Portland Oregon Interview. Anyone with experience?

[lizzyduckluv 3]

Hello All,

My husband and I have our AOS interview in a month at the Portland Oregon field office.

I am wondering if anyone has experience with the AOS interview in Portland and can advise how long the process took.

Asking as my husband needs to book a flight for work to depart the evening of our interview and we want to be sure to leave a sufficient amount of time.

Thanks in advance.

[BastillaShan 30]

Hello All,

My husband and I have our AOS interview in a month at the Portland Oregon field office.

I am wondering if anyone has experience with the AOS interview in Portland and can advise how long the process took.

Asking as my husband needs to book a flight for work to depart the evening of our interview and we want to be sure to leave a sufficient amount of time.

Thanks in advance.

Ours is next week. I'll let you know how it goes.

[lizzyduckluv 3]

Ours is next week. I'll let you know how it goes.

Good luck next week! Thanks in advance for sharing your experience.

[lizzyduckluv 3]

Ours is next week. I'll let you know how it goes.

Jclink--How did it go? If you could share any details, I would really appreciate it. Mainly looking for how long it took from arrival to departure. Thank you.

[BastillaShan 30]

Hi! Sorry I meant to respond to this last week!

Well, we were successful mostly! Our AOS is approved, but as it turns out they didn't have Chickenpox vaccine in Moscow so we had to go take care of that. Otherwise all is well and we're essentially done.

The whole process was very easy. We arrived about 7:30, there was plenty of parking. We went through the security checkpoint and were sent upstairs which was already surprisingly full of people who were waiting for window services. They come out and call you by name for the interview. At about 8:05 we were called back and interviewed with a woman who seemed all business at first but warmed up a lot over the course of the interview. Some very basic questions that anyone who has spent any amount of time with their husband/wife should know and then we gave evidence of our relationship (We brought phone bill/Insurance paperwork but somehow the one document I managed to forget was our lease on our apartment- she was okay with it.) And about 15 photos which we went through and she kept for our file. After that she said we were approved pending the vaccination.

All told we were out the door by 8:22. Very efficient, very professional. I was very nervous going in but when all is said and done, it was a very straightforward procedure. So good luck to you! I'm sure though, that you'll do great.

Best!

[lizzyduckluv 3]

Hi! Sorry I meant to respond to this last week!

Well, we were successful mostly! Our AOS is approved, but as it turns out they didn't have Chickenpox vaccine in Moscow so we had to go take care of that. Otherwise all is well and we're essentially done.

The whole process was very easy. We arrived about 7:30, there was plenty of parking. We went through the security checkpoint and were sent upstairs which was already surprisingly full of people who were waiting for window services. They come out and call you by name for the interview. At about 8:05 we were called back and interviewed with a woman who seemed all business at first but warmed up a lot over the course of the interview. Some very basic questions that anyone who has spent any amount of time with their husband/wife should know and then we gave evidence of our relationship (We brought phone bill/Insurance paperwork but somehow the one document I managed to forget was our lease on our apartment- she was okay with it.) And about 15 photos which we went through and she kept for our file. After that she said we were approved pending the vaccination.

All told we were out the door by 8:22. Very efficient, very professional. I was very nervous going in but when all is said and done, it was a very straightforward procedure. So good luck to you! I'm sure though, that you'll do great.

Best!

Congratulations on your approval! Thanks so much for providing your experience. I very pleased to see the process was roughly an hour.