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Filed: F-2A Visa Country: Finland
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Dear All,


I appeared at the interview on 3rd of February in Helsinki. On 7th the ceac.state.gov website returned the status update as "issued". I had been told that I will receive the passport back in a week. I tried to contact the call center and the embassy but left with no info. can somebody who went through interview in Finland tell me how long did it take to deliver the passport back to you from the date it was issued. I am actually in the verge of booking my flight ASAP so I want to know any approximate time frame. Thanks!


Best Regards,

Kwasti

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Finland
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Not sure if all cases are the same and it may depend upon how far away you live but: we had our interview in Helsinki on a Wednesday morning. Thursday morning the CEAC status changed to "issued" and the passport/packet arrived in Vaasa at the post office on Saturday -- however my husband couldn't pick it up until Monday because we still hadn't come back on the train until Saturday night. I suspect if we had been home on Saturday, it would have arrived at the door. Total time: 3 days probably, but it did take us 5 days because we weren't home at the time.

Relationship since April 2006

K-1 Visa: I-129F filed November 6, 2012, NOA2 May 17, 2013, Interview and Approval July 24, 2013

POE San Diego, September 13, 2013, Wedding October 25, 2013

AOS filed November 19, 2013, EAD/AP received January 30, 2014, interview and AOS Approval on February 27, 2014.

ROC filed December 3, 2015, NOA1 12/4/15, Biometrics 12/31/15, ROC Approval on June 16, 2016, 10-Year Green Card received June 22, 2016.

N400 filed September 14, 2023, same day acceptance and Biometric Reuse notice, Interview on 2/13/24: Passed and same day oath. ALL DONE WITH USCIS.

No RFE at any stage, thanks to VisaJourney!

Detailed Timeline Below!

 

Relationship:
2006 April 01: Met online, music site, 2007 February 20: Met in person, Finland, 2007 - 2012 met several times in Finland and California

K-1 Visa:
2012 November 06: Sent I-129F (NOA1 on 11/9/2012)
2013 May 14: Contacted Congressman
2013 May 17: I-129F NOA2 Approved
2013 June 03: NVC Received (NVC left 6/6/13)
2013 June 10: Consulate Received, 2013 June 13: Medical, 2013 June 25: Sent Packet 3/4
2013 July 24: Interview in Helsinki, 2013 July 27: Visa Received
2013 September 13: POE to USA, San Diego

AOS:
2013 October 22: SSN Received
2013 October 25: Wedding, San Marcos, CA
2013 November 19: AOS, AP, EAD sent (NOA 1 on 11/22/13)
2013 December 17: Biometrics, San Marcos, CA, 2013 December 24: Online status changed to Testing/Interview

2014 January 23: Interview notice mailed (for 2/27), 2014 January 24: EAD card production, AP approval (card received 1/30/2014)

2014 February 27: Interview and Approval, GC in production (card received March 6, 2014)

 

ROC:

2015 December 03: mailed I-751 package

2015 December 04: NOA1 extension letter, 2015 December 31: Biometrics appointment

2016 June 16: Approval - Online status changed to Document Production, mailed 6/20/16

2016 June 22: 10-Year Green Card Received, done with USCIS for a while!

 

N-400 Citizenship:

2023 September 14: filed N-400 online

2023 September 14: same day acceptance notice and "Biometrics Reuse" notice

2023 December 28: notice of interview scheduled for February 13, 2024

2024 February 13: naturalization interview (five-year rule) passed, same day oath - now a US Citizen and done with USCIS!

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Filed: F-2A Visa Country: Finland
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Hi Lynkali,

Thanks for sharing..can you tell me if they asked your husband to create a profile in ustraveldocs.com and enter the delivery address? I assume there is some problem concerning the delivery in my case..and also did posti leave you the notification leaflet as usual or they contacted you via email or sms etc? Thanks again.

Greetings!

Not sure if all cases are the same and it may depend upon how far away you live but: we had our interview in Helsinki on a Wednesday morning. Thursday morning the CEAC status changed to "issued" and the passport/packet arrived in Vaasa at the post office on Saturday -- however my husband couldn't pick it up until Monday because we still hadn't come back on the train until Saturday night. I suspect if we had been home on Saturday, it would have arrived at the door. Total time: 3 days probably, but it did take us 5 days because we weren't home at the time.

