Current affairs

Restrictions on entry at Finland’s external borders imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be lifted on 1 July 2022. Third-country travellers arriving in Finland will no longer be required to hold vaccination or COVID-19 test certificates, and COVID-19 tests will not be carried out at border crossing points.

In line with the Government decision of 2 June, the restrictions on entry at Finland’s external borders will continue until 30 June 2022.

A new fast track service enables specialists, growth entrepreneurs and their family members to obtain a residence permit within 14 days. The service will be launched at the beginning of June. This service pledge is one of the Government's many measures to streamline the immigration of experts.

Finland is outsourcing the submission of residence permit applications in Tehran. Finland Application Centre maintained by VFS Global will be opened in Tehran on the 30th of May 2022.

Finland is preparing to apply for membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). On 15 May, the Government submitted a report to Parliament on Finland’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and proposed that the President of the Republic decide that Finland will apply for membership in NATO after Parliament has been heard.

In line with the Government decision of 5 May, the restrictions on entry at Finland’s external borders will continue until 5 June 2022.

Exhibitions at Safavi Museum & Aknoon Gallery, Isfahan, April 26–May 8, 2022, and at Khane Honar, Shiraz, May 13–June 1.

In line with the Government decision of 7 April, the restrictions on entry at Finland’s external borders will continue until 8 May 2022.

Op ed by Heads of Mission of European Union member states in Tehran

In line with the Government decision of 10 March, the restrictions on entry at Finland’s external borders will continue until 10 April 2022.