fna786 said:
my husband finally got his interview date after a 2 1/2 yr wait. does anyone have any interview tips, experience or advice they can give to help us best prepare.
here u go
Q- What are some of the sample questions asked?
Information about your spouse [in Canada]
Name
Date of birth
Marriage status
i. If divorced
1. Ex-spouses information
2. Why did the previous marriage not last
3. Reasons for divorce
4. Who initiated the divorce
5. What were the reasons for the divorce
6. Does s/he have a criminal records
a. Beating ex-spouse
b. Abuse of Ex-Spouse
7. Where are all the original Divorce papers
8. Do you have the copy of Divorce papers
9. Does your spouse have any children from previous marriage
10. If yes
a. How many
b. What are their names
c. How old are they
d. Whom do they live with, and why
e. Why do they not live with your spouse
f. Are they planning to move with your spouse
g. What are your plans if they move with your spouse
h. Would both of you have kids
i. How would you make sure your kids and your spouse’s kid will live/get together/co-operate with each other?
j. How much is the monthly child support
k. How does your spouse manage child support
l. How often does your spouse see the child from previous marriage
m. Does s/he see the kids every weekend, month, year…. meaning what are his/her child access/visitation right.
n. Does your spouse exercise those visitation right
o. If no, why
11. Where did the divorce take place
12. Are there any outstanding issues related to divorce
13. If yes, describe in details
14. How much are the alimony payments
ii. Does your spouse still see his/her ex-spouse
iii. If yes
1. Why?
iv. If no
1. Why not?
Where did your spouse first land in Canada [Airport or city]
Where did he first lived [City, province]
Where did s/he reside when divorce was taking place, and where does s/he live now
Why did s/he move to a place/city where s/he lives now
Does your spouse still travel to the city where his/her ex-spouse lives.
Does your spouse have relationships [intimate or sexual] with other people [men or women]
If yes
i. What are their names
ii. What is a nature of the relationship
What does your spouse do for living
Where does s/he work
i. Company name
ii. Phone number if possible
iii. Type of work i.e. security, cab driver, business, labour, etc etc
iv. What is the place where your spouse is posted [ if it is security or business or store with various outlets]
v. What are his/her job duties
vi. How much s/he makes per hour $$$$$$
Does your spouse do another work too
i. Study or another job
ii. Give full details about the study or work
a. if school
1. Provide details of the degree/diploma s/he is registered in
2. What year of study
3. Total length of program
4. Expected completion date
5. Courses taken if possible course number and description...
What are your spouses hobbies
Do you know your spouses friends
If yes
i. Provide the names, if possible phone numbers
ii. How long did they know each other
iii. Where do they live
iv. Do they know about your spouses previous relationship
v. Have you met anyone
vi. If yes
1. Can you provide some proof
2. i.e. pictures, or just description
What does your spouse like/dislike
What is your spouses' favourite color, place to visit,
What does your spouse own
i. House
1. Give details
ii. Car
1. Provide the following
a. Make, model, license plate number, year of manufacture, and color of the car.
With whom does s/he live
i. Provide full details of
1. House address
2. How much rent
3. Phone number
4. What kind of house it is
a. Apartment
b. Condo
5. How many room there are
6. What is the inside color of the apartment
7. What kind of furniture is in the house
8. What is the color of the furniture
9. What kind of TV, etc is in the house
10. Who else lives near by
a. Neighbours
ii. Who is the owner of the house/ whose name is it in
1. Provide full details
Provide details about your spouses’ parents
1. Dad’s name
2. Mom’s Name
3. Where do they work
4. How did they come to Canada
5. When did they come to Canada
6. Who sponsored them
7. Where did they live when they come to Canada
8. Whom did they live with at that time
9. Whom do they live with now
10. What is your spouses mom’s parents names [maternal grandparents info]
a. Nana ji & Nani ji’s name and information
11. Dad’s parents names [paternal grandparents info]
a. Dada and Dadi ji’s Name and information
If living [in house/apartment] with brother/sister/or other relatives
1. Provide full details about relative [example Brother]
a. Relatives Name, work, company name, pay
2. Provide full details about relatives spouse [example sister-in-law]
a. Name, Her work, company, pay
3. When did your spouse's relative [ex. brother] get married
4. How did that relative come to Canada
5. Did your spouse sponsored that relative
How many brother and sisters does your spouse have
i. Name all of them
ii. Names of their spouses
iii. Names of their kids
iv. Where are they married [in-laws address]
v. Where do they live now?
