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Must have been on the lucky batch.
I received my positive decision on May 19th, 2020 and my card arrived by posti on May 29th, 2020, ==> less than the "normal" 3 weeks.
Any updates on your card bud?

Alright folks, Just wanted to share some good news : finally on enterFinland ''TIIVISTELMÄ/SUMMARY - You have been granted an extended residence permit on the basis of family ties ...... You will receive your residence permit card within 2–3 weeks by post.''' so as a summary, I proved my identity on...

You do lose the right to enter other Schengen and EU countries you had under the old permit until you get the extension. Indeed, true as a general rule. One exception is if the applicant is citizen of a country which allows him/her to enter all EU countries without a visa for 90 days. Then they mig...

@mkarshiev So far, my application is still at the 'Waiting for processing' stage, and at this point it has been more than 2 months and 2 weeks. So I contacted Migri last week to inquire about why it's long and the processing time checker indicates an average of 1 month and a maximum of 2 months for ...

As always, sound advices from you.
You are right.

Ugh 😭😭Already 50 days in Enter Finland since fingerprints and proving my identity and application is still "waiting for processing". (extended oleskelulupa based on family ties, normally 31 days ). I know the website says covid might affect processing times and I know some folks got it in ...

Hi Rick, Thanks for the reply. I do have one question though : what is that "operation transfer between poliisi and migri" that you refer to? I'm currently back home in Canada (previously planned trip here to visit parents ) and got stuck with the covid situation. It's pretty tough with wi...

As of today, it's been 1 month and 9 days of processing time for my extended rp based on family ties, when migri processing times for these kind of applications is usually a month. My current one expires in first week of May so I'm not worried yet about expiration of status. I think there are delays...

Oh really? I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for the info.

Thanks for the update.
good thing I applied with still 3 months of validity on my current RP. At least, if it takes longer than one month, then I am not at immediate risk.

Oh, congrats on your wife getting it.

Thank you very much for the update.

Hi Folks, Just wondering if others on this trend have recently applied for Extended RP based on family ties and wouldn't mind sharing it. I did the service point visit on February 19th, so technically it should be decided in 7 days, on March 19th. Is the one month processing time pretty accurate ? F...

So far, the rates have been awesome (in my personal opinion) , but I guess it all depends on the amount transferred. In my personal case, between my Canadian bank and Nordea, my range is 300 - 900 can$ (200 - 650 euroa) per transaction , and the fee has been 2.99 can$ (2.08€), per transaction, which...

I personally use the app Xoom, which is property of PayPal, to transfer between my Canadian and finnish accounts . For everything below 1000, it is completely free and for anything less than 1000$, the fees are 2.99can$, which is very acceptable. The only inconvenient is that it takes 1 day to depos...

From reading through these blog pages, seems like many people were able to apply on a different permit category while being on appeal on their original category. But they first waited for their negative decision to be served. So here is what I would do if I were in your shoes: Step 1: - wait for the...