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    • Description of document publicity
    • Recruitment
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    • The eastern border barrier fence
    • New patrol vessels
    • Purchase of Multipurpose Aircraft

About us

The Finnish Border Guard is a professional, reliable and cooperative internal security professional operating under the Ministry of the Interior. 
 

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Finnish Border Guard

Switchboard +358 295 420 000
[email protected]

 

Maritime Search and Rescue emergency number,
only in emergencies at sea
+358 294 1000

 

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  • Frontpage
  • What we do
    • Border surveillance
    • Border checks
    • Maritime search and rescue
    • Marine pollution response
      • Marine pollution response procedures and equipment
      • Supervision and prevention
      • International cooperation and agreements
    • Crime prevention
    • National defence and military service
    • International cooperation
  • Customer service and guidelines
    • Guidelines for travellers
      • Guidelines for travellers at border crossings
      • Passports and other travel documents
        • Document required for a minor to travel
      • Automated border control gates
      • Guidelines for boaters at border crossings
        • Border checks of pleasure craft in the Saimaa Canal
      • Frequently asked questions about travel
      • The easternmost point of Finland
    • Guidelines for transport providers
    • Restrictions and exceptions
      • Restrictions at the border crossing points on the eastern border of Finland
      • Restrictions on the entry of Russian citizens
        • Frequently asked questions about restrictions on entry
      • Information on arriving in Finland from Ukraine
    • Guidelines for people on the waterborne traffic
      • Guidelines for boaters
      • Instructions for walking on ice
      • Maritime search and rescue guidelines
        • Maritime search and rescue manual 2010
      • Emergency notices and maritime radio traffic
      • Apply for a licence to use controlled emergency signals
      • Disposal of emergency signal equipment
    • Border zone permit
    • Contact information
      • Call charges to 0295 numbers
      • Billing address
      • Secure email
    • Feedback
      • Feedback on Border Guard activity
      • Administrative complaints
    • Give the Border Guard a tip
  • Stories from the Border
    • History of the Finnish Border Guard
    • The Border Guard Museum
      • Contact information and visitor instructions for the Border Museum
    • The Coast Guard Museum
    • Association and guilds
    • Rajamme Vartijain Foundation
    • Online exhibitions of the Border Guard Museum
      • Air border guards from the 1930s to the present
      • Border Guard special intervention units 1992–2022
  • A responsible operator
    • Equality and non-discrimination
    • Internal legality control
    • Projects
      • ARESIBO
      • CISE
      • D4FLY
      • DTC − Border control faster and smoother
      • EU-HYBNET
      • OILART
      • OILSAREX
      • Smart Borders
        • ETIAS
        • EES
      • VALVONTA 2
    • Research and development
      • Research permit
    • Responsibility
    • Values and code of ethics
      • Fight against corruption
    • Whistleblower protection
  • About us
    • Command and organisation
    • Administrative units
      • Southeast Finland Border Guard District
      • Kainuu Border Guard District
      • Lapland Border Guard District
      • North Karelia Border Guard District
      • West Finland Coast Guard District
      • Gulf of Finland Coast Guard District
      • Air Patrol Squadron
      • Border and Coast Guard Academy
    • Strategy
    • Publications
    • Border guard dogs
    • Data protection and processing of personal data
      • Data controllers at the Finnish Border Guard
      • Access to your personal data
      • Privacy statements
        • Maritime Search and Rescue Register
        • Register of Border Guard Activities
        • Privacy statement for the press release distribution service
        • Privacy statement: DTC (Digital Travel Credentials) Pilot
      • Personal data breaches
      • Data protection legislation
    • Description of document publicity
    • Recruitment
  • News
    • News and press releases
    • Firings and noise
    • Social media
    • The eastern border barrier fence
      • Frequently asked questions about the eastern border barrier fence
    • New patrol vessels
    • Purchase of Multipurpose Aircraft