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Finland
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Thanks for sharing..can you tell me if they asked your husband to create a profile in ustraveldocs.com and enter the delivery address? I assume there is some problem concerning the delivery in my case..and also did posti leave you the notification leaflet as usual or they contacted you via email or sms etc? Thanks again.

Well, ours was in July last year and I believe that ustraveldocs stuff wasn't introduced until a few months later, so no -- there was no profile or anything online. He left the embassy with a verbal approval, but no proof of anything -- then the post office left the usual notification slip/paper at his apartment, so it was just sent via normal postal delivery, nothing unusual.

Relationship since April 2006

K-1 Visa: I-129F filed November 6, 2012, NOA2 May 17, 2013, Interview and Approval July 24, 2013

POE San Diego, September 13, 2013, Wedding October 25, 2013

AOS filed November 19, 2013, EAD/AP received January 30, 2014, interview and AOS Approval on February 27, 2014.

ROC filed December 3, 2015, NOA1 12/4/15, Biometrics 12/31/15, ROC Approval on June 16, 2016, 10-Year Green Card received June 22, 2016.

N400 filed September 14, 2023, same day acceptance and Biometric Reuse notice, Interview on 2/13/24: Passed and same day oath. ALL DONE WITH USCIS.

No RFE at any stage, thanks to VisaJourney!

Detailed Timeline Below!

 

Relationship:
2006 April 01: Met online, music site, 2007 February 20: Met in person, Finland, 2007 - 2012 met several times in Finland and California

K-1 Visa:
2012 November 06: Sent I-129F (NOA1 on 11/9/2012)
2013 May 14: Contacted Congressman
2013 May 17: I-129F NOA2 Approved
2013 June 03: NVC Received (NVC left 6/6/13)
2013 June 10: Consulate Received, 2013 June 13: Medical, 2013 June 25: Sent Packet 3/4
2013 July 24: Interview in Helsinki, 2013 July 27: Visa Received
2013 September 13: POE to USA, San Diego

AOS:
2013 October 22: SSN Received
2013 October 25: Wedding, San Marcos, CA
2013 November 19: AOS, AP, EAD sent (NOA 1 on 11/22/13)
2013 December 17: Biometrics, San Marcos, CA, 2013 December 24: Online status changed to Testing/Interview

2014 January 23: Interview notice mailed (for 2/27), 2014 January 24: EAD card production, AP approval (card received 1/30/2014)

2014 February 27: Interview and Approval, GC in production (card received March 6, 2014)

 

ROC:

2015 December 03: mailed I-751 package

2015 December 04: NOA1 extension letter, 2015 December 31: Biometrics appointment

2016 June 16: Approval - Online status changed to Document Production, mailed 6/20/16

2016 June 22: 10-Year Green Card Received, done with USCIS for a while!

 

N-400 Citizenship:

2023 September 14: filed N-400 online

2023 September 14: same day acceptance notice and "Biometrics Reuse" notice

2023 December 28: notice of interview scheduled for February 13, 2024

2024 February 13: naturalization interview (five-year rule) passed, same day oath - now a US Citizen and done with USCIS!

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Filed: F-2A Visa Country: Finland
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Finally I received my passport back today morning. The waiting made us only desperate but it was worthwhile. Anyways for somebody in the similar situation: the tracking system for the passport delivery is not reliable as far as i have experienced. I couldn't figure out what was the real reason behind the delay and finding myself hapless when it came to expect any sort of support from the call center. A big thanks to all the helping hands here. Good lucks!

Best,

Kumud

My timeline:

Service Center : California Service Center Consulate : Finland I-130 Sent : 2012-01-20 I-130 Approved : 2012-01-27 NVC Received : 2013-07-05 Received DS-3032 / I-864 Bill : 2013-07-08 Pay I-864 Bill 2013-07-15 Receive I-864 Package : 2013-07-27 Return Completed I-864 : 2013-08-01 Return Completed DS-3032 : 2013-07-26 Receive IV Bill : 2013-08-01 Receive Instruction Package : 2013-09-15 Case Completed at NVC : 2013-12-03 Packet 4 Received : 2013-12-30 Interview Date : 2014-02-03 Interview Result : 2014-02-07 (Approved) Visa Received : 2014-02-17
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