Hi Dawud, thank you! and hope you get your hearing date soon. Before that, try to prepare all the possible questions that might be asked at the hearing as accurate as possible. My husband and I went to Vancouver to observe other couple's hearing on Dce. 19th 2016. They were old couple, the sponsor husband is 87, and his new wife (in China) is 67, they questioned the husband first, then called out to question the wife. They both don't know English, so there was an interpreter to interpret for them. I used to be a translator, and I found the interpreter didn't do the old couple any favor, because the husband is from north China, his Mandarin has very strong accent, and very often the interpreter couldn't understand him ( I could understand him more), so her interpretation was not really what he and his wife wanted to express. Plus, the old couple didn't think that some small questions are very important to be specific, but the minister council held on tight to the details they contradicted each other, such as: the husband said his wife's nephew helped fill in his wife's application form, but his wife said his husband did every thing. My point is, try to discuss with your partner about every thing, and you and your partner have to say the same answer in anyway, otherwise you can be knocked down by these "not so important" questions. Also, tell your partner to keep calm when they call out, the phone connection might not be good, so ask them to repeat the questions until your outland partner really understand what the questions are, and answer as detail and accurate as possible. Their lawyer didn't really help them a lot. No witnesses, very few supporting letters.Dawud said:
If you are not too busy, maybe make time to observe other couple's hearing, it would help.
Best luck!
