Embassy of Finland, Ankara

Customer service

VFS Global answers all inquiries regarding visa and residence permit matters.

  • Email: info.fitr@vfshelpline.com  
  • Visas: +90 212 373 5812 (08.30-12.00 ja 13.00-17.00)
  • Residence permits: +90 212 373 5823 (8.30-12.00 ja 13.00-17.00)

Visa matters:

Visa Center VFS Global serves customers in Türkiye at Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir and Antalya. Applicants must book an appointment for submitting their visa applications in advance.

Iraqi citizens and applicants legally residing in Iraq can submit their visa applications in either Ankara or Doha.

Honorary consulates do not handle visa matters!

Information about changing entry requirements to Finland from the Finnish Border Guard website.

Contact details and opening hours of Visa Centers in Türkiye:

Residence permit matters:

Residence permit application center VFS Global serves customers in Türkiye at Ankara. Applicants must book an appointment for submitting their residence permit applications in advance.

Iraqi citizens and applicants legally residing in Iraq can submit their residence permit application in either Ankara or Doha.

Citizens of Georgia and Azerbaijan, as well as applicants legally residing in Georgia or Azerbaijan, can submit their residence permit applications in Ankara.

Contact details and opening hours of Residence permit application centre in Türkiye:

  • Submission of applications: Mon-Wed 10:00-15:30 and Thu-Fri 09:00-15:30
  • Notification of decisions: 08:30-10:00
  • Email: info.firptr@vfshelpline.com
  • Tel: +90 212 373 5823 (8.30-12.00 and 13.00-17.00)

Passports: Appointment booking by email is required for the passport matters: Consulate.ANK@gov.fi 

Visiting the Embassy requires a booked appointment. All contacts regarding immigration and other consular matters can be made by email: Consulate.ANK@gov.fi

Embassy telephone service time and numbers:

Telephone service on Wednesdays 14.00 - 15.00. Tel: +90 312 457 4444 (in Turkish, English or Arabic)

Use the secure email service if your email contains sensitive personal data.

Exceptional opening hours

Exceptional opening hours

24/7 service

When a mission is closed, you can in an emergency situation contact the Foreign Ministry’s 24/7 service: tel. +358 9 1605 5555 or email paivystys.um@gov.fi. For consular emergencies only. No visa inquiries, visa matters are not urgent 24/7 service issues. Phone calls will be recorded.

Email

  • Sanomat.ANK@gov.fi
  • Consulate.ANK@gov.fi  (Consular and immigration services for citizens and residence permit holders of Türkiye and Iraq as well as residence permit services for Georgia and Azerbaijan.)

Use the secure email service if your email contains sensitive personal data.

Telephone exchange

  • +90 312 457 4400

Fax

  • +90 312 468 0072

Visiting address

Beyaz Zambaklar Sokağı No:44
06690 GAZIOSMANPASA, ANKARA
TÜRKIYE

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Personnel

Management

Pirkko Hämäläinen
Head of Mission
Tapani Kivelä
Deputy Head of Mission
Tiina Kaarela
Second Secretary
Desk Officer
Neslihan Akdağ
Assistant

Team Finland (Economic Promotion, Public Diplomacy, Culture and Communications)

Ebru Koçer Çelikten
Assistant
Nilüfer Alapınar
Adviser
Nesrin Can
Assistant

Team for Consular and Migration Affairs

Merja Kärkkäinen
Consul, Team Leader

Team for Administration

Meeri Levón
Administrative Officer
Kirsi Hurme
Administrative Officer

Defense Attaché office

Janne Hakaniemi
Defense, Military, Naval and Air Attaché
Semra Turgutcan
Assistant
Gulcin Erdem
Assistant

E-mail addresses are in the form: forename.surname@gov.fi. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.

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