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[Pk2017]

Timeline is so different for different VOs.

 

[buhe]

Timeline is so different for different VOs.

Sometimes it is different even with in the same VO. But I don't know why.

 

[Carl_johnson]

Timeline is so different for different VOs.

The slow one is the London Visa Office. And it is always overloaded.

 

[geografa]

Hi guys. Yesterday I had my interview. I was at the embassy for nearly three hours, although it was much more waiting than the actual interview. It went great, and the immigration officer, after asking about five questions, told me she was very satisfied that my relationship was genuine. She then told me what the next steps were and kept my passport, saying in about a month, two months tops, I would have it back with the visa stamped. All I need now is to provide a police certificate, I got the request for that yesterday, and the medical exam. I should pass those two easily. Thank you all, and good luck!

Congrats! What a wonderful relief for you both
It sounds like you were more than prepared. Can you share with us the types of questions they asked? Obviously if they were about private stuff don't feel pressure.
Cheers!

 

[Pk2017]

The slow one is the London Visa Office. And it is always overloaded.

Everyone seems like to have their work going. Even if getting interviews or whatever , we LVO have silence.
And one more thing i liked about others is that they are getting med request quite late which means they will have more time for visa (as med expires in a year)

 

[kcward7]

Everyone seems like to have their work going. Even if getting interviews or whatever , we LVO have silence.
And one more thing i liked about others is that they are getting med request quite late which means they will have more time for visa (as med expires in a year)

LVO will be dead silent and then suddenly you will get DM. Just the way it is.

 

[JulianaAndrew]

Even if getting interviews or whatever

If you say this because of me, let me tell you my VO is one of the fastest ones, probably second to Ankara. I have seen people who got the COPR and visa stamped two months after the embassy started processing the application. So, you should not rely on my case, because it is a different VO. I don't know if LVO is one of the slowest, but anyway, I am very lucky that my VO is usually pretty fast, at least these days.

 

[JulianaAndrew]

Congrats! What a wonderful relief for you both
It sounds like you were more than prepared. Can you share with us the types of questions they asked? Obviously if they were about private stuff don't feel pressure.
Cheers!

My interview was scheduled to be at 11 am. I went there, and handed them the additional proofs they had asked, along with two newly completed forms. It was almost 100 pages of proofs. They reviewed them, took about an hour to do that, so I was just waiting. Then a guy, with neutral attitude, started asking me the questions in one of the interview booths. He spoke in Spanish the whole time, and told me that he was not an immigration officer, so he would not be making a decision on my case. He was Colombian. He asked me questions for about 50 minutes, he asked me about all the concerns they had displayed on the GCMS notes. I always gave them detailed explanations when I answered. When he was done, I had to wait for a while again, then the immigration officer was in the booth with him, he was doing the job of an interpreter then. I didn't need it so we did it in English. She just asked me a few questions, the last one being how we kept the marriage working - ongoing. I gave her my answer and then she said she was satisfied and kept my passport.
On a side note, they do ask the same question several times, but in a different way. I think if you have a strong and deep relationship with your husband/wife, an interview should be successful. I wasn't scared nor nervous, but I was worried. I think the officer had made her decision already, because she was smiling all the way from the beginning, she was really nice. When I left the building, it was 1:50 pm.
They only asked me a handful of the questions listed on this forum as usual for interviews. The questions they asked me were more targeted to my specific situation. They did not ask me intimate questions, but I revealed intimate information as I was answering other questions/providing details. I didn't realize but we had a few red flags. One of them was getting engaged before meeting in person, and the other one was having spent just 2 months physically together, out of like 19 of relationship. They also had concerns because my level of English was "very high", according to the notes, yet I had never left Colombia. I was asked the simple questions about my wife, like name and DOB. Name they asked me three times, just different ways, and I had to spell her last name. It was all relatively easy, although at one moment I cried because I told them about something horrible that had happened to my wife a few years ago.

 

[geografa]

My interview was scheduled to be at 11 am. I went there, and handed them the additional proofs they had asked, along with two newly completed forms. It was almost 100 pages of proofs. They reviewed them, took about an hour to do that, so I was just waiting. Then a guy, with neutral attitude, started asking me the questions in one of the interview booths. He spoke in Spanish the whole time, and told me that he was not an immigration officer, so he would not be making a decision on my case. He was Colombian. He asked me questions for about 50 minutes, he asked me about all the concerns they had displayed on the GCMS notes. I always gave them detailed explanations when I answered. When he was done, I had to wait for a while again, then the immigration officer was in the booth with him, he was doing the job of an interpreter then. I didn't need it so we did it in English. She just asked me a few questions, the last one being how we kept the marriage working - ongoing. I gave her my answer and then she said she was satisfied and kept my passport.
On a side note, they do ask the same question several times, but in a different way. I think if you have a strong and deep relationship with your husband/wife, an interview should be successful. I wasn't scared nor nervous, but I was worried. I think the officer had made her decision already, because she was smiling all the way from the beginning, she was really nice. When I left the building, it was 1:50 pm.
They only asked me a handful of the questions listed on this forum as usual for interviews. The questions they asked me were more targeted to my specific situation. They did not ask me intimate questions, but I revealed intimate information as I was answering other questions/providing details. I didn't realize but we had a few red flags. One of them was getting engaged before meeting in person, and the other one was having spent just 2 months physically together, out of like 19 of relationship. They also had concerns because my level of English was "very high", according to the notes, yet I had never left Colombia. I was asked the simple questions about my wife, like name and DOB. Name they asked me three times, just different ways, and I had to spell her last name. It was all relatively easy, although at one moment I cried because I told them about something horrible that had happened to my wife a few years ago.

