Finnish Embassy in Petrozavodsk

Finland requires Russian citizens to hold a visa issued in advance. Whether the Finnish embassy in Petrozavodsk takes applications itself or through a visa centre is set out on its official website.

2023 figures: 468 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Finland’s embassy in Petrozavodsk, and 417 visas were issued. 51 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 10.9%.

Finland issues Schengen visas at 4 locations in Russia; this office handled 4% of their 12,436 applications in 2023. Refusal rates elsewhere: Saint Petersburg 7.8% and Moscow 12.0%. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Russia, 10.6% of applications were refused in 2023; Finland’s rate worldwide was 18.5%. Finland received the 7th largest number of applications of the 25 Schengen states represented here.

54.9% of the visas issued here were multiple-entry visas, valid for several trips. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Russia.

Besides the Finnish embassy in Petrozavodsk, Finland has 4 other missions in Russia. Consulates: Saint Petersburg and Murmansk. Russia in turn has an embassy in Helsinki.

About the Finnish embassy in Petrozavodsk

It appears in official lists as Embassy of Finland in Petrozavodsk.

Address and contact

Address: улица Гоголя 25, Petrozavodsk. No phone number or website is on record for the Finnish embassy in Petrozavodsk.

Finnish citizens travelling to Russia

Finnish citizens need a visa for Russia, which they can apply for online as an e-Visa for stays of up to 30 days.

When the Finnish embassy in Petrozavodsk is closed

The Finnish embassy in Petrozavodsk closes on Russia’s public holidays, the next being New Year's Day on Friday 1 January 2027 and New Year holiday on Saturday 2 January 2027, and usually on holidays of Finland such as Independence Day (Itsenäisyyspäivä) on Sunday 6 December 2026.