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No you can't go there with backpack etc. I had very tiny handbag and i had folder with me. There was huge line with i think student visa's and no one had any type of backpacks, just small handbags and folder their hands. 😊

Yes i really much recommend to have everything with you, becouse you never know what they need haha 🤣

Thank you!😊 They only asked my printed ds-160 confirmation page, birth certificate, police certificate and medical examination, in the interview even tho i had prepared all the papers with me haha 😁 The list of documents they asked in mail was: Ds-160 confirmation page Passport 2x photos, passport style Birth certificate Police certificate Evidence of support Medical examination Evidence of relationship Court and prison records Military records Marriage termination/divorce degrees There you go 😊

Hi! Sorry for taking such a long time to write how it all went in Sweden etc. I've been so busy planning with my moving, but im finally here in the Usa, so happy to be here! Whenever you have your interview date, book asap the medical since there is only 2 doctors that do that in Helsinki and usually they are pretty booked. I was able to get my medical 11 days before my interview, and they told me the results will take 2 weeks. Luckily my doctor was extremely nice and send my papers right away, so i was able to go pick them up, day before i left to Sweden! Also yes, you need to go pick the medical envelope from their office in Helsinki, they don't mail them. You need to have your vaccines up to date and have them printed with you. I had to take one booster and it was indeed quite expensive there. I traveled to Sweden few days before my interview, and spend long weekend there. Embassy was very easy to find and everything went super quick there. They first collected my papers and took finger prints, after that i waited and then i had my interview. Very basic questions, when we met, where, when he proposed etc. And then they took my passport and told they will send my things in 2 weeks. All that took like 30 minutes 😅 They sended my passport and my envelope less than a week thru UPS. If there is anything you want ask, i'll do my best to answer!😊

Yeah i agree!

Im not sure, atleast they told me when i booked my appointment that i need to have all my vaccines on date. And if not they will give them to me in the appointment and it's extra fee. That's how it was in Finland and my experience.

Yes it is a must. I just went through the medical in Helsinki, it was very simple, but you do need to have all the vacciness up to date, they were very strict about it. You need to have all the vacciness printed out from "omakanta", or if you still have the old "neuvolakortti", you can have that too. I had one vaccine that i needed to take in the medical exam, and it was quite expensive to add on it, so i recommend to have everything ready before the medical exam. But yeah it's mandatory to everyone who applies visa in US.

Okay! Let's hope it will be approved soon, let me know when you receive the visa! 😊

Thank you for your reply! 😊 No way, that's very annoying 🥲 how long it took it was approved?

That's great news! Thank you for your reply!

Hello, I booked my interview, and i couldn't get medical check up earlier than 11 days before the interview. They told it will take 2 weeks to get my results and told they won't be able to get on me in time. Can i go to my interview without them and send them later or do you recommend to re-schedule. My interview is in Stockholm Sweden. (It was hard to get the interview date since there was 3 options and latest was the one i booked, nothing else was available. And i couldn't book my medical before i had my interview booked.) Thank you in advance!

Thank you! Still at the NVC, i hope it's move soon to the embassy 😊

Hi! 😊 We finally got the number from nvc, but for some reason i can't find the place or website where i can add it, so i can see when the application reach to the embassy. Do you remember how long you waited after NOA2 your application be in embassy? We received NOA2, 17.3. We haven't got any update still.

It took around that two weeks when we got our case number from the nvc! We needed send like 4 inquirys tho, which was quite annoying! https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html I think it was this one! But when you receive your NOA2 give it few weeks and then you can ask it!

Hi! Im happy to hear we have another Finn here 😊 when my fiance applied the Visa he did put "a" and it was accepted and we had no issues, my last name and addres contain "ä" too. If you have anything else in mind, im happy to help 😇 and i'll update how the process are moving, atm we haven't heard yet about embassy etc.