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Current Average Processing Times for Spouse of Finnish Citizen RP. NON-EU

Post by Winchester1405 » Sun Aug 04, 2024 6:31 am

Hello! I would like to know what's the current average processing time for that? I know every individual case is different but if for example some people could share their's it would be helpful!
Especially for people who applied through the online service



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Post by betelgeuse » Sun Aug 04, 2024 10:19 am

Winchester1405 wrote:
Sun Aug 04, 2024 6:31 am
Hello! I would like to know what's the current average processing time for that? I know every individual case is different but if for example some people could share their's it would be helpful!
Especially for people who applied through the online service
https://migri.fi/en/processing-times

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Post by Gallychou » Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:09 am

I know it varies but would interesting to know recent examples.
I am waiting as well, I will update how long it took when I received an answer :)

Are applying from abroad? Or in Finland?

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Post by Winchester1405 » Wed Aug 07, 2024 12:05 am

Gallychou wrote:
Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:09 am
I know it varies but would interesting to know recent examples.
I am waiting as well, I will update how long it took when I received an answer :)

Are applying from abroad? Or in Finland?
I am applying from abroad. But I'm still waiting to visit the mission for identification later in August. How about you?

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Post by Gallychou » Thu Aug 08, 2024 3:13 am

Visit for ‘identification’ was just done.
Application moved from ‘Visit a service point’ to ‘waiting for processing’. So it is in the ‘queue’.

May I ask which country?

Good luck!

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Post by cfb » Thu Aug 08, 2024 10:27 am

I applied online recently and it took about 3 weeks for me. I've seen others mention anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks, so that seems to be the ballpark.
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Post by Winchester1405 » Thu Aug 22, 2024 12:35 pm

Gallychou wrote:
Thu Aug 08, 2024 3:13 am
Visit for ‘identification’ was just done.
Application moved from ‘Visit a service point’ to ‘waiting for processing’. So it is in the ‘queue’.

May I ask which country?

Good luck!
I also just visited the embassy for identification and today mine moved to "Waiting for processing" as well. Has anything changed on your application yet?

I'm applying from Egypt, what about you, if I may ask?

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Post by Gallychou » Tue Sep 03, 2024 6:53 pm

1 month and just waiting. USA.

The few stories I have read in other forum…it seems really fast or really long!! Let’s see! Maybe will go faster now that Summer vacation in Finland are over…no idea.

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Post by Winchester1405 » Wed Sep 04, 2024 1:06 am

Gallychou wrote:
Tue Sep 03, 2024 6:53 pm
1 month and just waiting. USA.

The few stories I have read in other forum…it seems really fast or really long!! Let’s see! Maybe will go faster now that Summer vacation in Finland are over…no idea.
Yep same, other people's experiences are very different. It's either 2 weeks or like 6+ months lol. I will let you know if I get an answer to mine!

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Post by Gallychou » Wed Sep 18, 2024 9:04 pm

:thumbsup: :D Approx. 1,5 month and got positive decision.

We are waiting for the card.

When you receive card, could you please confirm if Migri put the ‘moving date’ from your application on it?

In the positive response- it says it starts now.
But we put a date in 2025 in our application…
So we will wait for the card and see.

It is ok but ideally you would think they use the ‘moving date’ provided in application.

Kiitos!

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Post by Winchester1405 » Thu Sep 19, 2024 6:38 pm

Gallychou wrote:
Wed Sep 18, 2024 9:04 pm
:thumbsup: :D Approx. 1,5 month and got positive decision.

We are waiting for the card.

When you receive card, could you please confirm if Migri put the ‘moving date’ from your application on it?

In the positive response- it says it starts now.
But we put a date in 2025 in our application…
So we will wait for the card and see.

It is ok but ideally you would think they use the ‘moving date’ provided in application.

Kiitos!
Congratulations! I am really happy for you :lol:
Of course I will let you know when I receive the card.
If you don't mind me asking, did it move to "In Progress" before they informed you that the decision was ready? And if so, how long did it take to move from "In progress" to "Decision is ready"?
Kiitos!

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Post by Winchester1405 » Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:03 pm

Winchester1405 wrote:
Thu Sep 19, 2024 6:38 pm
Gallychou wrote:
Wed Sep 18, 2024 9:04 pm
:thumbsup: :D Approx. 1,5 month and got positive decision.

We are waiting for the card.

When you receive card, could you please confirm if Migri put the ‘moving date’ from your application on it?

In the positive response- it says it starts now.
But we put a date in 2025 in our application…
So we will wait for the card and see.

It is ok but ideally you would think they use the ‘moving date’ provided in application.

Kiitos!
Congratulations! I am really happy for you :lol:
Of course I will let you know when I receive the card.
If you don't mind me asking, did it move to "In Progress" before they informed you that the decision was ready? And if so, how long did it take to move from "In progress" to "Decision is ready"?
Kiitos!
Btw I emailed migri about this before I applied, about when the permit will be valid and their response was, and I am quoting "In most cases, the permit will be valid from the day you provided when applying."

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Post by Gallychou » Fri Sep 20, 2024 12:19 am

For me- it moved to In progress and Decision on the exact same day.

Yeah- we are loosing 6months of the permit!
We put a date in 2025 for moving but it is not what the Decision email mentions.
If we knew that…we would have waited to apply…
But the Migri web site says it can take 6 months so we went aafe and applied ‘too early’ maybe a bit. :!:

Still happy.

Best of luck!

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Post by nawa » Thu Oct 03, 2024 6:50 pm

Hi!

Any update for those who have their application processed? Or any experiences with processing times?

I'm just wondering how this reform to the citizenship affects the residence permit application (if in any way). But I did notice that they have updated the processing times in the migri website have now been lowered from 6 months to 4 months (for spouse of finnish citizen) and 3 months (for spouse of a person with a residence permit). I find it out that the easier application (Finnish spouse) takes longer. Don't you?

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Post by Winchester1405 » Fri Oct 04, 2024 12:38 pm

nawa wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2024 6:50 pm
Hi!

Any update for those who have their application processed? Or any experiences with processing times?

I'm just wondering how this reform to the citizenship affects the residence permit application (if in any way). But I did notice that they have updated the processing times in the migri website have now been lowered from 6 months to 4 months (for spouse of finnish citizen) and 3 months (for spouse of a person with a residence permit). I find it out that the easier application (Finnish spouse) takes longer. Don't you?
Hello! I received a positive decision today :) I am so happy. It took us exactly 1 month and 12 days to get an answer.


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