Foreign passports and documents

Instructions for filling out a new online visa application form for Finland

If you have previously created an account in this system, log in using your registered login and password. If you are on the Portal for the first time, you need to register:

We enter data in Latin, set a password. The password must be between 8 and 15 characters long and contain at least 1 CAPITAL letter, 1 lowercase letter, 1 number and 1 special character (! @ # $ % ^ & *).

Click on "Save".

Getting to know the site navigation (above):

By default, you are in the section "New visa application form". You can also fill out a previously completed questionnaire, as well as send yourself a completed questionnaire in PDF format to your email address.

Choose the place of submission of documents - Visa Center in Moscow (Visa Center of Finland, Moscow)

If you plan to apply directly to the Consulate of Finland in a particular city, then select “Consulate/Embassy of Finland, …”. If you are planning to submit documents at the Visa Center of Finland, then select "Visa Center of Finland" and the city to whose consular district you belong. For example, you plan to apply in - You should select from the list "Visa Center of Finland, MOSCOW“since Kazan belongs to the consular district. If you want to apply in, then you should choose "Visa Center of Finland, MURMANSK“, since the city of Arkhangelsk belongs to the consular district of the Consulate of Finland in Murmansk.

  • Surname - indicate according to the passport
  • Past (s) Surnames - indicate the maiden name, and if the surname has not changed, then indicate your last name again
  • Name (-ena) - indicate according to the passport
  • Middle name - optional
  • Date of birth - specify in the format DD / MM / YYYY
  • Place of birth - according to the passport

  • Country of birth - all those born before December 25, 1991 in the territory of the USSR must indicate SOVIET UNION
  • Citizenship at present RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  • Citizenship at birth - if the country of birth is Soviet Union, then citizenship at birth - SOVIET UNION
  • Gender - specify
  • Marital status - select from the list
  • Minor - yes / no.
  • Identification document number - indicate the number of the Russian passport
  • I am the spouse or family member of an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen - yes - no
  • Type of travel document - ORDINARY PASSPORT
  • Travel document number - indicate the number of the international passport in strict accordance with the international passport. If there is a space after the first two digits, a space is required. If there is a "No", then we also put a space. We also re-indicate the number of the passport
  • Date of issue - specify in the format DD / MM / YYYY
  • Valid until - specify in the format DD / MM / YYYY
  • Issuing country — RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  • Issued - indicate the authority that issued the passport in strict accordance with the passport. If there is a space, be sure to include a space. For example, in the FMS passport 002 - indicate FMS[ space]002. If there is a hyphen, put a hyphen (FMS-002 = FMS-002). In our case, "FMS 123".

After that, your questionnaire will be assigned a unique number, by which you can continue filling out the questionnaire, print it or send it by mail within the next 14 days. Also, an additional letter from the Visa Application Center with instructions will be sent to your mail address.

  • Applicant's address - indicate the street, house and apartment of your actual residence
  • Postal code - specify
  • City - specify
  • Country - RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  • Email address - enter
  • Host country (if different from the country of citizenship) - if you are a foreigner, then indicate here the document on the basis of which you legally stay in the Russian Federation: work permit / work visa / passport number (if you are a citizen of the Republic of Belarus), etc.

  • We indicate the type of activity from the list - pupils / students must select Student or Trainee, respectively.

  • Employer - indicate the name
  • The name of the educational institution - for students / students, indicate the name of the educational institution
  • The address of the employer or educational institution - indicate the street and house number
  • Postal code - specify
  • City - specify
  • Country - specify
  • Phone number - start with the number "7"

Choose the purpose of the trip to Finland. In our case, this is tourism, we fly directly to Finland, we want a multi for 90 days.

The maximum number of days that can be requested is 90. This is because you cannot stay in the Schengen area on a short-stay visa for more than 90 days out of every 180 days (Schengen legislation), even if you have a visa for 5 years. The validity of a visa and the length of stay are different concepts.

  • Schenegna visas issued within the last 3 years - yes / no. If you have had several Schengen visas, then indicate the details of the most recent visa. Other visas you can specify in the column "Additional information" at the end of the questionnaire.
  • Previously taken fingerprints - yes / no. If you have already submitted biometrics during the previous Schengen registration, then indicate "YES". The system will ask you to indicate the date of biometrics submission.
  • Transit visa - yes / no. If you are applying for a transit visa, then in the application form you need to indicate the details of the visa / other permission to stay in the country where you are flying through Finland.
  • Estimated date of entry into the Schengen area - indicate the starting date of the trip
  • Estimated date of departure from the Schengen area - in case of a multiple-entry visa request, indicate the desired validity period of the visa, and not the date of departure from the Schengen area on the first trip. We did not become modest and asked for a visa for 5 years. They will give such a “long”, they won’t give it, the visa officer will decide

  • Type of invitation - in case of tourism with hotel accommodation, indicate " HOTEL OR TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION«
  • Name of the hotel or place of temporary residence - the name of the hotel
  • Address of the hotel or place of temporary residence - the address of the hotel
  • Postal code - desirable
  • City - specify the city
  • A country - FINLAND
  • Phone number - we are looking for a confirmation of the reservation or on the Internet, indicate without spaces and the “+” sign
  • Email address - not required but preferred

If you are going on a business trip, then in the "Type of invitation" you need to select COMPANY INVITAION and fill in the following questions (take info from the invitation):

  • Name of the host company or organization
  • Address of the inviting company or organization - street and house
  • City
  • A country
  • Postcode
  • Phone number - no spaces or "+" sign
  • Fax number - optional
  • Surname of the inviting person - the surname of the signer of the invitation
  • Name(s) of the inviter - the name of the signer of the invitation
  • Contact person address, City, Country, Phone, Fax - re-enter the address of the office in Finland
  • Email address - optional if you have such information

Such data about the inviting person should be indicated if you are going to visit with a private invitation. If you are going to your property, please select from the list "NO INVITATION"

  • Who pays for the costs of traveling and staying abroad - if we pay for ourselves, then indicate BY THE APPLICANT HIMSELF / HERSELF.
  • Specify livelihood - as an option CASH

When requesting a multiple-entry visa, we mark “YES”, thereby confirming that you undertake to insure each of your subsequent trips to Schengen.

  • Additional information - if you want to provide additional information about the address of registration (if different from the address of actual residence), add the purpose of the trip, description, previous Schengen visas, etc.

Congratulations! Your application has been completed. Click to end "SEND"

To print the form, select from the top navigation "SEND YOUR VISA APPLICATION BY E-MAIL". Enter the application number and your email address.

In the near future you will receive a questionnaire by mail. File password-protected. In order to open a file with a questionnaire, you need to specify the first 4 characters of your passport number and date of birth in the format DD/MM/YYYY. Our passport number was 71 1112233, date of birth 01/01/1980.

A space counts as a character!

So our password is: 71[space]1 01011980

Print out the form. Make sure you have printed all barcodes. It doesn't matter how the questionnaire is printed - black and white / color / one-sided / two-sided.

Sign the form 4 times:

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  • box below "I am aware that the visa fee is not refunded if the visa is refused." (I am informed that in case of refusal the consular fee is not refundable)
  • box below “Applicable in case a multiple-entry visa is applied for (cf. field No. 24): I am aware of the need to have an adequate travel medical insurance for my first stay and subsequent visits to the territory of Member States. » (when applying for a multiple-entry visa, I undertake to insure every subsequent trip to Schengen)
  • at the bottom of the page in the column "Signature" (signature)

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