Cuban Embassy for Finland - Address / Phone Number

Cuban Embassy in Finland

Address: Fredrikinkatu 61, 3rd Floor, 00100 Helsinki
City: Helsinki (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Tel.: 358-9-680 20 22
Fax: 358-9-64 31 63
Working/Consular hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9.00 - 12.00

*Cuba Embassy in Finland with concurrent accreditation to Estonia & Latvia and Lithuania attention

Cuban Embassy ensures all co-nationals protection against the violation of their fundamental rights and the limitation or privation of their personal freedom. They also ensure emergency assistance; help in locating family members, inheritance procedures initiated abroad and for the repatriation of mortal remains. The consular services include:

• Registry
• Health and economic assistance
• Repatriation and repatriation for health reasons
• Consular protection
• Citizenship
• Military service
• Notary services
• Electoral services
• Passports
• Pensions
• Civil status
• Study
• Adoption
• Visas
• Working Holiday Program, etc.,

Every Cuban citizen requesting consular services (with the exception of Travel Permit Abroad Extensions for 11 months) must be registered. Applications may be made in person at the Consulate or by mail. A completely filled out form must be presented along with a photocopy of the Passport, two photographs and a stamped self-addressed envelope so that the Consular Registration Card, which has to be presented when requesting any Consular Service, can be mailed. The Consular Fee for this service must be paid.

NOTE: If the application is being made by mail or via a third party, an extra Consular fee will be charged for the pertinent Consular service. All payments must be made in cash or by a bank certified cheque. Cash sent by mail will be refused and returned at the risk of the applicant.  

To renew or apply for a new Passport, you must present:

• A photocopy of the expired Passport (6 years) and the Passport itself.
• Two color Passport-size photos, front-view, not wearing any head covering or dark glasses.
• A photocopy of the Consular Registration Card.
• A completely filled-out form, printed in black ink.
• Payment of the Consular fee for the pertinent service.

In the case of a lost Passport, besides complying with the requirements from sub-article 2 to sub-article 5, a police report for lost property must be presented along with a photocopy of the lost Passport: if there is no photocopy, a Birth Certificate must be presented or other certificate stating the Cuban citizenship. In the procedures are followed by mail, a bank-certified cheque must be sent, accompanied by a self-addressed envelope bearing enough postage for the documents to be returned to the applicant by Certified Mail.  A new Passport will not be delivered if the expired Passport has not been sent. Please do not mail cash. 

Cuban Passports are valid for a total of 6 years and may be extended for two years every two years.  Passport extensions are made once every two years and, to have the right for a second extension, payment for the right to the first extension must have been made.

The Embassy is closed on the following holidays:

• January 1st and 2nd Triumph of the Revolution
• May 1st May Day
• July 25th, 26th, 27th National Rebelliousness Day
• October 10th Independence Day
• December 25th Christmas Day
• December 31st New year´s Eve Day