Today I went to the US embassy in Helsinki. It was really different than any other embassies, outside the buildings already have a few police cars to secure. When I was at the gate, a security guy immediately came out,I told him I had an interview, he checked my passport and let me get inside. Oh...security check! like before you enter a plane, I have to turn off my mobile phone and leave my bag there, the only thing I could take is the application forms. Then there was another guy use the equipment exactly like in the airport to check if I had something with me...Everything fine, one guy took me to enter the other building where I could apply the visa.
Everything went quite fine there, had my index finger scanned, had interview, though he just asked questions which I already answered in the forms. Then he said " ok, we will mail you the visa in a few days." Good! that means I got the visa.
Well, it was a quite different experience for me, I have never entered any embassy like this (like an airport), guided by strong security guards...
Good to find you and Bas are running this
website.I am in Finland till Friday of
this week. maybe See you guys next time.
I invited Bas for a lunch, he didn't reply
yet ;-)