Entering Finland without a return ticket.

[Suitsuke]

Sorry if I fail to see the obvious but what exactly is the criteria?
I have a 'good' passport I am sure. (Australian), and the money to purchase a ticket. Is that the criteria?

I don't see any reason them denying me I guess, what about people who want to go to Helsinki and then later on, Copenhagen and then Stockholm or something. Surely there's plenty of reasons for not having a return ticket. I would just like to avoid getting yelled at if possible

[Pursuivant]

I would just like to avoid getting yelled at if possible

I'd rather be yelled at than get a polite "piss off".

[Rip]

Not meaning to double post but this ticket looks really good:

As I've said before, I've never encountered situation of somebody been asked to produce return ticket at Finish passport checkpoint. What I have witnessed has been people to produce return ticket or residence permit at the airline check in desk before departure. Once was about myself when I was flying to Japan, second time about a non-Finnish passport holder flying (directly) to Finland from an Asian country. So if you want more confirmation, asked directly from the two airlines in question.

[FinnGuyHelsinki]

Sorry if I fail to see the obvious but what exactly is the criteria?
I have a 'good' passport I am sure. (Australian), and the money to purchase a ticket. Is that the criteria?

Read the applicable part of the law earlier linked in this thread, even though it's legal text, should be quite simple to understand. And if you're wondering whether the border guard follows the law, the answer is yes.

[Belgarion]

Just for information if someone uses this as a reference.

My Korean fiancee came to Finland with one-way ticket. The problems were in the airport at Korea. They didn't let her in the plane before she bought a return ticket. I think in Finland there would have not been any problems, so make sure to check your take-off airport that they don't have anything against you flying with a one-way ticket.

[Flossy1978]

I had no return ticket when I flew into Finland.

No one even checked me. The airport was dead and it was about 17 in the afternoon.

And I came from Australia.

[Rip]

Airline policies vary. Finnair is one that wants to see return tickets. It is wise to check. Problems, if any, are well before one arrives in Helsinki airport.

(Original question was regarding Australia, but that is not in the title, the question was asked four years ago and the poster has, I believe, been moving in and out of the country a few times since, so I think it is reasonable to consider a wider geographic scope)

[Upphew]

Airline policies vary. Finnair is one that wants to see return tickets. It is wise to check. Problems, if any, are well before one arrives in Helsinki airport.

And airlines want to see the tickets as they are liable to fly you back if you don't get into a country. Plus they can be fined and/or banned from airport, iirc.

[Pursuivant]

Indeed. And the Airlines don't know/care of the intricacies of the system, they want/have the simple tickboxes.Also, the last place you want to start explaining is "how do you not need to" is if you change planes somewhere funny to another airline and/or land in Schengen before Finland.

[HerraMopsi]

I've been asked to show my return ticket to passport control every time I've entered Finland.