FinlandVisit Visa Guide

Whether you are traveling to Helsinki for sightseeing, a venture to Lapland, or you have planned a family trip, a Schengen visit visa to Finland would be the first step towards a memorable travel experience. With an endless array of documentation to compile and appointments to book, visa experts and the premier education consultants in Pakistan will surely speed up the seemingly impossible tasks. Below is a step-by-step guide for eligibility requirements and visa application procedure and suggestions for quick visa approval.

Pakistan Passport rules for Finland.

Pakistanis who will travel to Finland for a short stay with a Schengen visa type C.

The first document, which is the passport and supporting identity– related documents that need to be verified in accordance with the overall EU-Schengen procedures as guided by our expert education consultants in Pakistan, is the original passport. It needs to be valid for 3 months or more after you intend to travel out of the Schengen member area, it must have been issued not prior to 10 years in the past. Hence if you have obtained guidance from the leading education consultants in Lahore, your handwritten or manually issued past should not be older than 10 years. Empty Passport Pages 2 free and consecutively available pages for the visa application and entry / exit stamp.

Damaged Passport:

It has to be fully intact, in good physical condition without any damage and signed. 

NADRA Identity Requirements CNIC / NICOP:

Scanned copy of your authentic Smart National Identity Card. FRC NADRA's produced Family Registration Certificate (for minors B-form) should show the family members and relation. - Any previous Passports - Original of previous cancelled / expired passports.

Schengen Visit (Type C) Short-Stay Visa - Extendable in Finland

Based on instructions by the Finland Embassy, there is no possibility of extending the short-stay Schengen visitor’s visa for the sole purpose of having a longer vacation. The Finland Embassy concedes, however, that, pursuant to EC strict, such extension could be authorized should, an applicant, on arrival in Finland, fall victim to an unexpected force majeure event and/or a compelling humanitarian cause.

When do they apply?

 Force majeure / unforeseeable circumstances:

The flights are cancelled due to bad weather, natural disaster, strike.... It is what prevents you from traveling.

Humanitarian circumstances:

it applies when you have a medical necessity of treatment in Finland, severe disease preventing travel (nothing chronically already existing before landing of the flight) or if there is a serious problem for an immediate family member (spouse or child) in Finland.

Where and how to apply inside Finland

 Responsible authorities:

These cases are decided individually by either the Finnish Police or the Finnish Immigration service Applications need to be handed in to one of these organizations before your visa expires.

Fee:

Free: For humanitarian reasons or Force Majeure.
27 € fee: For reasons of important personal importance.