From September 1, Finland will resume accepting visa applications in St. Petersburg.
Finland resumes accepting visa applications in St. Petersburg
From September 1, 2023, the Finnish Embassy in Moscow will be responsible for consular and immigration issues in St. Petersburg. Visa applications will be accepted at VFS Global service centers. It is reported that the VFS Global Visa Application Center in St. Petersburg and other VFS Visa Application Centers in northwest Russia will accept visa applications from September 1, 2023.
However, it has not yet been specified what types of visas will be available for Russian citizens.
The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that applications to VFS Global will be available from Monday to Friday.
In late July, it was announced that the Finnish Embassy in Moscow would take over the decision of all consular and migration issues that were previously resolved at the Consulate General in St. Petersburg, since from September 1, 2023 it will stop providing services to clients.