The Finnish government updated EU Blue Card regulations, including new salary requirements.
Key Points:
- The European Union issued a directive in 2021 that updated the existing EU Blue Card process, and Finland’s new regulations are intended to comply with that directive.
- The new rules update key provisions, including:
- The minimum salary for an EU Blue Card is now 3,638 euros (about US$3,958) gross per month. Previously, the minimum salary requirement was 1.5 times greater, and it has now been aligned with the minimum salary required to obtain a specialist permit.
- Wider eligibility:…