Good news for Portland OR applicants!

[eckoin 211]

Just had my N400 interview at the Portland OR field office. Appointment at 9am, they let me bring my coffee inside, started at 9:20am.

 

Got the six questions including the Federalist Papers one that I don't think a single American knows the answer to. Went through the rest of the form. I did end up mentioning my red light camera ticket I got after I applied, got a chuckle, we moved on. 

 

Got to see the entirety of my USCIS history and it was like four inches tall. I'm sure some of yours will be even higher. Jarring. 

 

At the end, I was asked if I wanted to do the oath right then and there. I said of course. The officer reminded me that I'll have to surrender my green card so I better not have any immediate travel booked. No ma'am. Took the oath in the same interview room, told to go downstairs and wait for my certificate. 20 minutes later, got my certificate and I'm now a US citizen! 

 

Super easy and no games. Everyone was super nice. Within an hour literally the whole process was completed and you're done with USCIS! 

 

Good luck everyone! 

[phoenyxx 30]

Wow! Congrats, talk about smooth sailing!
I have a ways to go with waiting on my interview, but fingers crossed I have as little trouble as possible!

[eckoin 211]

23 minutes ago, phoenyxx said:

Wow! Congrats, talk about smooth sailing!
I have a ways to go with waiting on my interview, but fingers crossed I have as little trouble as possible!

Are you in the Portland office? Seems like there's no rhyme or reason to what each office does--as is tradition--but I was one of the dozens people in the waiting room getting my certificate (I'm sure some were family but you get the gist), and they put out batches of them every hour, they said. Definitely wasn't the only one, that appears to be 100% the standard operating procedure in this FO. So if you're in Portland or near it, it's great! 

 

ETA: I can't see location on my phone but I see you're not in Portland. I hope your local office is doing the same thing! So efficient! 

Edited June 14, 2022 by eckoin

[phoenyxx 30]

3 hours ago, eckoin said:

Are you in the Portland office? Seems like there's no rhyme or reason to what each office does--as is tradition--but I was one of the dozens people in the waiting room getting my certificate (I'm sure some were family but you get the gist), and they put out batches of them every hour, they said. Definitely wasn't the only one, that appears to be 100% the standard operating procedure in this FO. So if you're in Portland or near it, it's great! 

 

ETA: I can't see location on my phone but I see you're not in Portland. I hope your local office is doing the same thing! So efficient! 

Nah, I'm in Philly. They said 9 months from April 1.