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Mine was approved this morning! I had checked my place in the queue a few days ago and it was 282, but this morning I received a text saying a decision had been made and it was approved! hey can you tell me , when your queue was 282 where you at the processing stage or awaiting processing ? did you...

Submitted my extended permit application on 22.12.2022 They created a diary number for me on 09.01.2023 I was approved on 20.01.2023 So basically, depending on how you look at it, either 11 days to approve my extension, or just less than a month to approve it. Mine was super simple as I just sent in...

I live in a small town and I start the integration training on 1.12 but it is 100% remote and I'll be doing it online everyday. So they do have provide the means for the same training all over Finland. Can you please provide more information on how to register for remote integration services that c...

The job markets are different so it’s possible (whether it’s likely is another matter). TE-office will use the population register in which you are required to change your address to your sister’s place. Finnish language is a must for finding most of jobs in Finland so it makes sense that the TE of...

Has this been changed? I opened an account and there is no mention about NetBank user id in dozens of papers... still waiting 2 weeks after receiving the first letter. Opened an account a few months ago. Took about two more weeks after the first letters arrived before the separate NetBank info with...

Just to provide an additional data point. I went to Migri on 14.9.2021 to verify my identity after submitting my application online, and it is now an average of nine months wait, and when I check the place in queue I have 1027 applications ahead of me. Any response from migri? For me my wife went t...

Heeeey everybody i came back for an update i got the decision today and it was an approval 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 finally i was soo stressing everyday but it was a releave i hope everybody here will get to feel the same happiness 🤞🏽 Congrats! Now good luck on the next steps of ID card, bank account, Kela, etc :D :...

Mine was approved this morning! I had checked my place in the queue a few days ago and it was 282, but this morning I received a text saying a decision had been made and it was approved!

I started at 1027 in the queue on 14.9.2021 and am now 552

I have this question about what does an American need to prove for the certificate of impediment to marriage as we do not have one to the DVV. I booked an appointment at helsinki embassy but how long did it take for them to verify the information For who to verify information? The embassy doesn't v...

When I did it this summer I wrote my own affidavit saying I was single and was never married and had no impediments to marriage. I then took it to a notary in DC where I lived at the time and signed and had it notarized. Then I had to send it into the Secretary of the District of Columbia for them t...

I'm living off of savings right now while I wait for my permit to be approved. When I applied in September it was projected to be a nine-month wait. I'm taking a Finnish course in the meantime at least. You don't need to get the affidavit done at the embassy, but it's probably the easiest if you can...

Not sure what you mean by things opening back up since you can fly over here now and get married if you want to if you're vaccinated. I am a US citizen and flew here in July and married my Finnish partner. Not sure what you're waiting for then. Even if you aren't vaccinated they do allow partners in...

Just to provide an additional data point. I went to Migri on 14.9.2021 to verify my identity after submitting my application online, and it is now an average of nine months wait, and when I check the place in queue I have 1027 applications ahead of me.

I got married in July to a Finnish citizen and handled my side of it in the USA so not sure how you could do it in Finland outside of the Embassy. The DVV wants a notarized document with an apostille either by the US Federal government or the Secretary of State from the state where you're from. I ba...