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Contact Information

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

Telephone: +358-9-616-25730
Phone inquiries are answered from 3 to 4 PM Monday through Thursday.
Fax Number: +358-9-6162 5800

Most Finnish citizens who go to the U.S. for fewer than 90 days do not need a visa - see Visa Waiver Program.

For faster and more comprehensive information please email your enquiries to the below email addresses:

For questions about Nonimmigrant Visas, 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: +358-9-616-25701
Phone inquiries are answered from 8:30 to 5 PM Monday through Friday.
E-mail: HelsinkiACS@state.gov

Where to find us:

The Embassy can be reached via tramlines 3B and 3T. Get off at Kaivopuisto stop. The Embassy is located about 600 m from the tram stop, at the far end of Itäinen Puistotie, opposite the British and French Embassies.

American Resource Center

American Resource Center at the National Library of Finland
P.O.Box 15 (Unioninkatu 36)
00014 University of Helsinki
Finland

Telephone: +358-9-191 24048
Fax Number: +358-9-652 940
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 for information about:

  • 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 and the Information USA site. 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 and at the Information USA website. 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