Embassy of Finland, London
Customer service
Please contact us primarily via email. General enquiries can be sent via email to sanomat.lon@gov.fi
The Embassy switchboard is open on weekdays from 9am to 12.00pm, and 1pm to 4pm, tel: The phone number is +44 (0)20 7838 6200.
The Embassy switchboard does not handle appointments related to passport, identity card, registration and/or citizenship matters.
Please note that answers to most enquiries can be found on the Embassy website!
Customers for passports, identity cards, citizenship and notarial services must book an appointment beforehand.
The Finnish Embassy in London has implemented an electronic appointment booking service at finlandappointment.fi (here is the link to the service https://finlandappointment.fi/ ) for consular services (such as passport applications, identity card, notarial services and registration matters).
All available times (including possible cancellation times) are displayed in the Finlandappointment booking system, which you can monitor yourself. New appointments are always opened for one month at a time in Finlandappointment calendar.
The Juni appointments were opened on 18th May, the July appointments will open on 17th June, the August appointments on 17th July and September appointments on 18th August.
If you are unable to attend at the appointment given to you, kindly cancel your appointment well in advance. Please also keep an eye on our booking system for possible cancelled appointments. Unfortunately, we are unable to respond to inquiries about appointmens or give applicants extra appointments when the appointment calendar is fully booked.
Residence permit applications to Finland are submitted via VFS Global in London, Manchester and Edinburgh. All customers are required to pre-book an appointment with VFS Global.
Schengen visa applications to Finland are submitted via VFS Global in London, Manchester and Edinburgh. All customers are required to pre-book an appointment with VFS Global.
Enquiries to the Consular Section can be sent to consulate.lon@gov.fi
Use the secure email service if your email contains sensitive personal data.
Use the secure email service if your email contains sensitive personal data.
Office hours
Mon–Fri 9am–12.00pm, 1pm–4pm
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.
- sanomat.lon@gov.fi
- consulate.lon@gov.fi (Enquiries relating to Finnish passports)
- invoices.lon@gov.fi (Invoice address)
- amboffice.lon@gov.fi (Ambassador's office)
- teamfinlanduk@gov.fi (Suomalaisyritysten Brexit-kyselyt)
Use the secure email service if your email contains sensitive personal data.
Telephone exchange
- +44 20 783 862 00
Visiting address, post address
Embassy of Finland
38 Chesham Place
LONDON SW1X 8HW
UNITED KINGDOM
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Personnel
- amboffice.lon@gov.fi
Political and economic matters
Commercial matters
- meria.heikela@gov.fi
- +44 754 743 7993
- roosa.korkala@gov.fi
- +44 759 138 7623
- perry.ledain@gov.fi
- +44 786 778 1237
- janna.mure@gov.fi
- +44 754 743 8087
- sannamari.stern@gov.fi
- +44 759 138 7625
Press, media and culture
- +44 7920 546 248
- +44 782 562 4820
- +44 7920 454 058
Consulate
Defence Attaché's Office
Administrative affairs
E-mail addresses are in the form: forename.surname@gov.fi. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.