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Is there any voice or video record during the interview?

char1es

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Sep 9, 2016
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Ah yes, that could be an issue. I'm sorry that this happened to you.
That's fine.
We just want to be treated fair.
I will consult my lawyer next week.
I heard there has voice record.
As an officer, you cannot review the case by your own preference.
 

k.h.p.

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That's fine.
We just want to be treated fair.
I will consult my lawyer next week.
I heard there has voice record.
As an officer, you cannot review the case by your own preference.
IRCC only regularly records the audio of hearings, not of interviews. I cannot find a single appeal decision of the IAD that references audio recordings of an interview - they are almost exclusively referring to audio recordings of hearings.
 

YVR123

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Jul 27, 2017
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We are same sex relationship. And both of us are Chinese.
Was the interview conducted in your spouse's native language or in English? Was a translator there? Could that be a lost in translation case?
Same sex marriage is not legal there and also not socially acceptable there. I read that some same sex couples there arranged for a fake opposite sex marriage just to satisfy their parents' request. It's not a easy route for you, good luck.
 
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Buletruck

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What about your relationship would give them grounds to think it is false?
Have a look at the OPs posting history. Loads of reasons why IRCC would see this as a marriage of convenience (from the OP as well). I have my doubts that IRCC would document questions and answers that weren’t actually asked, particularly given the background of the applicants.
 

char1es

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Sep 9, 2016
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Have a look at the OPs posting history. Loads of reasons why IRCC would see this as a marriage of convienience. I have my doubts that IRCC would document questions and answers that weren’t actually asked, particularly given the background of the applicants.
But the truth is she didn't ask the these questions but put it on the note.
We have strong evidence to proof that we are not marriage of convenience in our file.
 

char1es

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Sep 9, 2016
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Were you at the interview?
I with my spouse. But she asked me some basic question and let me wait outside.
I talked to my spouse about questions after interview right away.
So both of us remember what happened.
How she treat our additional document as junk in the interview.

She asked me what is your job? I said my job is a coordinator. She asked me do you have any proof? I said I attached my employment letter in my file. She seemed not even know what we have in our file.
Before I went for the interview, I asked my manager to do a vacation approval for my spouse interview. So I told her I have a vacation approval from my manager, do you want it? She said she need.
In the note she said she asked my spouse did he ever met my parents and give detail information about them and my spouse said he never met my parents and know nothing about my family member.
But the fact is during the waiting time for the application, I went back China again and asked my spouse come to celebrate my father's birthday. When I help my parents apply their visitor visa, my spouse help my parents a lot in China, like scanning these things. So my parents also suggest me to bring him to my father's birthday to say thanks for him. And we took a photo together in the restaurant. My parents know him as my best friend.
And I bring that photo as additional evidence during the interview. So how can my spouse can say he never met my parents?
 

k.h.p.

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Oh goodness your case is complicated. You had a husband, you separated, you decided you still had feelings. He's overstayed 10 years. Was refused H&C. You were legally separated, and landed without him on your COPR. The spouse is not a member of the family class as you were separated at the time but they were not examined. Your spouse also lied on a personal history form. You were only married for one month before separation - and then you moved in with a female roommate. While the initial visa officer had no concerns, I imagine the current visa officer would have plenty.

If you are appealing, you need to be absolutely certain none of these questions were asked because the IAD is going to assume that they were.

Share the notes when you have a chance.
 

YVR123

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Oh goodness your case is complicated. You had a husband, you separated, you decided you still had feelings. He's overstayed 10 years. Was refused H&C. You were legally separated, and landed without him on your COPR. The spouse is not a member of the family class as you were separated at the time but they were not examined. Your spouse also lied on a personal history form. You were only married for one month before separation - and then you moved in with a female roommate. While the initial visa officer had no concerns, I imagine the current visa officer would have plenty.

If you are appealing, you need to be absolutely certain none of these questions were asked because the IAD is going to assume that they were.

Share the notes when you have a chance.
I also looked at an old post by OP and I am very confused with the timeline.
Sponsor landed in 2017 after he and PA got married and legally separated in 2016?
Then again apply to sponsor PA in 2018.
And did sponsor and PA ever lived together after their marriage?

btw meeting parents as "best friends" is very different from meeting as a spouse.

