Visa requirement and travel documents accepted by Finland
The Schengen member states have jointly agreed about the rules concerning the movement of third-country nationals in their territories and decided which countries' citizens are required to present a visa. Furthermore, each Schengen State has decided which travel documents citizens of different third countries have to present upon entering the country.
The European Commission is maintaining the table of travel documents accepted by the Schengen member states, and entitling the holder to cross the external borders and which may be endorsed with a visa: Travel documents issued by third countries and territorial entities (Part I)(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window) (European Commission).
Visa requirements and travel documents accepted by Finland are listed below.
Great Britain: travel documents to Finland
(valid until further notice)
Visa free
- Visa free to Schengen area and Finland
Travel documents accepted by Finnish authorities
- Ordinary passport, incl. a passport issued by *)
- Diplomatic passport
- Service passport / Official duty passport
- Passport BNO British National (Overseas), citizen of United Kingdom (Overseas Territories)
- Emergency Passport, incl. Emergency passport issued by *)
- British Overseas Territory Identity Card – Gibraltar
- Travel Document for refugees (1951 Geneva convention)
- Travel Documents for stateless person (1954 New York convention)
- Certificate of Travel **)
- Seaman's book (on duty)
*) Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bailiwick of Jersey, Anguilla, Bermuda, Saint Helena, Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat
**) A Schengen Visa is required when travelling to Finland.