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    Any Finnish/American Couples?

    in Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)

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    16 hours ago, JasBla said:

    Hey! Just found this forum nice to see other Finnish people here! I have a question. We got our NVC number and now our case is sent to the embassy. (K-1 visa) Can I already book the medical exam or should I wait until we hear from the embassy that our case has arrived to Finland? Is there anything else I can do while waiting? Like fill the ds-160? Thank you!!😊

     

    Welcome!!!! Make sure you come back here and keep us updated along your journey :) Also we waited until we received Packet 3 before we scheduled our medical exam. The packet will contain all of the details in it that you will need. Will not take long to receive it as the embassy is quite quick in Finland. 

    Any Finnish/American Couples?

    in Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)

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    7 hours ago, riina.anna said:

    Hello all!  I finally joined the happy group of K1-visa holders last week! Yay! 

    I am moving to the States in about 3 weeks, so right now I am busy with all the preparations, and I have a couple of specific questions I thought maybe you guys can help me with. 😊

    1. I have a couple of health things that need regular care and prescribed medicine: does anyone know what do I need to bring with me from Finland to show that I have been diagnosed with them? Do those kind of documents need to be professionally translated?
    Any suggestions how to proceed with finding the new doctors and such? My future husband has a good insurance, and my health care will also be covered by it once we get married. 
    2. Does anyone happen to know if I need to have the Request to examine impediments to marriage (esteettömyystodistus) done prior getting married in the States? We are getting married in Washington State. 
    3. Is there something else that I need to officially do for the country of Finland about the move than these: let Maistraatti know, let Posti know, let Kela know, do the marriage paperwork (let them know I got married after we do so)? 

    Thank you so much everyone! I have tried looking for the information on these, but it has turned out quite difficult, or maybe I am just so excited/nervous about the move that I have hard time understanding direct instructions 😅

     

     

    WELCOME :)

     

    Happy to have you join us and I am glad to see you're finally approved and getting ready to begin your journey to the states! Katri said everything perfectly and is correct with all of the advice given as that is what my wife did. Bringing multiple birth certificates was also very beneficial prior to coming here so you don't need to wait for multiple certified copies in the mail if you need additional which in Maryland we did so it was helpful having them already. The prescriptions as she said will not be an issue but again make sure it is in English. My wife kept her FInnish bank account as well so as Katri said make sure you bring banking codes for you to use. When you get a chance look at my Timeline as my wife wrote reviews as well as questions they asked you at the border and so on upon moving here that I think you will find helpful. Let us know if you need anything else :)

    Any Finnish/American Couples?

    in Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)

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    2 minutes ago, Katri said:

    Yea... They have pushed back that date twice now. So before our 19th October date comes that I could make inquiry... We will have our AOS interview.

     

    I find that absolutely ridiculous. Completely defeats the purpose of the EAD entirely then and a waste of time almost waiting on it. From my personal experience the processing times were just outrageous and seems like they have only gotten worse as the years progressed. 

    Any Finnish/American Couples?

    in Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)

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    10 minutes ago, Katri said:

    Sorry... 173. 🤪

    That really sucks. Since you're in the same state means you went to the National Benefits Center like us for the I-765 and now it shows normal processing times of 5-7 month. Shows Sept 18th 2018 for a case inquiry however so if you don't hear by then least you can submit an outside normal processing time to figure out what is going on

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