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| Portland OR |  Review on January 19, 2017: |
deltaforcepdx
Rating:  | Review Topic: Adjustment of Status
Had my interview today (Portland OR field office). Scheduled for 1:30pm and we reached with all our documentation at 1:10pm. Went through the security check, checked-in and took our seats in the waiting room. There were 3 couples ahead of us, and 2 had attorneys with them. Very casual atmosphere, my wife was on her phone the whole time. Finally, around 1:45pm, the IO called our names apologized for making us wait, and we followed her. She handed us a bunch of the photos we had submitted with our AOS application and complimented us on our wedding.
Once in her office, she told us to raise our hands and read out the oath. We sat down and she asked for our IDs. My wife (USC) gave her DL and I my passport and she noted that down on a piece of paper. She proceeded to confirm our phone #, addresses and our jobs. She asked about how we met (grad school) and She made some jokes and then proceeded to confirm my last entry into the US (as F-1) and went through the list of Yes/No questions from the I-485 form all of which I replied in the negative. She then asked my wife my DOB, if she had met my parents (yes), their names, and if I had any siblings. Then she asked me the same questions about my wife and her family. She asked about our joint sponsor (wife's dad) and make a joke about him swooping in to rescue us (ha ha ).
Finally, she asked if we have any additional documentation for her - we gave her the updated car insurance, recent joint bank statement, utility bill and renter's insurance. She took a look and said, that's it, I don't have any additional questions - you are approved and GC will take priority over all other F-1 visas or EAD that you might have. She said we will receive our GC in 3 weeks or so, and since we are married for less than 2 years, we will need to apply for a permanent GC after 2 years. If I decided to apply for citizenship, I will have to apply after 2 years and 9 months - she said disregard anyone who says you have to wait 5 years etc. And that was all, she said, follow me and I will make some photocopies of documents for you and gave us the originals back and said goodbye at the elevator.
I'm happy and pleasantly surprised that things went smoothly - we sent in the application on July 17 last year, and GC interview was January 18, so exactly 6 months. We received 2 RFEs (both related to I-864) and went in to infopass once to ask a question about our RFE (not very helpful). Overall, this was a smooth AOS process and this field office handled this very well, and the interview itself was very low pressure and mostly casual.Â
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #21193