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| Finland |  Review on October 4, 2014: |
Ellinora
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
My appointment was at 9am and I arrived at 8.50am to Kaisaniemi. I had to wait outside in the staircase for about 20 minutes with a bunch of other people. After I was called in, I had to go through a security check and had to leave everything but my papers at the coat check.
After that I was showed into the waiting room, where I spend the next 25 minutes mostly waiting for my turn. I was first called to bring my passport, medical info and a printout of completing the form DS-260 to one Finnish speaking clerk. After that I was called to give my fingerprints to another Finnish speaking clerk. Then last I was called for an interview.
The interview took less than 5 minutes, and was mostly friendly small talk. Here are the questions they asked:
-why are you moving to the U.S?
-how long have you been married?
-where did you meet? Which university?
-do you have kids? How many? Are they already citizens?
-where are you moving?
-when are you moving?
So pretty straight forward questions. I also brought a ton of evidence of our marriage with me, but they never asked me to show any. I picked up my visa at the consulate 5 days later.
All in all a very pleasant interview. I guess they usually mail the visas, but since we were in a hurry, they let me pick it up.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #15335