How about the relationship with that female roommate? This is a complicated case....
 

char1es

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Sep 9, 2016
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Oh goodness your case is complicated. You had a husband, you separated, you decided you still had feelings. He's overstayed 10 years. Was refused H&C. You were legally separated, and landed without him on your COPR. The spouse is not a member of the family class as you were separated at the time but they were not examined. Your spouse also lied on a personal history form. You were only married for one month before separation - and then you moved in with a female roommate. While the initial visa officer had no concerns, I imagine the current visa officer would have plenty.

If you are appealing, you need to be absolutely certain none of these questions were asked because the IAD is going to assume that they were.

Share the notes when you have a chance.
I disclose him in my PR application. He was ready for the examination from CIC. But CIC didn't ask for the examination.
If we were not separate during my application, I can definitely bring him to get the PR as long as he leave the Canada. Because once he back to China, he is no inadmissible. He got the voluntary departure order without any ban.
Even when I was landing I can add him back to my application since he was already in China that time. However, we were honest and truthful that we were not decide to reconcile yet. So I didn't lie to the CBSA said that we reconcile.
If our marriage is really for the purpose of PR, I can add him when I was landing and we don't even need to apply for the sponsorship.
 

char1es

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Sep 9, 2016
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I also looked at an old post by OP and I am very confused with the timeline.
Sponsor landed in 2017 after he and PA got married and legally separated in 2016?
Then again apply to sponsor PA in 2018.
And did sponsor and PA ever lived together after their marriage?

btw meeting parents as "best friends" is very different from meeting as a spouse.

How about the relationship with that female roommate? This is a complicated case....
I also looked at an old post by OP and I am very confused with the timeline.
Sponsor landed in 2017 after he and PA got married and legally separated in 2016?
Then again apply to sponsor PA in 2018.
And did sponsor and PA ever lived together after their marriage?

btw meeting parents as "best friends" is very different from meeting as a spouse.

How about the relationship with that female roommate? This is a complicated case....
As I know some other same sex application which get approval. The parents don't even know the spouse at all.
I found out my parents were very traditional person, they cannot accept it. So I don't think to tell them about our relationship right now. Once they come to Canada, I will show them June pride such things and tell them our relationship in the future.
After my spouse back to China, I have total 4 times visit back to China. Each time around 3-6 weeks.
2017 May / 2017 Dec / 2018 Oct / 2019 April
The female roommate was divorced, we just share the condo together. No relationship.
 

Buletruck

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Just far too complex to not expect extensive scrutiny from IRCC. Obviously, based on this and previous postings you seem to expecting a refusal. The VO may not have asked the questions listed directly, but in an alternate way and several times for correlation. Really, it far too difficult to offer a valid opinion of what they have documented as neither you or anyone here were physically present at the actual interview.
 

Dani111

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Jun 28, 2019
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Hello Everyone:

My spouse had the interview on April and it was refused. As sponsor, I have already submitted the appeal.
I have received the GCMS note yesterday and found that at least half of the note was not truth.
For example, the officer wrote that she asked my spouse that whether he know my previous job, earning, address in Canada. My spouse answered "Sorry, I only have little info about it." My spouse said she never aked questions about my background.
Furthermore, she wrote she asked what was our plan after moving to Canada. And my spouse answered we didn't talk about that. So ridiculous.
At the end of the note she said she was not satisfied because my spouse had great difficulty to tell my background, limited knowledge about my family and etc.
Even in the interview, my spouse mentioned two times that if you have any concerns with our relationship and these evidence cannot satisfied you, you can ask me any detailed question about our relationship. She never asked.
I am so frustrated. Because you asked us to be honest and truthful during the application, but your officer cannot even write what exactly happened in the interview?
So in the appeal can we apply to get the voice or video record?
Thanks everyone.
I signed up because I had a similar experience as you have stated. My spouse also had an interview and got refused. I read through the interview notes and I was surprised the officer wrote so many things he didn’t ask and my spouse didn’t say.