Tags: Finland

The Finnish Government extended the current travel restrictions on entry into Finland until 17 April 2021. The Government still recommends avoiding unnecessary travel abroad, except for countries for which the restrictions on entry have been lifted. Under the current travel restrictions:

The Government still recommends avoiding unnecessary travel abroad.

The Covid-19 pandemic continues. To curb the spread of Covid-19 variants, The Government decided to extend the current restriction to enter Finland until 15 June 2021. The decision will take effect on 24 May. Minor amendments will be adopted

The government has decided to further extend the current Covid-19 restrictions until 27June,2021 due to the spread of Covid-19 pandemic, especially the new Covid-19 variants.

On 12 August, the government made changes to the entry restrictions at external borders due to the spread of the Covid-19.

Since the epidemic situation continues, the government has made changes to the restriction on external border traffic since last updates on 15 July.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends that special caution be exercised when traveling to the EU and Schengen area and traveling to Brazil, South Africa, and India are to be avoided.

As of 26 July 2021, travellers from all countries who can show a completed and recognised certificate of Covid-19 vaccine are allowed to enter Finland.

The government decided to continue the current internal border control from 12 to 25 July as a transitional period.

The Government has decided to ease the restrictions on entry into Finland for certain countries based on the assessment of the current situation.

The entry restriction on Saudi Arabia and Singapore will be lifted.

The current decisions are valid until 19 September 2021.

The government made the following changes regarding external borders restrictions on16 September 2021:

The government made the following changes on 07 October 2021 regarding the restriction on external borders:

The government has decided to lift the restrictions for residents from countries on the EU’s green list.

The vaccination rate has increased in Finland. However, the risk of exceeding the healthcare capacity is still there.

Due to the new Coronavirus variant, as of 15:00 on 28 November, Finland will restrict entry for travelers from the following Southern Africa countries during 14 days before arrival in Finland: 

The Government has decided to continue the restrictions on entry at external borders and tighten the health measures as of 20 December 2021 until 16 January 2022:

The government has decided to tighten the measures today. Internal border controls between Finland and the Schengen countries will be reinstated.

The government has decided to continue the internal border controls between Finland and the Schengen countries and the same restrictions decided on 28 December 2021 will apply to all travelers arriving from abroad to Finland until 31 January. 

To protect the healthcare system, the government has decided to extend the current external border travel restrictions until 13 March 2022.