• When the Finnish Immigration Service has issued a decision on your application, you will get a notification by email or text message. You can read the decision in Enter Finland.
• If the decision is positive, your residence permit card will be sent to the mission you visited when you proved your identity. You will be notified when the card has arrived and is ready to be collected.
• When you collect the card, bring with you a valid passport.

The residence permit granted for higher education studies is a continuous residence permit (an A permit). When you have an A permit, you can get a municipality of residence in Finland and use the services provided by that municipality.

The residence permit granted for completing a degree that is not a higher education degree is a temporary residence permit (a B permit).

Read more about continuous (A) and temporary (B) residence permits (migri.fi).