Unit for Consular Assistance: contact information

Postal address: Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Unit for Consular Assistance, Consular  Services, PO Box 415, 00023 Government
Visiting address: Merikasarmi, Laivastokatu 22 B, 00160 Helsinki
E-mail (Unit for Consular Assistance): kpa-10@formin.fi
Fax: +358 9 1605 5755

E-mail addresses of the Ministry employees are composed as follows: firstname.lastname@formin.fi
Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a

Mr. Teemu Turunen, Director
Tel. +358 9 1605 5739

Ms. Laura Sarpalehto
Secretary, official responsible for the Unit finances
Tel. +358 9 1605 5737

Mr. Jussi Tanner, First Secretary
Deputy Head of Unit, Head of the crisis and assistance team
Tel. +358 9 1605 5745

Assistance team

Assistance of citizens in distress
Ms. Heli Läntinen, Attaché (Administrative Affairs) 
Tel. +358 9 1605 5749

Ms. Anne Kansanoja, Departmental Secretary
Tel. +358 9 1605 5782

Trainee, Consular affairs
Tel. +358 9 1605 5773

Criminal matters
Mr. Kari Lehtonen, Attaché (Administrative Affairs)
Tel. +358 9 1605 5735

Crisis team

Major disasters and crisis situations, coordination of the Ministry’s on-call arrangements
Ms. Satu Rasijeff, Attaché (Administrative Affairs)
Tel. +358 9 1605 5744

Consular rapid deployment teams
Ms. Elisa Oliveira, Attaché (Administrative Affairs)
Tel. +358 9 1605 5444

Travel safety issues, consular cooperation at EU level
Ms. Marja-Riitta Jaakola, Departmental Secretary
Tel. +358 9 1605 5175

Preparedness planning, development of the quality of consular services
Ms. Sari Aho, Departmental Secretary
Tel. +358 9 1605 5747

Family and administrative assistance team

Elections, notary issues
Ms. Karita Tammi-Kortelainen, Departmental Secretary
Tel. +358 9 1605 5746

Extracts from the population register and enquiries concerning missing persons and addresses abroad, matters concerning citizenship and population register, vessels’ research permits, and compulsory military service
Ms. Iiris Strandman,  Attaché (Administrative Affairs)
Tel. +358 9 1605 5738

Family and inheritance matters
Ms. Hanna Rantala, Legal Officer
Tel. +358 9 1605 5740

Ms. Minna-Kaisa Liukko, Legal Officer
Tel. +358 9 1605 6398

Ms. Tuula Piirainen, Attaché, Administrative Affairs  
Tel. +358 9 1605 5748
- including international communications and requests for legal assistance, and seafaring matters

Ms. Maila Hokkanen, Second Secretary (Administrative Affairs)  
Tel. +358 9 1605 5743