A trip to Finland is one of the most popular types of overseas recreation among residents of the Leningrad Region. When planning a trip, it is necessary to draw up a list of documents that should be shown when crossing the border.
It is necessary
Passports of all participants in the trip, visas, hotel reservations, car documents (when traveling by car)
Instructions
Step 1
The usual tourist package of documents required when entering Finland is as follows: an identity document with a Schengen visa, an insurance policy valid during the trip.
Step 2
The main document that is required when traveling to Finland is a foreign passport with a previously obtained single and multiple-entry Schengen visa (if the visa is multiple, obtaining a visa to Finland is not essential). The dates on the visa must include the period of stay in the country.
Step 3
Mandatory documents also include an insurance policy (drawn up before applying for a visa, it usually affects the period of stay in the country). The policy is not always asked, but it is better to have it with you. In addition, it is better to have a printed confirmation of your hotel, apartment or cottage reservation with you. You can ask to send it to your email address and print it yourself. If the trip was bought at a travel agency, the travel agency must print the voucher for accommodation and give it to the client.
Step 4
Families traveling with children need to bring documents for all children with them (foreign passports, original and copy of birth certificate, as well as insurance papers). If the child is “entered” in the passport of one of the parents, the visa must be marked “+ child”. When traveling with a child under the age of 18, you need a notarized consent to leave from both parents (if the child is traveling without parents). With one of the parents, the child can enter without documentary consent from the second.
Since when entering the Schengen area, they may ask about the amount of cash for each participant in the trip, it is worth having 100-200 euros in cash with you (or a bank statement confirming the presence of money on a bank card).
Step 5
For those who travel by car, the list of required documents doubles. The most necessary of all documents is a driver's license (you can use a Russian license to drive, but in order to rent a car in Finland, you need an international license). You also need to take with you a vehicle registration certificate (registration certificate), and a pre-issued Green Card (insurance policy for a car valid in the Schengen area). The “green card” is issued very quickly, residents of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region (and other border areas) can issue it even on the way to the Finnish border.
