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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.

Yeah! We will send a new inquiry again in next week loll! Let's hope we will hear something soon! 😊 Oh that's not too bad then!😇 June is almost here!!

Just an update, we send our inquiry again, and we got reply back that they haven't received it yet, and said it might take 6 weeks. Now it's been a month..🥲 frustrating..

Yes i will make him ask again in next week loll! Hard to be patient! Im happy to hear that 😊 that's making me nervous too since my vacation is coming up in few weeks, the passport control etc. But im glad in your case everything went well 😊 Sounds perfect, im excited for you! June will come by quick!

Thank you for updating! Good to know!😊 Is your interview in June then? How's your visit been in US? 😇 We asked the nvc number and they replied we will get it in next 2 weeks, so let's hope i'll get it soon!

We asked the inquiry for the nvc but they replied us that it should arrive in 2 weeks. So no new updates on that!

What i understood that they will mail the visa since we are not locals! So i hope we don't need to travel twice there 🥲

Yes, im glad too!🥰 i don't think there is too many Finns in here 😅 I'll update you how the interview process and everything goes!

Oh that's great! Please share your journey aswell! Kinda sucks to go all the way to Sweden for an interview, but luckily it's easy to travel there 😁

Oh yeah true you said that! I get it, i hope you get your interview soon! I hope they add more interview days, since they are dealing with more countries than just Sweden. And yes, would be great to hear how your journey is going!😊 i will also update you as how things are going on my journey!

Thank you for your answer! It's really nice to have someone in the same situation!😊 I'll ask my fiance to send them inquiry for the nvc number. Have you already book your interview? Or do they send you appointment automatically? Im excited for you! I hope my case move as fast as yours! It's been long wait 😊

That sounds great! I think we haven't received our new case number yet, i think they told us to wait 30 days before reaching out! It's been very hard to find any information from Sweden! Since there is not too many people who is applying the countries we are from! Did you wait to apply your DS160 when your case was sended to the embassy? Or did you get notice from them that you can start filing it?

So i guess i don't need register new alien since i travel with Esta?

Thank you for your reply!