So me and Tanja went to Jyväskylä yesterday and had a meeting with an immigrant advisor. She cleared up an awful lot of things for us and we're both so much more positive now! 
See our main problem has been this:
1. I can't get a job in Finland if I don't speak Finnish
2. I can't learn Finnish unless I'm living in Finland
3. I can't live in Finland unless I have a job
4. I can't get a job in Finland if I don't speak Finnish
5. I can't learn Finnish unless I'm living in Finland
6. And so on and so forth...
So we were looking at me getting a job in the UK for 12-24 months so I could get some money behind me which would mean another 2 years apart potentially.
But the lady we spoke to said I could just move here and be put on a free full-time language course, and not only that I'd be paid approximately €600-€700 a month for doing so!
The courses last roughly 3 months, but that varies depending on which course because as you complete one stage, you move onto another which is more difficult. I should be able to speak enough Finnish after a year or so to be able to go get a job!
She said that the courses start in January, then March/April then mostly in August, so I'd likely move a month before they start, most probably next summer. Even though Tanja has kept saying I could move there in 2 months because the lady we spoke to said I could just move here in December and start the course in January
That just feels a bit too soon though, especially after thinking it could be 2 years before we got to be together! We still need to talk about our plans in detail, I've always said I wouldn't move here until everything was 100% sorted out and organised down to the last detail, it's certainly not something I'm willing to rush. But it looks like we can start planning properly now the end is actually in sight
It's always felt like we've been planning for something that is "sometime in the future" but which never really had a date or a time frame in place, but this feels like it's the first real bit of light at the end of the tunnel
This has come as a bit of a shock to both of us really, she made it all sound so easy! But it's certainly a pleasant surprise!
See our main problem has been this:
1. I can't get a job in Finland if I don't speak Finnish
2. I can't learn Finnish unless I'm living in Finland
3. I can't live in Finland unless I have a job
4. I can't get a job in Finland if I don't speak Finnish
5. I can't learn Finnish unless I'm living in Finland
6. And so on and so forth...
So we were looking at me getting a job in the UK for 12-24 months so I could get some money behind me which would mean another 2 years apart potentially.
But the lady we spoke to said I could just move here and be put on a free full-time language course, and not only that I'd be paid approximately €600-€700 a month for doing so!
The courses last roughly 3 months, but that varies depending on which course because as you complete one stage, you move onto another which is more difficult. I should be able to speak enough Finnish after a year or so to be able to go get a job!
She said that the courses start in January, then March/April then mostly in August, so I'd likely move a month before they start, most probably next summer. Even though Tanja has kept saying I could move there in 2 months because the lady we spoke to said I could just move here in December and start the course in January
That just feels a bit too soon though, especially after thinking it could be 2 years before we got to be together! We still need to talk about our plans in detail, I've always said I wouldn't move here until everything was 100% sorted out and organised down to the last detail, it's certainly not something I'm willing to rush. But it looks like we can start planning properly now the end is actually in sight
It's always felt like we've been planning for something that is "sometime in the future" but which never really had a date or a time frame in place, but this feels like it's the first real bit of light at the end of the tunnel
This has come as a bit of a shock to both of us really, she made it all sound so easy! But it's certainly a pleasant surprise!
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