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Help for British Nationals
The British Embassy in Helsinki will be closed on Thursday 17 May for a public holiday (Ascension day)
If you are a British National requiring urgent consular assistance, please call 00358 ( 0)9 2286 5100.
The following pages will explain in detail what we can do for you and how to prepare your application forms.
If you have any questions regarding our consular services please contact the Consular section:
helsinki.consularenquiries@fco.gov.uk
What kind of help can we provide?
We offer help which is appropriate to the individual circumstances of each case, including:- issuing emergency travel documents;
- providing information about transferring funds;
- providing appropriate help if you have suffered rape or serious assault, are a victim of other crime, or are in hospital;
- helping people with mental illness;
- providing details of local lawyers, interpreters and doctors and funeral directors;
- doing all we properly can to contact you within 24 hours of being told that you have been detained;
- offering support and help in a range of other cases, such as child abductions, death of relatives overseas, missing people and kidnapping;
- contacting family or friends for you if you want; and
- making special arrangements in cases of terrorism, civil disturbances or natural disasters.
You can download the FCO's Help for British Nationals guide (PDF) for more information.
What we cannot do
- get you out of prison, prevent the local authorities from deporting you after your prison sentence, or interfere in criminal or civil court proceedings;
- help you enter a country, for example, if you do not have a visa or your passport is not valid, as we cannot interfere in another country’s immigration policy or procedures;
- give you legal advice, investigate crimes or carry out searches for missing people, although we can give you details of people who may be able to help you in these cases, such as English-speaking lawyers;
- get you better treatment in hospital or prison than is given to local people;
- pay any bills or give you money (in very exceptional circumstances we may lend you some money from public funds, which you will have to pay back);
- make travel arrangements for you, or find you work or accommodation; or
- make business arrangements on your behalf.
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