Consulate General of Finland 605 3rd Avenue, Manhattan, New York 10158

"Last year, I was applying for a residence permit and accidentally booked my appointment in Washington DC. I had travelled from several states away and didn’t realize my mistake until the day before the appointment. I called the Consulate General’s office and explained my predicament and the receptionist was so friendly and went out of her way to help me out. She made arrangements for me to come in the following morning on a day they don’t usually take appointments. So the next morning I went in and met with an agent, he too was super friendly and made me feel better about my boneheaded screw up. Everyone I’ve spoken with at the Consulate has been so warm and helpful, it really makes me feel resolute in my decision to move to their beautiful country. This office is full of great folks who just want to help in any way possible."

"Worst experience in my entire 12-years travel career. It's easier to get visa to literally any other place than to Finland. Just wasted a lot of time and 250$ for nothing. No relevant information, no any effort to provide adequate service. Many of my friends had exact same experience with Finland. Save your money and go to Sweden, Spain, any other European country."

"I second this already written review here. DON'T go to Finland embassy unless you really have to. Just had the worst overall experience of the 6 times I've ever had to get a Schengen visa. First of, the delay is not even funny. It took 21 days for the whole VFS and visa stamping to get done! So, God forbid if you need your passport for any emergency travel. Secondly, we have an upcoming travel to Italy 3 months later. We had provided ALL documents and confirmed bookings for the same. Still, they gave us a valid visa for only the 5 days that we were to be in Finland. Other such times I've at least got some buffer for some flight delays, not here! Then there is something to be said about the amount of papers I had to print and take copies of. I mean, so much for talking about global warming and not taking any action on it. When one could have easily sent soft copies - did that when they needed some more documents. Well that helps the VFS to make easy money for each passport page you have to provide copies of. Scam! Sigh! Very poor representation of what the country can be."

"So frustrated with the whole process of my visa. To a point, I think it’s really not worth going anymore. They emailed me back telling me that they will mail out my passport and give me a tracking number. My flight is in two days, if they mailed out at the time they said they did, then I will be totally fine. But they didn’t mailed it. Had to buy another flight."

"I went for my Schengen Visa today on 1/31/2019.First of all I could like to say that it is one of the most beautiful consulate in New York.As I had appointment by 9 am it all started on time.The interview was very professional and friendly as well. I had missed one paper in my document but they were nice enough to say just email it.Once my visa is stamped they said I will get email to pick it up.Over all my experience was very pleasant and professional."