1. Addresses
2. Phone numbers etc
How many maternal and paternal uncles and aunts does your spouse have
i. Name all of them [chacha, taia, bhua, mama, masi etc]
ii. Name their spouses
iii. Name all their kids
1. If Kids are married name of spouses
a. Names of their children
iv. Where are they married [place of in-laws]
Did all of them [relatives from part u.] came to the marriage
i. If not why not
ii. If yes, show proof
1. Show pictures and identify them
Who came to attend your marriage from Canada
i. Show proof, pictures
Why did others not come here to attend the marriage
Any other general information about your spouse
Information about you [Person attending the interview]
Do you know your husband is divorced [if your spouse is divorced]
Provide all the details
Why did you marry him/her, even if s/he is divorced?
Do you know s/he has a child from previous marriage
Why did you marry a person who has a child
Did you knew about your spouses divorce and child before marriage
How did you meet first time?
Where did you meet
i. Provide details of the location
ii. What were you wearing
iii. What was your spouse wearing
iv. What did you do in the first meeting
1. Lunch, dinner, dance etc
v. Who accompanied you to meet your spouse
vi. What did you like about your spouse
Did you meet your spouse again after the first meeting and before your marriage
i. Provide details
ii. How many times did you meet again
iii. Where, and what did you do
1. Any proof
Were you forced into marriage
Did you get married to get to Canada
Did you pay you spouse to go to Canada
[Always say no to the questions under section l ]
i. If yes
1. How much
ii. We heard you paid money in lakhs or thousands of dollars [your local currency] to go there
iii. How much did you pay
iv. If you tell us how much you paid, we will give you Visa right away
1. Otherwise it might take a long time for you to get there as we know you paid money
2. Nothing will happen to you but we will get your money back from your spouse and return to you and also give you visa
[Now this is a tricky situation where immigration interviewer try to play a trick so watch out....it happened with some people]
Did your spouse meet any of your relative
i. If yes
1. When and whom
a. Provide proof, such as pictures
ii. If no
1. Provide explanation, why did your spouse did not meet any of your relatives
Did you meet any of your spouses relative
i. If yes
1. Provide details of whom you met and when
a. Provide proof
ii. If no
1. Why not
Did you make any deals with your spouse
i. For example
1. S/He sponsors you and some relative of yours sponsors her/his relative
2. Or when you go to Canada, and when your parents and siblings go to Canada, then you have to sponsor your spouses’ relative living in India.
Do you think that your relationship will work
Did you go for honeymoon
i. If yes
1. where did you go
2. do you have any proof
a. provide photos
Did you go for any other trips
i. If yes
1. Where did you go
2. Any religious places that you visited
3. Any other places of interest you been
4. Provide all the proofs
a. Pictures, Receipts
Did you go alone on the trips or someone accompanied you
i. If yes, why
Suhaag Raat Questions [maybe be asked, but under Canadian law these cannot be asked]
i. When did you have your marriage consummated
ii. What was your husband wearing that night
iii. Color of his underwear
iv. Was there light on all dark
v. Place for example hotel, house room etc etc
What do you do in India
What would you do in Canada, what are your plans
We have been told that you are going to go to Canada and once you get there, you will divorce your husband and sponsor your lover/Boy/girl Friend Who is living in India. If you tell us that you are going to do it, tell us your lovers name and we will issue both of you visa at the same time. This way you will not be away from your lover for long time and both of you will go to Canada together.
