Travel documents

When preparing for your journey, it is important to ensure that you have all the needed travel documents up to date and with you. You will be asked to prove your identity at various points during your journey. The travel documents you need depend on your nationality, destination and transit countries.

Flights within Finland and other Nordic countries (no border control in place):

• Passengers of 16 years and over must carry a passport, a photo identification or a driver’s licence.
• Passengers under 16 years travelling with their parents are not required to have an identity card of their own.
• Passengers under 16 years travelling alone or with someone other than their parents must carry either a passport or a photo identification.
• Passengers under 12 years travelling alone and carrying a properly completed Unaccompanied Minor Advice form (PDF) are not required to carry an identity card of their own. However, the people seeing them off and receiving them at their destination must prove their identity with a valid form of identification (e.g. an official identity card or a passport).

Reinstated internal border controls: Nordic countries may reintroduce internal border controls at short notice for security reasons. In such cases, airlines must ensure that all passengers travelling to the affected country meet the entry requirements. It is important to note that the passport exemption within Nordic countries only applies to Nordic citizens. This means that during periods of internal border controls, a Nordic driver's license cannot be accepted as a travel document since it does not indicate the holder's citizenship. We recommend that you carry a valid passport or valid national photo ID in such situations. 

There are still changes to the travel document requirements in some countries due to coronavirus. Please see more information on the Travel requirements for your trip or Travel updates page.

Flights within the Schengen Area, EU countries and Switzerland:

• You need a passport or a photo identification complying with EU standards and allowing international travel. See the list of all Schengen countries.

Flights to destinations outside the EU:

• You need a passport and, when necessary, a valid visa or a residence permit.
• When travelling to the USA, Canada or Australia, please see our additional instructions.

Flights within Finland and between countries in the Schengen Area or the EU:

• You need a passport or a photo identification complying with EU standards and allowing international travel.

Flights to destinations outside the EU:

• You need a passport and, when necessary, a valid visa, residence permit or another travel document that entitles travel via/entry into the country.
• When travelling to the USA, Canada or Australia, please see our additional instructions.

• You need a valid passport, and when needed, a valid visa, residence permit or another travel document that allows entry via the first Schengen country and possible onward travel to any other Schengen country. See the list of all Schengen countries.
  • For example, when travelling via Finland to Denmark, the travel documents must be valid for entering both Finland and Denmark.
• See the visa requirements and travel documents accepted by Finland
• When travelling to Finland and the Schengen area, your passport must be valid for more than 3 months beyond the period of intended stay.
• See further details on Schengen Visa 
• When travelling to the USA, UK, Canada or Australia, please see our additional instructions.

In some countries, travel consent from parents or guardians is required for minors travelling alone or in the company of only one parent or guardian. The consent may be required either when leaving or entering the country.

To find out whether the authorisation of minors will be required on a particular journey, please contact the local authorities of the country you are departing from as well as the embassy of your destination country.