Finnish passport

For foreign travel, citizens of Finland is issued Finnish passport. They help people obtain assistance from Finnish consular personnel abroad in addition to serving as proof of Finnish nationality (or other EU consulates or Nordic missions in case a Finnish consular official is absent).

The standardized design and burgundy-red cover of Finnish passports are also shared by other EU nations. The local police or an authorized Finnish diplomatic post abroad issues passports.

Only passports with an expiration date up to the last legal start date for completion of the duty, which is at the age of 28, may be issued to men who are under 30 years old and so qualified for military service, but have not yet completed it. Regardless of whether they have completed their military service, men over 30 can obtain passports with standard expiration dates.

Every person who lives in Finland is also a member of the European Union. The passport and national identity card grant unrestricted travel and residency rights within all of the member nations of the European Union, the European Economic Area, and Switzerland. Nordic nationals are legally exempt from identity documents requirements for travel within the Nordic region thanks to the Nordic Passport Union.

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