Processing times in Espoo Employment Services

When you register as a jobseeker, we process your registration within five working days. However, the service is currently experiencing delays.

When you submit a contact request through Job Market Finland’s E-services, we aim to respond within five working days.

Processing times for clarification requests related to unemployment security statements can be found on Job Market Finland(external link, opens in a new window) (tyomarkkinatori.fi/en)

We aim to process the agreement within 14 days after all the required documents have been submitted.

We aim to resolve the matter within 14 days after all the required documents have been submitted.
 

• The average processing time for a pay subsidy application is approximately 6 working days.
• Attach all required documents to your application from the start – this helps speed up processing.
• Pay subsidy decisions are made within the limits of available funding.

• Processing of start-up grant applications is currently delayed, with the average processing time being 2 months.
• Some applications are processed faster than average, while others take longer.
• Processing is faster if all required documents are included from the start and the applicant has consulted Business Espoo’s business advisory services.
• Our specialist will contact the applicant when the processing of their application starts.
• Start-up grant decisions are made within the limits of available funding.
   

The processing time for pay subsidy payment applications is currently approximately one month. We are currently processing payment applications received on 1 October 2025.

The processing time for start-up grant payment applications is currently approximately 1-2 days. We are currently processing payment applications received on 30 October 2025. 

The processing time for discretionary expense allowance payment applications is approximately five months. We are currently processing payment applications received on 13 May 2025.