yeppers.. I went today to renew my visa permits for living / working here in Finland at the Immigration Police and thought I would, from previous experience, stay there waiting in line for my number to be called after many many hours, but to my amazement, I was only there for roughly 2 1/2 hours.. I went for permanent residence since now that I am married to Hanna, it helps greatly, not to mention the WORK Factor as well.
I also hand written a speed up request to get my visa and passport return to me sooner rather than later (up to 6 months waiting period for permanent applications). The Immigration officer handeling my case was very nice and extremely helpful and gave suggestions of many things that I should do while waiting for the acceptance and approval for my visa status.
Lets see what happens.. more to come on this issue for sure…