Estonia - Apply for Extension of Stay in

ProcedureEdit

To apply for the procedure, you must visit any of the following Service Offices of the Citizenship and Migration Bureau located in Tallinn (Vikerlase 14 and Sle 61a), in Tartu (Riia mnt 132), in Jhvi (Rahu 38), in Narva (Vahtra 3) and in Prnu (Aida 5).
Fill out an application form.
Submit the completed application along with all other required documents.
Upon submission of an application for extension of stay, your fingerprints shall be captured, if no fingerprints of the applicant have been captured earlier and if more than 59 months have lapsed from the last capturing of fingerprints.

Required DocumentsEdit

Completed application form. You may complete the form online or you may also download it, print it and fill it up by hand.
Annex of the application form. You may complete the form online or you may also download it, print it and fill it up by hand.
valid travel document of the applicant;
a colour photo by dimensions of 40x50 mm; Details
document proving the cause for extension of period of stay (for example, certificate of a competent medical institution);
document evidencing the payment of the state fee (except if the extension of period of stay is being applied for due to force majeure or humanitarian reasons and Estonia has entered into visa simplification agreement with such states);
an identity document of the person who signed the application form, if an alien has not signed the application form personally;
an identity document of the person submitting the application, if an alien shall not submit the application personally;
a medical expenses insurance policy valid in Estonia for a minimum limit of indemnity of 30 000 EUR for the whole applied period of stay in Estonia.

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Police and Border Guard Board
Prnu mnt 139
15060 TALLINN
telephone 612 3000
fax +372 612 3009
[email protected]

North prefecture
Prnu mnt 139
15028 TALLINN
telephone +372 612 4000
fax 612 4009
[email protected]

South prefecture
Riia 132
50096 TARTU
telephone +372 730 8800
fax 730 8809
[email protected]

East prefecture
Rahu 38
41588 JHVI
telephone +372 337 2200
fax 337 2209
[email protected]

West prefecture
Pikk 18
80089 PRNU
telephone +372 444 6400
fax 444 6409
[email protected]

Website

EligibilityEdit

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FeesEdit

Extension of the period of stay: 30 (Paid in Estonia)

The state fee can be paid:

by bank transfer;
in Service Offices by debit card (the holder of a debit card has to pay the bank's service charges. More precise information about bank service charges please contact your bank) or in cash;

By bank transfer:

Beneficiary: Rahandusministeerium

Beneficiarys accounts:
SWEDBANK EE932200221023778606
SEB PANK EE891010220034796011
DANSKE BANK EE403300333416110002
NORDEA BANK EE701700017001577198

Reference number: 2900081994

Details of payment, it is important to write the name of the procedure, name of the person and ID-code (if it exists) on behalf of whom you are paying the state fee. For example: passport - Meeri Meri, 40302010000

Payment by bank transfer from a bank located in a foreign country:

If you are going to pay the state fee using funds from a bank located in a foreign state, then the receipt of the transferred sum on the recipients account may take 2 weeks. While effecting payment of the state fee from a bank located in a foreign country, it is necessary to know, in addition to the above mentioned, also BIC-code or SWIFT-code of the bank located in Estonia.

The BIC i.e. SWIFT code of the SEB is EEUHEE2X.
The BIC i.e. SWIFT code of the Swedbank is HABAEE2X.
The BIC i.e. SWIFT code of the Danske Bank in Estonia is FOREEE2X
The BIC i.e. SWIFT code of the Nordea Bank Finland is NDEAEE2X

Address:

SEB Pank AS: Tornime 2 Tallinn 15010 Estonia
Swedbank: Liivalaia 8 Tallinn 15040 Estonia
Danske Bank A/S Eesti filiaal: Narva mnt 11 Tallinn 15015 Estonia
Nordea Bank Finland Plc Eesti filiaal: Liivalaia 45 Tallinn 10145 Estonia

ValidityEdit

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Documents to UseEdit

Application Form:

Annex of the application form:

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Processing TimeEdit

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InstructionsEdit

The 'period of stay' of someone staying in Estonia based on a visa may be extended for up to 90 days. You must submit your application for extension of stay at the latest 3 working days prior to the expiry of the permitted period of stay either in person or through an authorised representative.

The period of stay may be extended on the basis of provisions of visa simplification agreements upon extraordinary circumstances for citizens of the Russian Federation, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, the Ukraine and Georgia, if they are not able to leave the territory of Estonia by the term specified in the visa or by the expiry of the visa-free stay period.

Type C Visa: The period of stay permitted by a short-term (type C) visa shall be extended, if the competent authority of Member State finds, that the visa holder proves the existence of force majeure, humanitarian reasons or serious personal reasons, which hinder his or her leave from the territory of the Member States by the expiry of the period of stay permitted by the visa.

Type D Visa and Visa-Free Stay: The holders of a long-term (type D) visa and those staying in Estonia visa-free, may extend their period of stay for up to 90 days, if any circumstance has emerged which was not known to him/her before his/her arrival in Estonia, or in the case a new circumstance has emerged after the issue of a visa and the arrival of an alien in Estonia (force majeure, humanitarian, serious professional or personal reasons).

Submission of Application

Apply in person to any of the following Service Offices of the Citizenship and Migration Bureau located in Tallinn (Vikerlase 14 and Sle 61a), in Tartu (Riia mnt 132), in Jhvi (Rahu 38), in Narva (Vahtra 3) and in Prnu (Aida 5).

Required InformationEdit

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1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

Need for the DocumentEdit

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External LinksEdit

Police and Border Guard Board:

https://www.politsei.ee/en/teenused/viibimisaja-pikendamine/

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