Information on Finland and Kalajoki in your own language at the Infopankki online service

The Infopankki online service is a multilingual website that compiles important information for those planning to relocate to Finland and those already living in Finland. The website also includes information on Kalajoki in four languages.
Infopankki provides reliable information in your own language on moving to Finland, working in Finland, studying and housing. The website also includes a great deal of information on health care, family, problem situations and recreation. The service provides advice on how to register as a resident, how to get a municipality of residence, what you need to take into account in order to work in Finland and what the everyman’s rights are.
The website also includes external links to the websites of various authorities and associations.
General information is provided in the following languages:
- Finnish
- Swedish
- English
- Russian
- Estonian
- French
- Somali
- Spanish
- Turkish
- Chinese
- Persian
- Arabic.
These language versions are all identical.
In addition to general information, the online service also provides local information on Infopankki member municipalities. The local information section of Infopankki includes a page for the Raahe-Kalajoki region, which contains municipality-specific pages for Kalajoki and Merijärvi, in addition to joint regional information. Comprehensive information on the area of Kalajoki and Merijävi is provided in Finnish, English, Russian and French. Every member municipality is responsible for updating its own local information.
The English and Russian versions of the city’s website contain links to Infopankki.
The Infopankki.fi online service is maintained by the City of Helsinki. Sponsors include the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Education and Culture, KELA and member municipalities, among other parties.
You can also find Infopankki.fi on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/infopankki/