In St. Petersburg, people began to sell a queue for a Finnish visa

Offers appeared on ad sites with help in making an appointment to submit documents to the Finnish Visa Application Center located in St. Petersburg. After the opening of the border, a queue formed for applying for a visa.

The cost of the service is from 500 to 2000 rubles.

“I will urgently sign you up at the St. Petersburg Visa Application Center to apply for a Finnish visa. Questionnaires do not draw up, I make an appointment for the next free dates. Recording agencies are now going to the end of August - September. There is an opportunity to enroll in July”, - one of the announcements says.

Note that this summer, Russia and Finland lifted border crossing restrictions imposed during the coronavirus pandemic. After that, there was a stir around trips to Suomi from St. Petersburg. Congestion is noted at the automobile checkpoint, all tickets for bus tours are sold out, and there is also a queue for obtaining a Finnish visa. According to the visa center, the slots for filing documents have ended before the end of August.