Hi all,
Been a silent follower of this forum since 2014 and writing my 1st post on this forum... Had applied for FSW 2014 under noc 0111 in July '14, got PER in mid Nov '14 and since then there was no movement on the case. Until Jan 2017 when I got an email to appear for an interview in AbuDhabi. The interview was scheduled 1st week of Feb and by the grace of Allah I was successful in clearing it. This forum helped me alot in my preparation and I would like to thank all who have posted their experiences or any info regarding interviews as it was very helpful.
My experience was almost the same as mr. INFO, infact it felt like the interviewer just wanted to meet me, see my confidence, ability to handle a tense situation and have a lil chit chat about my views on different things. It lasted hardly for 20 to 25 mins and at the end he told me that he was satisfied. He also mentioned that I would be getting an email for my pending PCC (FBI, as I only applied for it once I got the interview invitation). and once that is submitted ill get another email for medicals. Once these 2 are done I would be getting the last email to submit my passports for the visa.
My advice to people who have interviews lined up, is that they shouldn't worry if they do not have anything to hide, just be positive and confident and keep smiling (just be urself, do not pretend to be someone u r not).
Second and most important advice is, if you know u have made a mistake in the forms (an honest mistake), be upfront about it and tell the interviewer about it before he actually starts asking u questions. In my case I had mistakenly mentioned that my wife's Canadian visit visa wasnt rejected without even asking her coz I didnt know she had applied for it before our marriage (even though she had read the forms herself but she also missed it some how) and once we got the interview call I looked at the copy of all the forms that were sent to them and went through everything in detail with her and got to know about this mistake. Another mistake that was made by the consultant when sending the forms was they had mentioned my NOC wrongly against one portion of my experience (4 years exp) that was the basis for me in applying for 0111. What I did was, I waited till we had the introduction chat, he told me how the interview will be conducted and once he was actually going to start asking me questions I requested if I could clarify a couple of things before he starts. He gave me permission and listened to what I had to say and than thanked me twice for being upfront and accepting the mistakes and he even told me that its ok, there is no problem and he just needs to update that in his system.
Third advise is, do not be stressed out like I was, thinking over excessively of what the questions would be. U just have to know whats on ur file and the proof related to it. (mainly ur experience and proper proof of salary transfers and proof of available funds)
Final advise is to look at everything u sent them initially and look for problems in forms and the documentation u sent along with them. And once u have gone through all that, arrange those documents as mentioned on the interview invitation letter (use a nice file with separators and post it stickers showing where each documents is). It shows that u r organized and the interviewer really appreciates that.
The people on this forum have been kind enough to spare so much time trying to help others and seeing that I cudnt resist (even though i am not really fond of typing my stories... hehe) and thought there is a small probability that this might help someone. I really hope and pray that all the people waiting to clear this step are successful and have a blessed life.
I would also request everybody who reads this to remember me and my family in there prayers as this is just one small stop and there's a long journey ahead.
If I can be of any further help please do let me know.
wish everybody a successful and a blessed life.
