Fees

 

• Please note that all decisions are given in Finnish or in Swedish
• All decisions are charged
• Rejected applications are also charged
• Fees are set by law
• The fees below are valid until the end of December 2013.

Decision on licensing	EUR400
Conditional decision with details of required compensation measures	EUR400
Decision after completing the required compensation measures	EUR150
First limited authorisation to practice	EUR600
Continuation to the limited authorisation	EUR300
Full licence after limited authorisation	EUR300
Decision on licensing under the Nordic Agreement	EUR200

 

Processing time

 

• For applicants who were trained in the EU/EEA area, maximum processing time is four months starting when all the required documents have arrived at Valvira. Note: If we need to ask for missing documents, the process may take longer.
• For applicants who were trainded outside the EU/EEA area, processing may take longer if, for example, the documents need to be sent to a Finnish institute of education for evalution of qualification.

Delivery

If you are living in Finland, we will send you the decision using cash on delivery (COD) option (postiennakko in Finnish). That means you need to pay the decision fee in full to the mail carrier when you receive the decision. The Finland Postal Service will then forward the payment to Valvira.

If you are living outside of Finland, we will mail or email you instructions on how to pay the fee.

If you wish to pay for the decision in a currency other than the Euro, you will be responsible for all international transfer and currency exchange costs. Once you have made the payment in full, you need to send the receipt to Valvira and we will then post the licensing decision to you.