PREPARING TO MOVE TO FINLAND

Necessary documents and items for successful emigration :

Credit card info and expiry date
At least two cards that you know will function in the country.
Ensure that they won’t expire within the next year.
Find out your international bank account number and learn how/what you need to be able to do international transfers
Make sure all loans/student loans are set up for direct deposit and you have enough money left in your home country to continue paying them off

Health and travel insurance with the right amount of coverage and for the entire length of stay.

School transcripts (in PDF or scanned form, but also bring the original copies)
Ensure that you reserve plenty of time to order/track them down before you plan to depart for Finland, older transcripts can be hard to find
Ensure that the original copies are in either Finnish, Swedish or English, and if they are not, they need to be translated and notarised to prove that they are correct
High school, college, other diplomas and certifications to prove your skills (Also bring originals)
Be prepared to redo/take equivalency courses for local certificates

Work pay slips/ reference letters/ references to help prove your work experience
Start looking for jobs way earlier than you think, apply for them and ask if you can have Skype interviews rather than in-person interviews

Tax forms and pay slips so you can do your taxes back in your home country
Also, learn if you need to continue paying taxes on the income you have earned abroad

Find a trusted person(family) in your home country to act as your financial signatory to help you with financial matters when you can’t be present
Find a place to live: if it is in the summer, many student-housing rooms are available, but they will only be for a short term until school starts again in mid-August.
This website might be of your interest: Relocation Services Finland