Payment scam in a residence permit application process
It has come to the Embassy’s attention that one residence permit applicant has received a falsified payment order for a Finnish residence permit application fee. The payment order has been sent by email from an unknown person with false bank details, recipient and fee. The requested payment amount has been more than a double of the correct application fee.
For the present, the Embassy is aware of one case and two further cases are suspected.
Other possible cases cannot be ruled out. The Embassy is currently investigating the matter.
The Embassy advises the applicants to be alert in dealing with the application payment procedures and especially to pay attention to the following matters:
Check the current service fees at the Embassy website: https://finlandabroad.fi/web/tha/visafee
Electronically submitted applications are handled in the Enter Finland online service, including the communication between the customer and authority, not by separate email correspondence
Embassy’s email addresses end with (at)formin.fi, we do not send emails from gmail, hotmail or from similar addresses
When in doubt, please check the application and payment procedures from the Embassy
If you have been scammed, contact the police and inform the Embassy, as well at viisumi.ban(at)formin.fi