Identification, passport, visa

All passengers, including children and persons of whom a passport or visa is not required, must be able to prove their identity and citizenship with a valid ID.

Please specify the personal information required by law for the passenger registration when you book your voyage. The information may be checked at check-in.

A passenger is obligated to find out if a passport or visa is required based on his or her citizenship. Viking Line reserves the right to refuse boarding of passengers who lack valid ID.

Ministry for Foreign Affairs: Foreign nationals arriving in Finland »

ID documents

Routes Finland-Åland-Sweden and vice versa:
Citizens in Nordic countries are not required to have a passport when travelling in the Nordic region (citizens in other countries may be required to have a passport). All passengers must however be able to prove their identity with a valid ID, for example:
- Driving licence
- Passport
- KELA card with photo, children under the age of 15 may use a KELA card without a photo
- ID card with photo*

Routes to Estonia and Latvia:
All passengers, including children, must have a valid passport or ID card* with photo. This also applies to Tallinn cruises without disembarkation.

Finnish citizens do not need a visa in Estonia or Latvia. Passengers required to have a visa in order to visit Latvia must also have a personal passport with photo. This also applies to children.

One exception concerning Estonia: children who are included in a parent’s passport issued before 21/8/2006:
Children under the age of 7 who do not have their own passport or ID must be included in a parent’s passport. The parent must be travelling with the child since it is a question of a joint passport.

Please note that disembarkation is only allowed during the border guard's opening hours. Therefore, passengers may not go ashore during the night.

* Does not apply to a temporary ID, IDs for minors issued without parental consent or ID issued to a foreigner.

Estonia joins the Schengen Agreement

Finnish Police, Customs and Border guard press release:
Finnish authorities highlight importance of appropriate travel documentation (PDF 39 Kb) »

On the 21st December 2007, internal border controls were abolished at the land and sea borders between the EU member states which joined in 2004 and the old EU states. The Schengen Agreement was bought into practice by Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia.

States which have joined the Schengen Agreement conduct a joint supervision of the outer border. When travelling between two Schengen states, travel documents are generally not checked by the government. The passenger must nevertheless carry a valid travel document approved in both states (passport or ID).

More information regarding the Estonian visa regulations can be found on the Estonian Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ website: http://www.vm.ee/?q=en  and obtained from the Border Guard, phone 071-8726600.