A question on supporting documents for inviting parents to visit.

I am a non-EU citizen and living in Finland with my spouse on a residence permit and would like to invite my parents to visit for some time. I was going through the application process and referred to this website: [https://um.fi/visa-to-visit-finland#Visa%20types](https://um.fi/visa-to-visit-finland#Visa%20types) where all the requirements are mentioned.

To check the supporting documents required, I visited the website [https://finlandvisa.fi/checklist](https://finlandvisa.fi/checklist) which reads:

“Documents confirming the purpose of the journey – Proof of itinerary:

Travel plan covering all the destinations of the trip. – Flight reservations, including roundtrip and possible other Schengen states and third countries. Please note it is not recommended to purchase the tickets before receiving the visa decision. ”

My question is, if they’re not recommending purchasing tickets before the visa decision, what do flight reservations mean? Dummy tickets? Any suggestions?

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by nishat384

3 comments

  1. You have to purchase the tickets because you will need to upload them as supporting documents. You can purchase flexible tickets where you can get a full refund in case of visa rejection.

  2. Did this last year.
    Dummy tickets valid atleast for 2 weeks is enough.

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