Current affairs

All Finnish missions abroad and organisations issuing visas, including the Border Guard, Finnish Customs and the Police, started to use the new EU visa sticker on 11 November 2019

On 14 November, Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto will attend an extraordinary meeting the Foreign Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo.

Consulate General of Finland will process passports and ID cards in Seattle, WA on November 25-26 2019. The application must be submitted in person and by appointment only.

Finland, as the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will be hosting special events during the Kids Euro Festival 2019. In addition to a sold-out event at our Embassy, you'll have a great chance to see the Finnish performer in other locations in DC! Read more.

Consulate General of Finland will process passports and ID cards in Denver Colorado on November 19th 2019. The application must be submitted in person and by appointment only.

Consulate General of Finland will process passports and ID cards in San Francisco, CA on November 4-5 2019. The application must be submitted in person and by appointment only. 

Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari will attend the 2019 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington DC on 17–19 October.

Finland and the State of Maine on the North-East coast of the United States have signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding on fostering exchange of information and cooperation in developing bioeconomy that is based on forests and the use of wood. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed today, on 10 October 2019, by the Prime Minister of Finland Antti Rinne and the Governor of Maine Janet Mills.