Finnish, Latvian missions to issue Estonian passports

07.02.2008

TALLINN, Feb 07, BNS - The Estonian government Thursday endorsed visa representation agreements with Finland and Latvia, on the basis of which representations of those countries will start issuing Estonian visas.

On the basis of the agreement Finland will in the future represent Estonia in visa issues in Indonesia, Namibia, Peru, the Philippines, Serbia, Syria, Thailand, Tanzania, Tunesia and the United Arab Emirates, a spokesman for the government told BNS.

Latvia will represent Estonia in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

Estonia does not have a wide network of foreign missions and most of the existing ones are in the European Union and Schengen countries. As a result the so-called representation agreements are of vital importance in the name of widening opportunities of travelling to Estonia.

On the basis of representation agreements citizens of the above countries can apply for Estonian visas from either Finnish or Latvian embassies.

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