Travel and Residence Permit Allowances for Scholars and Students

Travel Allowance

The scholar and student awards include a travel allowance provided by the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ion. This allowance applies only to the grantee and does not cover accompanying family members. The specific award amount is indicated in your Fulbright Finland Grant Authorization.

Residence Permit Allowance

The U.S. Department of State outlines in the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB) policies that the grant does not provide for expenses related to any passport or visa fees and that such expenses must be borne by the grantee without recourse to claim for reimbursement. The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ion has, however, decided to grant a residence permit allowance for the grantees and their accompanying family members (one permit per person) to assist in the immigration costs.

The amount of the residence permit allowance depends on two factors:

  1. The type of residence permit required for your specific situation (since processing fees vary by category), and
  2. The number of dependents traveling with you to Finland.

You can check the current permit fees for each category on the .

How To Claim The Allowances?

Complete and return the Travel and Residence Permit Form (in Word format) to the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ion once you have the required information: your flight dates and residence permit submission confirmation message. 

The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ion will transfer your travel and residence permit allowances to your U.S. bank account in one lump sum after you:

  • submit the Travel and Residence Permit Allowance Form to the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ion,
  • submit the Fact Sheet and photo to the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ion,
  • receive medical clearance (instructions given by IIE),
  • submit a scanned copy of a signed Fulbirght Finland Grant Authorization to the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ion (you will receive the Grant Authorization after sending us your official grant dates), and
  • submit the official receipts received from the residence permit application system (Finnish Immigration Service Migri/EnterFinland) to the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ion. 

Submit the above documents to the Dropbox folder provided by your ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ program coordinator. 

Note: You are not required to send any travel tickets or travel receipts to the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ion.