helps me a lot. Already we are advised by the embassy they told us not to make Draft they said us just show 6000 in my personal account whats about the draft?
The process follows like this: When you apply for Resident Permit, you will just show 6000 Euro balance in your personal account. Once your Permit is approved, Embassy will inform you. Then, you will go to embassy and collect a letter of Visa approval. Then, with this letter, you should go to Ministry of Education to make Euro Exchange certificate. With this certificate, you can make a Draft of 6000 Euro and Travel Cheque. So, after you go to embassy with Draft, they will stamp your passport with Resident Permit, only after thoroughly examining the draft you have made. Visa will be issued only after making draft.
How much does the living cost will be monthly what kind of company we have to search for job?how much we can work daily?
Monthly living cost is about 300-400 euro depending upon the cities including, rent, food and misc expenses if you live single. About job, the most common jobs are cleaning, delivery of newspapers, Posti (Postal Office) and similar. The most important thing is that getting job is really difficult. Once you got the job, depending upon the job, you will get around 300-700 per month which is typically a good amount for living expense by working 20-25 hours a week. 25 hours is the maximum limit to work legally.
Is Ostrobothnia is a big city?what is the further process for further ? Whats about our pickup in airport?
NO, it is not the large region with enough opportunities. Jobs are really difficult there. Some Nepalese waited about 7-8 months to get any jobs there. There will be no one to receive you in Helsinki Airport. But, once you will be on Ostrobothnia, ask your university to send a student tutor to receive you there. This tutor will take you to your room, if you have already booked a room through university.
Is it compulsory to book room online now or i can search after reaching Finland?
You should book a room immediately. If you did not book the room, where will you stay when you arrive here? Hotels are damm expensive, don't think about them. The safe way is to book now, with the help of University. Another factor is that, finding rooms are not so much easy here and when you come here, it might be too late to search for. So, book it immediately with the help of university. Your admission package came with Acceptance letter also might contain the room booking informations.
Would student union help us for such a process like searching room and job?
No. Student Union is just a public body to carry student voices. It won't assist for jobs are findings rooms. But, there might be a department in university itself, like Career Services which will help you to search jobs. Meanwhile, International office of your university will help you finding rooms.
Can we travel neighboring countries in holiday?
Yes you can. You can visit all of the neighboring EU countries without visa anytime.
What utter crap!
ReplyDeleteYour estimation of living costs is waaaayyy below the reality: even for residence permit students are required to prove that they have 500 EUR/month for living - and even this will be enough only for very scant life... No luxury.
Furthermore Ostrobothnia is not a town at all - it's a Finnish province that's further divided into Southern, Central and Northern Ostrobothnia. The bigger towns in Central Ostrobothnia include Kokkola and Ylivieska.
Dear Friend!
ReplyDeleteThank u 4 ur usual post blog.
Kindly please tell me what will the fate of those students placed on waiting list and reseved place of any colleges. What is their possibilities & probabilities of getting admission from any one of those colleges later.
Looking forward to hear from you.
Rose from katmandu
1. In Kokkola, 160-200 euros pm if you live in single student room (Tankkari).
ReplyDelete2. 100 euros pm for cheap/basic foods
3. 30-50 euros pm for disco/alcohol/beers/cigarettes etc.
4. Since you will be bringing some clothes and kitchen utensils, your expenses will not go higher than that if you are economic person but if you have habit of smoking and frequent drinking, expenses go very high.
5. If you are in Helsinki, however, your expenses will go bit higher because of travel card and higher rent.
6. but you need to show you have 500 euros per month (6000 euros) to get resident permit and to renew it after one year!
7. lastly friends, Please visit www.finlandforum.org this is a blog where you can know extra info about finland. some comments there though might be discouraging for you but you will at least get some info from there as well.
I would like to add that with student residence permit you can move within the Schengen area freely (not EU), except for Estonia (Estonia has not recognised Nepalese passpot). Max duration to stay is 90 days.
ReplyDeleteWork (e.g. summer time) can also be seeked from other Schnegen countries but first find out from respective Embassy in Helsinki if a holder of nepali passport with Fin student visa is allowed to work.
Resident pemit rejected how to apply for an APIL ? Please help me.
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