Thank you for sharing that. It's very helpful! And congrats again! Enjoy the feeling .)

 

[haXudon]

My interview was scheduled to be at 11 am. I went there, and handed them the additional proofs they had asked, along with two newly completed forms. It was almost 100 pages of proofs. They reviewed them, took about an hour to do that, so I was just waiting. Then a guy, with neutral attitude, started asking me the questions in one of the interview booths. He spoke in Spanish the whole time, and told me that he was not an immigration officer, so he would not be making a decision on my case. He was Colombian. He asked me questions for about 50 minutes, he asked me about all the concerns they had displayed on the GCMS notes. I always gave them detailed explanations when I answered. When he was done, I had to wait for a while again, then the immigration officer was in the booth with him, he was doing the job of an interpreter then. I didn't need it so we did it in English. She just asked me a few questions, the last one being how we kept the marriage working - ongoing. I gave her my answer and then she said she was satisfied and kept my passport.
On a side note, they do ask the same question several times, but in a different way. I think if you have a strong and deep relationship with your husband/wife, an interview should be successful. I wasn't scared nor nervous, but I was worried. I think the officer had made her decision already, because she was smiling all the way from the beginning, she was really nice. When I left the building, it was 1:50 pm.
They only asked me a handful of the questions listed on this forum as usual for interviews. The questions they asked me were more targeted to my specific situation. They did not ask me intimate questions, but I revealed intimate information as I was answering other questions/providing details. I didn't realize but we had a few red flags. One of them was getting engaged before meeting in person, and the other one was having spent just 2 months physically together, out of like 19 of relationship. They also had concerns because my level of English was "very high", according to the notes, yet I had never left Colombia. I was asked the simple questions about my wife, like name and DOB. Name they asked me three times, just different ways, and I had to spell her last name. It was all relatively easy, although at one moment I cried because I told them about something horrible that had happened to my wife a few years ago.

crying was the part that got her.

(note to self: *cry at the beginning of interview for ultimate success*)

 

[JulianaAndrew]

crying was the part that got her.

(note to self: *cry at the beginning of interview for ultimate success*)

Not really, the immigration officer wasn't there when I cried. It was just the other guy, who I guess is a data entry clerk or something like that. A lady who was just finishing her interview while I was waiting cried in front of the immigration officer, and she still got her application refused.

 

[kiwias]

The same thing happened to me. Got an email on 21/11/17 requesting Ministry of Justice Criminal Report. I thought I had completed the privacy waiver for them to request it on my behalf but I think the process had changed since I submitted the Schedule A in September 2017.

A bit ticked off cause I could've requested this earlier had I know but what can you do.

Did they also gwt y

Sydney, Australia VO has sent a request for me to send a NZ Police background Check on the 6th December. What is odd is that I've already submitted to them a schedule A which includes a signature from me to give them authority to do this background check on my behalf. I now have to send the request to NZ police myself even after emailing them two weeks ago to ask if its correct that they do it or do I do it, to which they replied not to worry as they request it later.

It appears the process of Background Checks has changed for NZ citizens in the last few months and older applications (like July etc) are having to request the background check themselves.

Not really an issue, just a small road bump on the road to PR

 

[kiwias]

Sorry - did they also request you to complete the Common Law declaration?

The same thing happened to me. Got an email on 21/11/17 requesting Ministry of Justice Criminal Report. I thought I had completed the privacy waiver for them to request it on my behalf but I think the process had changed since I submitted the Schedule A in September 2017.

A bit ticked off cause I could've requested this earlier had I know but what can you do.

Did they also gwt y

 

[Pk2017]

If you say this because of me, let me tell you my VO is one of the fastest ones, probably second to Ankara. I have seen people who got the COPR and visa stamped two months after the embassy started processing the application. So, you should not rely on my case, because it is a different VO. I don't know if LVO is one of the slowest, but anyway, I am very lucky that my VO is usually pretty fast, at least these days.

No no not particularly you. But yes your case is fast as well.

 

[James_NZ1]

Sorry - did they also request you to complete the Common Law declaration?

Hi KiwiAs. Exactly same scenario. I even emailed them in early october as i noticed on the CIC website data had changed regarding background checks. It use to say "we will do this for you, a ministry of justice check is not a background check" to it now saying "ministry of justice background check is all good." I emailed them after seeing this and they said "a background check from MoJ is not required at this time" lol. I'd say a process has changed and we are all caught in the middle of it. If I had known would have done this in November haha.

I have not been asked to submit a common law dec. Maybe your circumstances are differnt. Length of relationship, time away from each other? could be why they need. it.

Although a MoJ is easy to get and straight forward process it could be a lot worse... Like having to do fingerprints and eye scans or something in person