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Apply for a visa to Finland and other Schengen countries with VFS Global. Find out the eligibility, fees, documents and processing time.
If your main country of destination is Finland, you must apply for a visa at the Visa Application Centre indicated by a Finnish mission, at a Finnish mission or at a Schengen country mission representing Finland.
Online visa application form.
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Overview. All citizens of India, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka are required to apply for a visa before entering Finland and/or other countries under the Schengen agreement. Before applying, please ensure you understand your particular ‘purpose of visit’.
If you wish to visit Finland, for example as a tourist, or stay with relatives or friends, or make a business or conference trip, you will generally need a visa. A visa is a permit to enter the country for a short-term or temporary period of residence lasting no more than 90 days.
If your country of destination is Finland, you must apply for a visa at the Visa Application Centre indicated by the nearest Finnish mission. Honorary consuls and honorary consulates do not grant visas. How to apply for a visa. Fill in the visa application form at the website finlandvisa.fi.
applying for a short stay visa: Tourist (including Private Visit), Business, Finnish, EU/EEA and Swiss nationals’ family member under Directive 2004/38/EC and Study, Conference and Professional Training Visa. Before applying, please ensure you are very clear on your ‘purpose of visit’.
Some people need to apply for a Finland tourist visa (also known as a Schengen visa). For those who have never applied for a visa, the phrasing and application process may seem intimidating, but once you get the gist of it you should have no troubles.
Foreign nationals entering Finland. Guidance for foreign nationals planning to travel to Finland. Visa to visit Finland. Residence permits to Finland. Visa representation agreements. Visa facilitation agreements. Visa requirement and travel documents accepted by Finland.
