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200+ Pakistani student's can't get first study permits



I would like to bring your attention towards a huge hurdle faced by many Pakistani Students, who have been admitted in different universities of Finland. For us Pakistani Students, we have to get our Residence Permit applications processed in Finnish Embassy, Abu Dhabi, UAE as there is no Finnish Embassy in Pakistan. But UAE has imposed a travel ban on Pakistani Visit Visa Holders effective from May 12, 2021 till further notice.

In this academic year, many Finnish Universities have decided to resume on-campus classes as the COVID situation is under control in Finland. Due to the visa and flight ban, it is not possible for most Pakistani Students to visit the Finnish Embassy in UAE and attend their RP application appointments.

We as students have done everything in our power to raise this issue with the Finnish Authorities, and the Finnish Embassy in UAE to get an alternate for processing RPs. However, we have not been able to get a positive response from any authority.

As you know, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for many students to get admissions in prestigious Finnish Universities. Many of the students are scholarship holders as well.

Under the current circumstances, most of the students are unable to start their studies in time and some of us will even lose our (highly competitive) funded and fully funded scholarship offers. Due to this whole situation stated above, the students are very disheartened and in a lot of distress.

Therefore, we humbly request you to please help in raising this issue at the earliest possible through your prestigious platform and help students achieve their dreams.

Regards,

Ausaf Ali Khan (On behalf of Pakistani Students)


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