Where to apply for a visa?

Submit the application to the VFS Global Visa Application Centre. Book an appointment on the website or through the Call Centre. The Embassy will accept applications on Tuesdays by appointment only.

Finland Visa Application Centre

The applicant must always submit the visa application in person and give his or her biometrics (passport photograph and fingerprints).

An appointment for the Visa Application Centre can be booked by in advance either on the website of the VFS Global Visa Application Centre or through the Call Centre. Visa Application Centre and the Call Centre serve customers in English and in Nepali.

It is advisable to complete the application form online.

Please note that as before, the residence permit applications are submitted at the Embassy, not at the Visa Application Centre.

Contact

Address: Academy of Culinary Arts Building, Ground Floor, Mahalaxmisthan Marga, Lagankhel, Lalitpur
Submission of applications: 8–12 hrs, Mon–Fri
Pass back time: 13–15 hrs, Mon–Fri
Website: http://www.vfsglobal.com/Finland/Nepal/
E-mail enquiries: [email protected]
Helpline telephones: 1800 0910 120 tai +977 981 7011 745, 8–15 hrs, Mon–Fri

Call Centre

From Nepal: Toll Free 18000910120
From other locations: +977 9817011745
Working hours: from 8 to 16 hrs

Submitting visa application to the Embassy of Finland

The Embassy will accept applications on Tuesdays by appointment only. Appointments are booked on the above mentioned website of the VAC or through the Call Centre.

The applicant must always submit the application in person and give his or her biometrics (passport photograph and fingerprints).

Customer service: Embassy of Finland, Kathmandu

Residence permit applications and passport applications: please make an appointment by email visa.kat(at)formin.fi.

Appointment slots for submitting residence permit applications for other purposes than studying are fully booked until the end the current month. To book an appointment for next month, please send an e-mail to [email protected] on the 15th of the month at 8 am Nepali time onwards. Outside these dates, only appointment requests for studying will be taken into account.

Please write on the subject field that the e-mail deals with an appointment request and indicate your application type (for example student, spouse or work). You will be contacted after a few days of having sent the appointment request. Please be patient and do not send enquiries or resend your appointment request. Please indicate also applicant’s name, telephone number, passport number and validity of the passport in your e-mail.

NB! The decisions on applications are made by the Finnish Immigration Service. You can follow the processing queue from www.migri.fi or in Enter Finland.

The Visa section of the Embassy of Finland in Kathmandu is closed from 23 December 2019 until 6 January 2020. VFS will give appointments again from 7 January onwards.

Visa submission

Public holidays when the Embassy is closed

In distress abroad

Finnish passport and identity card

Family and citizenship

Notarial services