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Study shows that educational transitions can be challenging for immigrant-origin youths`. They are for example in a higher risk to end up without upper secondary education when compared to their native counterparts in Finland. Overall the transitions of immigrant-origin youth have been seen more complex than native youth. Guidance is viewed to have an important part for the transitions from educational level to another. The aim of this study was to examine what kind of a role “LUVA-education” plays for immigrant-origin youth in their transition to upper secondary education and how counseling can support that transition. The goal was to study the questions presented before from LUVA-educations counselors’ point of view. The theoretical frame consist of the concepts of transition and counseling. The data of the thesis consist of three semi-structured interviews. Two of the interviews were executed as individual-interviews and one as a pair-interview. The interviews were analyzed using phenomenography. The aim was to bring out the interviewees` different perceptions of the subject in hand. The importance of LUVA-education for the transition to upper secondary education was seen in two ways: firstly LUVA was viewed as “a pit stop” for student to review whether to proceed in high school or in vocational studies and secondly it was seen as a place where students can develop their skills. The interviewees saw that the most effective guidance aspects were improving the students’ skills and knowledge, certain counselling procedures and co-operation with the students` families. Students` unrealistic dreams for their future education were seen as a challenge in study guidance.The interviewees wished more re-sources for guidance and co-operation with schools other experts, such as school curator, nurses and special education teachers. The study revealed that LUVA-education has its place in immigrant-youth transitions to secondary education. In the future it would be important to study the perceptions of students in LUVA-education.