Current affairs

Arto Uusitalo arrived in Washington D.C. in August 2018 directly from Seoul, South Korea, where he worked as a chef for the ambassador of Finland. Despite his young age, Uusitalo has a vast international career. Prior to Seoul, he worked for the ambassador of Finland in Belgium and before that for a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.

In July 2018, The Global Access Program (GAP) at the UCLA Anderson School of Management held its annual Company Launch event with nine Finnish companies who are supported by Business Finland, amongst a total of 40 companies from nine other countries.

Consulate General of Finland in New York will bring the portable passport unit to Dallas Oct 1st-5th 2018. A passport must be applied for in person. An appointment is required from the Honorary Consulate in Dallas directly.

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Starting 1st of August Embassy of Finland in Washington D.C. will no longer take in or handle visa or residence permit applications. Read more about the change.

A Finn who found her way to the U.S. in the 1980, recaps her story and first impressions of United States. Ann Solorzano has observed plenty of unique habits and elements between both of the nations, and now shares a few cultural differences of through the eyes of a Finnish citizen residing in the U.S.

Have you wondered what our interns are up to in Washington D.C.? Kaisu Karvonen shared her thoughts on our blog after completing her internship at the Embassy's Political Affairs team. 

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Petra Montonen from Orivesi, Finland, had never met the Peterson family from Lansing, Michigan. Yet she signed up to be an exchange student with Youth For Understanding USA (YFU), agreed to live with the Petersons and become their “exchange” daughter for an entire school year. Once strangers, Petra and James and Dani Peterson now consider each other family.

The President of the United States Donald Trump, and the President of Russia Vladimir Putin are to meet at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki on Monday, 16 July 2018. The #HELSINKI2018 meeting will be hosted by the President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö.