PUBLISHED : 16 Mar 2024 at 16: 51
A photo in November 2022 shows two Thai workers picking berries in a forest in Finland. (Photo: Ministry of Labour)
Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs has decided to suspend the reception of wild-berry pickers’ visa applications in Thailand.
The suspension applies to all applicants in countries within the consular district of the Embassy of Finland in Bangkok: Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar. This means that Schengen visas will not be issued to wild-berry pickers from these countries for the summer 2024 harvest season, according to a press statement by Finland’s Foreign Ministry.
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In February 2023, the ministry significantly tightened the guidelines for processing wild-berry pickers’ visa applications. After
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