Current affairs

Consulate General of Finland in Hong Kong is closed on 25th September and 1st October 2018.

Consulate General of Finland in Hong Kong is closed on Friday 14 September 2018.

Our video follows the Finnish capital from the first days of spring through the white nights and paradisal greenery of summer, concluding when the reds, oranges and yellows make the arrival of autumn visible.

While Finland isn’t known as a top football country, Finnish soccer fans have plenty of cause for excitement as the 2018 World Cup plays out in neighbouring Russia.

The President of the Republic appointed new Ambassadors on 6 April. Most of them will assume their functions on 1 September 2018.

Finland is outsourcing the submission of visa applications in Hong Kong. Finland Visa Application Centre maintained by VFS Global will be opened in Hong Kong on 10th April 2018. The new Visa Application Centre will make it easier to apply for a Schengen visa to Finland. Finland represents Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden in Hong Kong in visa matters.

Finland is outsourcing the submission of Schengen visa applications in Hong Kong. Finland Visa Application Centre maintained by VFS Global will be opened up in Hong Kong in April 2018.

In the presidential election of 2018, advance voting will be organised in Hong Kong in the first round of election from 17th to 20th January 2018. If a second round is organised, the advance voting period will be from 31st January to 3rd February 2018.

The Standard of Hong Kong published a supplement for the Independence Day of Finland on December 6. In it Consul-General Jari Sinkari shed light on the events of the 100th anniversary and invited Hongkongers to the remaining festivities of the year, as well as to visit Finland.