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Documents required for Finland Visa application
Additional documents
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If the applicant is a company owner or self-employed:
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Photo Specification For Estonia Visa Application
Two identical photos. Not older than six months.
Photo size: 36x37mm.
In color. No black and white
Head should take 70-80% of the photo.
Brightly colored background. Light grey is suggested.No patterns.
The applicant should be looking straight at the camera.
Neutral face expression. No smile and mouth closed
Avoid uniforms or colors matching the background.
A Finland Schengen visa is a special kind of visa which allows you to travel among all the Schengen countries including Finland for a maximum period of upto 90 days. This is a traveller’s dream where with one visa you can travel to any of the other 25 Schengen countries along with Finland.
A Schengen Visa (issued by a consulate or embassy of a Schengen State) is valid for all 26 States of the Schengen Area (including the European territory of Finland), unless it is marked otherwise on the visa sticker. So you do not need another visa to enter or stay in the European territory of Finland. However, you must be in possession of documentary evidence for the reasons of your stay and your means of support. Schengen Area comprises of the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.
The Schengen Visa is a short stay visa and takes the form of a sticker affixed to your passport. The definition of “short stay” is a stay of "90 days in any 180 days period". This means that the total duration of stay is of maximum 90 days in any period of 180 days. The precise length of validity of your Schengen Visa is indicated on the visa sticker under the heading “Duration of visit”. With a single-entry visa you can enter the Schengen area only once. This is indicated on the visa sticker under the heading "Number of entries" by "1". A two-entry or a multiple-entry visa allows for two or several entries during the validity of the Schengen Visa. This is indicated on the visa sticker by "02" or "MULT" under the heading "Number of entries".
No, not necessarily all Schengen Visas will be granted for 90 days. You may get the Schengen Visa only for the number of days that you present in your travel itinerary and your flight & hotel bookings
You may appeal against this decision. The decision to refuse a Schengen visa and the reasons for the refusal are notified using a standard form that is handed out by the Member State's consulate that refused the visa. The notification of the refusal must include the reasons, on which the refusal were based, and the procedures and deadlines for submitting an appeal. You are free to re-apply again if your application has been refused earlier. However, it is recommended that you take note of the reasons for the earlier refusal before submitting a new application and make amendments, where necessary. The visa fee is not refunded if the visa is refused. The visa fee covers the cost of the examination of the visa application.
You cannot extend your short-stay visa while in Finland except in special circumstances, and exceeding your permitted period of stay is considered an act of illegality or criminality. Instead, you must return to your home country within the permitted period of stay and apply for another Finland Visa if necessary.
Schengen visas may allow for a single-entry or multiple entries. With a single-entry visa you can enter the Schengen area only once. This is indicated on the visa sticker by "01". With a visa allowing for two or multiple entries you may enter twice or several times during the validity of the visa.
Typically, a Finland Visa (Schengen Visa) takes anywhere from 5 to 15 days to process in the Finland Embassy/Consulate. The processing time for a Finland Visa is dependent on several factors and can change without notice at the consulate's discretion.
Applicants can check the status of Finland visa application online using the Finland VFS Reference number and Date of Birth. Kindly visit the Track Your Application section of the Finland VFS website.
As an application centre, the Finland Visa Application Centre (VFS) will not be able to guarantee you a visa. The issuance or refusal of a Finland visa is the sole prerogative of The Embassy/Consulate. The Finland Visa Application Centre cannot influence this decision in any way.
Yes, an appointment is mandatory for a Finland Visa in order to provide your biometrics and submit your visa documents.
Schengen Visa must be applied from the Embassy / Consulate of the country where you will be staying for maximum number of days. If your stay has equal number of days in each country then you must apply to the Embassy / Consulate of the country which would serve as the first port of entry.
Embassy of Finland, New Delhi
Visiting address, post address
Embassy of Finland
E-3, Nyaya Marg
Chanakyapuri
NEW DELHI 110021
INDIA
Phone: +91 11 4149 7570 (Visa Section)
Email: sanomat.nde@formin.fi
visa.nde@formin.fi (Visa Section)
consul.nde@formin.fi (Passports, consular and notary services)
Fax: +91 11 4149 7555
+91 11 4149 7550 (Visa Section)
Office hours: Mon-Thu 8.00 am to 4.00 pm; Fri 8.00 am to 2.45 pm
Customer service: Consular section Mon-Thu 9.00 am to 12.00 noon
Web: www.finland.org.in
The Åland Islands (or Åland) are an autonomous archipelago between Sweden and Finland. A predominantly Swedish-speaking province of Finland, Åland is comprised of a few large islands and nearly 10,000 smaller ones. Åland has a unique history.
Three of the top places to visit in Helsinki are churches, two of them cathedrals and the third a landmark of modern architecture. Uspensky Orthodox Cathedral rises dramatically above the east side of the harbor, its 13 green-topped spires ending in gold cupolas.
Helsinki's harbor is an integral part of the city, whose important landmarks overlook it. It's also a popular gathering point, with an open-air market of local farmers, craftsmen, food producers, and fishermen, who sell directly from their boats.
For most people, seeing the Northern Lights is a once-in-a-lifetime treat. Finland is perhaps the top country in the world for seeing these blazing curtains of light drape across the sky.
The Arctic Circle runs across northern Finland, right through the town of Rovaniemi, giving it claim to being the Gateway to the Arctic. In the summer, this means the famous Midnight Sun. While the sun only stays above the horizon for a full 24 hours in Rovaniemi on the summer solstice in late June, from late May to early August it never drops far enough for it to get dark.
One of the world's largest sea fortresses, the 18th-century fort on Suomenlinna is a 15-minute ferry ride from Helsinki's Market Square (a mini-cruise that has lovely views of the city as a bonus attraction). Once here, you could easily fill a day with its sights and activities. The impressive fortifications, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, were built in 1847 by the Swedes (Finland was Swedish territory then) to scare off the Russians; they weren't scared and later captured both the fort and Finland.
The southwestern Finnish town of Turku, the country's oldest town and until 1812 its capital, lies on the Gulf of Bothnia, at the mouth of the Aurajoki River. Turku lies in the area where the successors to the Swedish Vikings landed in the 12th century and set out to conquer what is now Finland.
