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My fiancée works and lives currently in Finland, very close to Russia. I’m wondering if it’s better for her to apply at the Helsinki embassy instead of Moscow? Any advice/experience would be greatly appreciated.

also how does the Helsinki embassy work as far as scheduling the interview? Do I schedule it myself after the NOA2? Does the recipient and beneficiary both get notified that they can schedule the interview? Any details are greatly appreciated!!!

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1 minute ago, Aleksandr I. said:

My fiancée works and lives currently in Finland, very close to Russia. I’m wondering if it’s better for her to apply at the Helsinki embassy instead of Moscow? Any advice/experience would be greatly appreciated.

also how does the Helsinki embassy work as far as scheduling the interview? Do I schedule it myself after the NOA2? Does the recipient and beneficiary both get notified that they can schedule the interview? Any details are greatly appreciated!!!

i have no clue as where is better, but all i can say is... the embassy in Moscow has a HUGE backlog of people wanting to get an interview. Also if your fiance works and resides in Finland? why not schedule your fiance to have her interview in Finland? I am assuming she is a russian native. 

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Aleksandr I.   1

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22 minutes ago, Alabamak1 said:

i have no clue as where is better, but all i can say is... the embassy in Moscow has a HUGE backlog of people wanting to get an interview. Also if your fiance works and resides in Finland? why not schedule your fiance to have her interview in Finland? I am assuming she is a russian native. 

Thanks for the input. Yes she's a Russian native, since so many people are saying that Moscow is backlogged then I will go through Helsinki

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On 17.3.2018 at 5:42 AM, Aleksandr I. said:

Thanks for the input. Yes she's a Russian native, since so many people are saying that Moscow is backlogged then I will go through Helsinki

Do you have any idea how long do you need to wait in Helsinki time for interviews?

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5 minutes ago, Katri said:

Do you have any idea how long do you need to wait in Helsinki time for interviews?

No I don’t, but I’m pretty sure it’s not as long as the one in Russia. From reading others timelines it looks like about a month for Helsinki 

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