KURVI

Support, information and education in questions of migration.

For clients

Information for young adults

Kurvi offers information and help for young adults (18-29 years old) who have moved to Finland from abroad. You can contact us in questions of the different states of migration and about the process of your documents and statues. You can also ask help from us for a friend or a relative.

We commonly work with the themes below:

• Residence permit and questions related to the residence permit/process
• Family reunite-process and questions related to this process
• Integration
• Nationality applications
• Proving your identity
• Travel documents
• Applying for a house and living
• Financial guidance

The councelling is meant for young adults age 18-29 years old. Councelling is two times a week in person located in Helsinki, Ohjaamo and two times a week by phone. We can organize a videochat-meeting if needed. The easiest way to get in contact with us is coming to see us in Ohjaamo, or reaching out to us by phone. You can also contact us through social media, Whatsapp or text message. We are answering calls and messages as soon as possible, latest within two days of contacting us.

In the councelling we evaluate the clients overall situation, provide them information and service and guide them to the right services and places. We can also take clients to our individual work, where clients get help regulary and meet our team members on regular basis. We encourage our clients to speak Finnish.

We can also provide councelling in following languages:

• Arabic
• English
• Persian
• Dari
• French
• Spanish
• Somali

All our services are voluntary, free and confidential.

Contact us:

Ohjaamo councelling: Monday and Thursday at 12–16 PM: Ohjaamo Helsinki (Fredrikinkatu 48, Kamppi)

Councelling phone: Wed-Thu at 10–12 PM: phone: +358 44 742 9200

We also organize scheduled councelling in schools:

• Eiran aikuislukio
• Suomen Diakoniaopisto
• Helsingin aikuisopisto

Individual clients

What kind of themes, issues Kurvi-workers work with?
Our clients get help with many different matters concerning their everyday life. Our instructors help especially with matters of residence permits and nationality. We also help with matters like studying, work, health, living and financial issues. We are there to support our clients in different stages of life. We want to support our clients wellbeing and independent living in Finland.

Who can become an individual client?
Individual clients are 18-29 year- old young adults living in Helsinki, Espoo, or  Vantaa and have immigrated in Finland from abroad. This work is for clients who need consistent help and support regularly. The client is not on the immigration integration program. Work with our individual clients can take time from months to a year. The duration of the working process is always unique and planned to support individual clients needs.

For the professionals/workers

Trainings

Kurvi organizes free educational trainings about matters of immigration. The trainings are specified to questions about services for the immigrated people in Finland, residence permits and family reunions and other immigration matters. We can create trainings on a clients needs and wishes aswell. Our trainings offer practical information and guidelines that can help in a work with immigrated people in Finland. We also organize open webinars for everyone interested in work with immigration and immigrants.

Contact us:

Tony Khalil
Team Leader, Guidance and Councelling of Immigrants
tony.khalil(a)pakolaisapu.fi
+358 44 732 8061

Maryam Fathollahi
Counsellor, Guidance and Councelling of Immigrants
maryam.fathollahi(a)pakolaisapu.fi
+358 44 759 8284

Habiba Mohamed
Counsellor, Guidance and Councelling of Immigrants
habiba.mohamed(a)pakolaisapu.fi
+358 44 767 1594

Arttu Tolin
Counsellor, Guidance and Councelling of Immigrants
arttu.tolin(a)pakolaisapu.fi
+358 44 742 9211