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Contact the Embassy
Embassy
Embassy of the United States of America
Itäinen Puistotie 14 B
00140 Helsinki
Finland
Telephone: +358-9-616-250
Consular & VISA
Consular Section - Visa Unit
Embassy of the United States of America
Itäinen Puistotie 14 B
FIN-00140 Helsinki
Finland
Most Finnish citizens who go to the U.S. for fewer than 90 days do not need a visa - see Visa Waiver Program.
If you have general questions about applying for a visa, ESTA or the Visa Waiver Program, please call our automated call service at 358-9-616-250. Service is available in English and Finnish. If you have other questions which cannot be answered through our call service or you have specific questions about an pending visa case, please contact us at the email addresses below:
For questions about Nonimmigrant Visa, please write: HelsinkiNIV@state.gov
For questions about Immigration, please write: HelsinkiIV@state.gov
Consular Section - American Citizen Services Unit
Embassy of the United States of America
Itäinen Puistotie 14 B
FIN-00140 Helsinki
Finland
Telephone: +358-40-140-5957
Phone inquiries are answered from 2 PM to 4 PM Monday through Thursday.
E-mail: HelsinkiACS@state.gov
For an American citizen emergency after hours, please call the main Embassy number at +358-9-616-250 and select 0.
American Resource Center
American Resource Center at the Kaisa House
P.O.Box 53 (Fabianinkatu 30)
00014 University of Helsinki
Finland
Telephone: +358-9-191 24048
E-mail: arc@usembassy.fi
Hours: Mon-Fri 9-20, Sat 9-16 (Reference services: Mon-Fri 9-17)
Summer Hours: Mon-Fri 9-18, Sat 9-16 (Closed Saturdays in July)
Webmaster
Please do not send email to webmaster@usembassy.fi regarding:
- Consular affairs, passports, visas, or legal affairs
Please contact the Consulate regarding these questions. - Travel and tourism questions
Unfortunately, the U.S. Embassy does not have a travel and tourism office, and we cannot provide travel information, brochures, schedules, etc. There is a great deal of travel information on the Internet, and we suggest you begin by checking our travel links. For travel questions about Finland check our Finland links. - School projects, etc.
There is a lot of useful information for school projects about the United States on our special web pages for for teachers and students. For projects about Finland, check our Finland links. For more information please contact the American Resource Center, email arc@usembassy.fi.
Please do send email to webmaster@usembassy.fi regarding:
- problems with our website
- suggestions on how we can improve the website
- questions that you have not been able to answer using the sources mentioned above