The Honorary Consulate of Finland in Lviv is a volunteer-run office that assists Finnish citizens in Ukraine; passport and visa applications go to the Finnish Embassy in Kyiv.
Contact Details
| Address | Teatralna Street 16 (Hotel Leopolis), 79008 Lviv, Ukraine |
| Telephone | +380 50 341 7097 +380 32 295 9500 |
| oleg.drin@gmail.com oleg.drin@khw-invest.fi |
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| Head of Mission | Oleg Drin, Honorary Consul |
Opening Hours
No regular opening hours are published. Contact the consulate by phone or e-mail to arrange a visit.
Location of the Consulate
About the honorary consulate in Lviv
The honorary consulate represents Finland in Lviv. According to the Finland Abroad: Ukraine page “Honorary Consulate of Finland, Lviv”, the honorary consul is Oleg Drin. No opening hours are published; arrange a visit in advance. To do so, call +380 50 341 7097 or e-mail oleg.drin@gmail.com.
A second number is +380 32 295 9500.
A second e-mail address is oleg.drin@khw-invest.fi.
Lviv, in Lviv Oblast, lies about 467 km in a straight line from the centre of Kyiv. Ukraine’s airspace remains closed to civil flights, according to GOV.UK travel advice (October 2026).
Holders of ordinary Finnish passports do not need a visa for stays of up to 90 days within any 180-day period in Ukraine, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine’s entry-regime table (as of 8 June 2023). Ukraine is not part of the Schengen area and applies its own visa rules.
Which Finnish office issues passports and visas?
Passports, visas and other formal consular services for Finnish citizens are handled by the Finnish Embassy in Kyiv.
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 and embassies in Lviv
11 other countries are represented in Lviv: Austria (honorary), Belgium (honorary), France (honorary), Germany (honorary), Iceland (honorary), Latvia (honorary), Lithuania (honorary), Netherlands (honorary), Slovakia (honorary), Spain (honorary), Türkiye (honorary).
Closing days
Article 73 of the Labour Code of Ukraine lists nine public holidays, among them Christmas (25 December), Constitution Day (28 June) and Independence Day (24 August), but under martial law these are working days (Law No. 2136-IX, Article 6). Martial law remains in force throughout Ukraine, according to GOV.UK travel advice. The honorary consulate may close on Finland’s national day (6 December) and on other days set by its own government.
Emergency assistance
In Ukraine, dial 103 for an ambulance, 101 for the fire service and 102 for the police (GOV.UK travel advice). Ukrainian citizens who need help in Finland can contact the Ukrainian embassy accredited there (list of Ukrainian missions: mfa.gov.ua).
Finnish missions in Ukraine
Measured in a straight line from Lviv, the nearest other Finnish office is the Embassy in Kyiv (about 470 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Lviv.
- Kyiv (470 km) – Embassy of Finland in Ukraine
- Lviv – Honorary Consulate (this page)
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Details checked on 19 October 2026. Sources: Finland Abroad: Ukraine – Honorary Consulate of Finland, Lviv (checked 19 October 2026), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine – directory “Diplomatic missions of foreign states and representations of international organisations in Ukraine” (October 2026), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine – Entry regime to Ukraine for foreign citizens (table as of 8 June 2023), Labour Code of Ukraine, Article 73 (public holidays), Law of Ukraine No. 2136-IX on labour relations under martial law, Article 6, GOV.UK foreign travel advice: Ukraine (getting help, safety; still current 18 October 2026).
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