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  • Stories from the Border
    • History of the Finnish Border Guard
    • The Border Guard Museum
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    • Rajamme Vartijain Foundation
    • Online exhibitions of the Border Guard Museum
  • A responsible operator
    • Equality and non-discrimination
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    • Whistleblower protection
  • About us
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    • Data protection and processing of personal data
    • Description of document publicity
    • Recruitment
  • News
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    • Firings and noise
    • Social media
    • The eastern border barrier fence
    • New patrol vessels
    • Purchase of Multipurpose Aircraft
Matkustaja kävelee matkalaukun kanssa rajatarkastusautomaattien edessä.

Guidelines for travellers

  • The Finnish Border Guard
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  • Customer service and guidelines
  • Guidelines for travellers
  • Guidelines for travellers at border crossings

    Finland has established border crossing points for entering and leaving the country.

  • Passports and other travel documents

    At border control, the Finnish Border Guard checks your entitlement to enter and leave the country. This means that we check your travel documents, among other things.

  • Automated border control gates

    The automated border control gate (also known as an automated passport control gate) identifies you automatically based on the information in your passport.

  • Guidelines for boaters at border crossings

    Border check and customs clearance.

  • Frequently asked questions about travel

    Questions and answers about travelling.

  • Visiting the easternmost point of Finland and of the European continent

    The easternmost point of Finland and of the continental part of the EU is located on an island in Lake Virmajärvi.

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Finnish Border Guard

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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