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• Heads of Royal Houses and distinguished members of the Royal Houses under the same conditions as above.
Those members of missions and their family members, who are required to hold a visa when arriving in Finland and will be assigned to duty directly from another posting in the Schengen area, should contact the Finnish Mission or the Ministry in order to check the visa requirement in their individual case.
1.3 Notifications
The appointment and arrival of members of missions, their family members and private servants must be notified to the Protocol Services without delay and at the latest within two weeks from their arrival.
An identity card can be issued to an Ambassador Designate once he/she has arrived in Finland and the date for presenting the credentials has been set.
Similarly, both the termination of duties and final departure of the persons concerned must be notified to the Protocol Services without delay and at the latest within two weeks from the departure.
A duly completed notification form in three original copies, a valid passport and three recent passport size photographs of each person should be enclosed with a verbal note. Separate notification forms are required of each accompanying family member and private servant. The photographs should be affixed to the notification forms, however not with staples. Each form must be duly signed and stamped (Annex 1).
It is advisable to fill in the form on the web site and then print three copies of the form. Handwritten forms are also accepted.
More information about visas is available on the Ministry´s web site at http://um.fi (please choose in English → Entering Finland and travelling).
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