Frequently Asked Questions About Applying
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Can I apply for an apartment before the acceptance to a school has been confirmed?
Yes - the registration certificate must be presented at the latest when an apartment is being offered to you.
How long is an application valid and how to renew it?
An application is valid for 90 days and it can be renewed via e-mail or telephone. There is no need to leave a new application. PSOAS will not send a notice for renewing an application, so the applicants must remember to renew the application themselves.
Can I apply for a shared apartment with my friend and how do we apply?
Yes, but in that case, both of the rooms of the apartment should become available at the same time which happens very seldom. Both applicants will fill in their own application form, and the wish to share an apartment is noted under "More information". Also family apartments are available if there are no family applicants. In this case both applicants have to be students.
What to do if my application is no longer valid?
The applicant must leave a new application because the computer programme automatically deletes all the applications older than 90 days.
Where am I in the waiting list and when can I expect to be offered an apartment?
Unfortunately, the programme does not give information on the applicant's location in the waiting list, so there is no direct answer to the question. The apartments will be given in the order of arriving applications. When your application is valid, we will contact you as soon as a suitable apartment becomes available. The time of the offer cannot be predicted because, for example, the number of terminating rental agreements varies.
Does a medical certificate, personal situation etc. affect the waiting list?
No. All applicants have an equal opportunity to get an apartment in the order of arriving applications, which means that the person waited the longest will get an offer first.
Can the people already living in the PSOAS apartments switch apartments?
No. It is fair that the apartments are given out in the queuing order. There can be other people waiting for the same apartment on the waiting list.
Who is an internal applicant?
An internal applicant is a person who already has a rental agreement with PSOAS. The earlier agreements with PSOAS do not count (if you are an intermediate tenant, you are not an internal applicant).
Student Housing Foundation of Northern Finland
Mannenkatu 1 A
FI-90130 Oulu
Finland
Tel. +358 8 3173 110
Fax +358 8 332 170
firstname.lastname@psoas.fi
Accommodation office
Mannenkatu 1 A
FI-90130 Oulu
Finland
Tel. +358 8 3173 110
Fax +358 8 3173 170
if.saosp@otsimiototnusa
