Portland OR USCIS Office Reviews
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| Portland OR |  Review #30207 on October 4, 2021: |
Jjcouple
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We believe due to the pandemic:
Our interview was waived
Our fingerprinting was waived
as of 10/04/2021 online USCIS status still shows "fingerprints were taken"
We're just waiting for the lifting of the conditions and will file the N-400 in January.
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| Portland OR | Review #29510 on April 19, 2021: |
Rosanne W
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Interview wasn't as long or hard as we expected. Our officer was really nice, casual, and even seemed a bit nervous herself.
After the swearing in, I had to answer basic questions on the I-485 form, to check if all the information was still correct and make any necessary adjustments. Our address had changed and they added my current employer to the form. We also went over all the eligibility questions again, for which she apologized a couple of times ('I'm sorry I have to ask you this, but it is just procedure - ')
Then she asked my husband a couple of basic questions such as his parents names and his current employer.
This took about 10-15 minutes.
The other half of the interview was kind of chatting about where we met, when we met, when we started dating, when we met each others parents, how often we saw each other, our proposal story and when we got married. This was just to establish a timeline, or so she said. It was actually kind of fun to go over our memories together. She also asked a couple of questions such as 'what kind of activities do you enjoy together' and 'what are your plans for the future'.
Overall, it was pretty casual and we were definitely over-prepared. The interview ended with a ''Do you have any information you want to give me that will add to your case'', and so we handed over statements of our joint bank account, our lease agreements, our AKC registration and some pictures of us together. I also handed her the envelop of the Medical Exam.
She said she needed to go over the information and put it in the system, but that she was going to approve us. Then she explained to us what the conditional green card meant and asked if we had any questions. I told her I was unsure about traveling with my Advance Parole. I will leave next week for The Netherlands because of a family emergency. It's good that I told her, because the green card approval actually makes the Employment Authorization Card, including the Advance Parole invalid. So you're in this weird limbo if you want to travel on your advance parole between the time of approval and having the green card physically in hand. She went out of her way to make sure it was going to get produced asap, and also ensured I got the I-551 Stamp in my passport that serves as a temporary green card.
I really appreciated the efforts and am looking back at this interview in a positive way!
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| Portland OR | Review #29397 on March 25, 2021: |
WOOSH
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Great I/O
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| Portland OR | Review #29051 on January 25, 2021: |
Djxnor
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Our OP was so nice and helpful. She was smiling all the time. And approved us on spot.
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| Portland OR | Review #28753 on November 5, 2020: |
Dowbs
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The whole process was very smooth. Our interviewer was friendly. He explained that, since I didn't have an interview for AOS, this interview would cover the questions they would normally ask in that interview, as well as the questions they would normally ask for ROC.
The questions were mostly about the timeline of our relationship (he asked my husband some questions about that too), e.g. when did you meet and how; when did my husband propose; where were you living at each stage of the relationship; when and where did you get married; etc. He also asked questions about where we lived in the US (we've had 3 addresses) and when we lived in each property; he asked me to confirm my employment and the dates of each job; and he asked about the dates and purposes for each time I've ever entered the US. He also covered those mandatory questions where the answer to all/almost all would be no. The only fairly personal question was about kids - we don't have them, and he wanted to know whether we'd discussed that or planned to have kids in the future.
He seemed to have read my file very thoroughly and remembered lots of info that I'd included in every application.
The entire interview was about 40 minutes. He told us at the end that my application was "approvable" and that the green card would be mailed to my address within a month.
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