Embassy of Finland, Pretoria
Customer service
Consular services by appointment only: Visa.PRE@gov.fi
Residence permits by appointment only: Visa.PRE@gov.fi
Contact VFS Global for visa appointment
Use the secure email service if your email contains sensitive personal data.
Office hours
Mon - Thurs from 08h00 to 16h15. Fridays from 08h00 to 13h45
Exceptional opening hours
Thursday 1st January, New Year's Day
Friday 3rd April, Good Friday
Monday 6th April, Family Day
Monday 27th April, Freedom Day
Fredag 1st May, Workers' Day
Tuesday 16th June, Youth Day
Friday 19th June, Midsummer Eve
Monday 10th August, Women's Day holiday
Thursday 24th September, Heritage Day
Wednesday 16th December, Day of Reconciliation
Thursday 24th December, Christmas Eve
Friday 25th December, Christmas Day
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.PRE@gov.fi
- Visa.PRE@gov.fi (Immigration and consular queries)
Use the secure email service if your email contains sensitive personal data.
Telephone exchange
- +27 12 486 6700
Post address
Embassy of Finland
PO Box 443
0001 PRETORIA
SOUTH AFRICA
Visiting address
628 Leyds Street, Muckleneuk
0002, PRETORIA
SOUTH AFRICA
On the map
Website
Personnel
E-mail addresses are in the form: forename.surname@gov.fi. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.