Finland US Consulate Reviews
Average Rating: 4.3
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| Finland |  Review #7909 on July 11, 2011: |
Eveliina
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
The interviews are not held in the embassy anymore, instead they have a different location for that right next to the Kaisaniemi metro station. Pretty easy to find, there's Kluuvi parking also right next to it, and Roberts Coffee downstairs to wait in, in case of arriving way too early like I did.
I was let in exactly at the scheduled time of my interview, since there was a lot of interviews that day and the place was crowded (lots of students coming for their visas...). Once I got in things went really quick, I was only asked a few very basic questions and the officer who did the interview was very polite and professional. Nothing bad to say about this experience. He even told me at the spot that I was approved :-) I got my passport back in 5 business days.
On a side note - I did my medical in Eiran sairaala. Doctor was Borgstrom, he was pretty nice. Cost was 340 euros total, I needed 3 pics for the medical and vaccination records from my university only.
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| Finland | Review #6522 on August 25, 2010: |
BirdyGirl85
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I am the USC, and I wasn't with my fiance during his interview, but everything went fine and he was approved. Here is his interview experience in his own words:
"I was so nervous before the interview. First I had hard time finding the embassy from the jungle of embassies, that place has pretty much every embassy that Finland has. I got there 10 minutes before 9am when my interview was scheduled though it wouldn't have mattered much even if I wasn't there in time as it seemed as there was already some people waiting before me. It took about 15 minutes to get through the security check and I was only allowed to bring papers I needed with me. After that I was escorted to the waiting room, which had 3 booths, and each had a person behind a glass calling names, whether it was for taking finger prints or dropping off some papers. Then after waiting for almost an hour I was called for the interview by the ambassador. And this is how the interview went:
Him:
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| Finland | Review #6228 on June 18, 2010: |
Tupuna
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My husband (Finnish) and I (USC) did DCF in Helsinki. While stressful gathering all the paperwork, it was pretty easy. They usually responded to emails in a day or two. We began the process of collecting documents in March, had the I-130 approved by mid-April, and visa in hand by the middle of June. It would have been even faster, but we had to wait a few weeks due to our own schedules.
The only thing that was slightly stressful was they didn't say "You are approved" right after the interview. They just said "We'll let you know. It takes about a week." Three days later, the visa was ready to be picked up.
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| Finland | Review #6061 on May 12, 2010: |
cartaverde
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: K3 Visa
It took over 900 days = nearly 3 YEARS from when we filed the paperwork to get any update and to get the interview appointment. My understanding is that when they received the paperwork in Hellsinki, they moved fast from then on, but that leaves still nearly 900 days of unexplained, unacknowledged, and unapologized delays for us.
Furthermore, the reason for using the embassy of Hel was simply having got married in that country. As I wasn't living in that country that gave additional headaches of scheduling medicals and interview in another country that I was living. 2,5 weeks in Hel as I was not able to return home without my passport.
Interview itself reminded me and the spouse of East Germany, for both the style and charm of the office as the whole uncelebratoriness of the process. First wait for nearly an hour, then the five minutes of questions in a very tiny room behind a glass, wait again some more, pick the visa after a few days.
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| Finland | Review #5216 on November 10, 2009: |
perhonen
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It was a nice experience to visit at embassy. I was twenty minutes before my appointment at the gate. The security was like at the airport. A interview was done in 45 minutes. First i gave all papers, they weren't interested to see any more proof like extra photos or flight tickets or letters. Then i waited little moment and after it i gave my fingerprints and there was short interview in english. Questions were easy. My passport is now in embassy and i will get it with visa soon. People at embassy were nice. 
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