Finnish Consulate General in Saint Petersburg

Finland requires Russian citizens to hold a visa issued in advance. Applications may be taken here or by a visa centre working for Finland.

2023 figures: 6,384 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Finland’s consulate general in Saint Petersburg, and 4,902 visas were issued. 499 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 7.8%.

Finland issues Schengen visas at 4 locations in Russia; this office handled 51% of their 12,436 applications in 2023. Refusal rates elsewhere: Moscow 12.0% and Petrozavodsk 10.9%, which makes Saint Petersburg the lowest of the group. 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.

58.0% 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.

The Finnish embassy is in Petrozavodsk, about 298 km away. Besides the Finnish consulate general in Saint Petersburg, Finland has 4 other missions in Russia. Consulates: Murmansk. Russia in turn has an embassy in Helsinki.

About the Finnish consulate general in Saint Petersburg

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Finland in Saint Petersburg. A consulate does consular work for a region: passports, certificates and help for nationals in difficulty.

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 consulate general in Saint Petersburg is closed

The next closures of the Finnish consulate general in Saint Petersburg for public holidays in Russia are New Year's Day on Friday 1 January 2027 and New Year holiday on Saturday 2 January 2027; it may also close for Independence Day (Itsenäisyyspäivä) on Sunday 6 December 2026.

Near the Finnish consulate general in Saint Petersburg

The Finnish consulate general in Saint Petersburg has 12 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.