Finland Consulate Detroit

Before your visit

• The ministry gives no telephone number or e-mail address, only a LinkedIn profile. The office is in Lake Orion, north of Detroit.
• Services: according to the Finnish foreign ministry, the honorary consulate can provide certain notarised certificates and advise Finnish citizens in distress and help them deal with local authorities; it does not accept passport applications or handle visas or residence permits.

About the Honorary Consulate of Finland in Detroit

The honorary consul is Kevin J. Nurmi, according to the Finnish foreign ministry. It is one of 22 honorary consulates of Finland in the United States listed by the Finnish foreign ministry (2 of them in Michigan). Finland also has 3 career consular posts in the United States and its embassy in Washington, D.C. In Finland, the United States is represented by the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki (fi.usembassy.gov), according to the Congressional Directory.

Which Finnish office handles passports and visas?

For passports, visas and other formal consular services, Michigan belongs to the consular district of the Consulate General of Finland in New York, according to the Finnish foreign ministry. The honorary consulate in Detroit can help with first steps and pass on documents, but it does not replace that office.

Contact details of the Finnish Consulate General in New York, as listed on its page in this directory:

• Address: 605 Third Avenue, 35th Floor, New York, NY 10158, United States
• Telephone: +1 212-750-4400
• Email: sanomat.nyc@gov.fi
• Opening hours: Monday 13:30–16:00; Tuesday 09:00–11:30; Wednesday 13:30–16:00; Thursday 09:00–11:30
• Website: finlandabroad.fi/web/usa

What can an honorary consul do?

An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by Finland and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Finnish citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.

Other consulates in Detroit

17 other countries are represented in Detroit: Austria (honorary), Canada (consulate general), Cyprus (honorary), Germany (honorary), Iceland (honorary), Iraq (consulate general), Italy (consulate), Japan (consulate general), Lebanon (consulate general), Luxembourg (honorary), Mexico (consulate), North Macedonia (consulate general), Norway (honorary), Poland (honorary), Romania (honorary), Slovakia (honorary), Switzerland (honorary).

Closing days

Honorary consuls set their own office hours; the honorary consulate is usually closed on US federal holidays, whose dates are published by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, and may also close on public holidays of Finland.

Emergency assistance

In an emergency, Finnish citizens should contact the Consulate General of Finland in New York. In the United States, dial 911 for an ambulance, the fire service or the police (GOV.UK travel advice). US citizens who need consular help in Finland can contact the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki.

Diplomatic missions of Finland in the United States

Finland in the United States

Measured in a straight line from Detroit, the nearest other Finnish office is the Embassy in Washington, D.C. (about 630 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Detroit.

• Washington, D.C. (630 km) – Embassy of Finland in the United States
• Houston (1,780 km) – Consulate General (Texas)
• Los Angeles – Consulate General (California)
• New York (770 km) – Consulate General (New York)
• Detroit – Honorary Consulate (this page)
• Hancock (690 km) – Honorary Consulate (Michigan)
• … and 20 more offices in other states (see the embassy page)