Did you finish your school
Other important information
Remember all the relatives names, cousins, etc
Who do what, where do they live
Make sure all the answers match each other
i. I.E. colors, hobbies
There can be an immediate interview on phone with person in Canada, right after person in India’s interview. So make sure you call your spouse in Canada and tell him/her of all the questions that were asked in an interview [Important] Source:http://www.ece.ualberta.ca/~jgill/C_I_I_Q/C_I_I_Q.html
More Questions in Categories:
Communication
1. When and where did you meet your spouse for the first time?
3. Who made the first contact?
4. How often did you have contact before your first meeting in Person? How? Where is your proof?
5. How often did you talk on the phone when your spouse was you were in England?
6. Do you have phone bills, e-mails, cards, etc., and can I see them?
Travel
1. Where did you first Land in Canada? What date? (Which airport)
2. How many times have you been to Canada? How long each time?
3. Has you ever stayed in Canada out of Status?
4. Why were you out of status?
5. What did you do to rectify the situation?
6. When did you leave Canada? How long for?
7. Have you been admitted back into Canada with a legal status since?
8. Have you been issued any kind of document that authorizes you to live in Canada since you were out of status? If yes what type and when is the expiry date?
9. Has your spouse been to England? When?
10. How many times?
11. Where did your spouse land in England? (Which Airport)
12. Did your spouse go to England prior to your relationship?
13. Did you go to Canada prior to your relationship with your spouse?
Personal
1. What is your Husband's name?
2. What do you call him?
3. How old is your spouse? What is your spouse's birth date?
4. What colour are his eyes and hair?
5. Does your spouse colour his hair?
6. Does your spouse wear glasses or contact lenses?
7. Does your spouse have any distinguishable features (birth marks, scars, disfigurements of the body)?
8. Where was your spouse born? Which country & City?
9. Does your spouse have any allergies?
10. What is your religion?
11. What is the religion of your spouse?
12. When you and your spouse were dating what would you do together?
13. Do you have any hobbies? Describe them.
14. Does your spouse have any hobbies? Describe them.
15. What type of music do you enjoy?
16. What type of music does your spouse enjoy?
17. What kind of movies do you enjoy?
18. What kind of movies does your spouse enjoy?
19. What kind of books do you read?
20. What kind of books does your spouse read?
21. Have you and your spouse ever exchanged gifts? Explain
22. Please explain the type of relationship you have had since your first meeting.
23. What makes your relationship with your spouse different from that of a female/male friend?
24. Does your spouse support you financially?
25. If I refuse this application what will you do?
Education
1. Where did your spouse go to school? (Elementary and high school)
2. How many years of school did your spouse Complete?
3. What degrees or formal training does your spouse have?
4. In terms of education, would you say that you and your spouse's educational background are compatible?
Employment
1. Where did you work in England before coming to Canada?
2. What is the name of the company? What position did you hold? How long did you work there?
3. What did the job entail?
4. Did you like your job?
5. What was the salary?
6. What do you intend to do when you come to Canada?
7. What degrees or formal training do you have?
8. What degrees or formal training does your spouse have?
8. Where does your spouse work? What's the name of the company? How does he get there?
9. How long has your spouse worked there?
10. What does the job entail?
11. does your spouse like his or her job?
12. What is the salary?
Accommodation
1. Where does your spouse live?
2. Whom does your spouse live with?
3. Does anyone else live in your household other than your spouse and children?
4. At what addresses have you lived at with your spouse?
5. Did you own any Property with your spouse?
6. What type of accommodation do you live in? House, condo or apartment?
7. Is it rental or do you own it? If rented How long is your lease? Are you both on the lease?
8. How much is the rent?
9. who makes sure the bills are paid? How much do you pay for Cable/phone/hydro etc?
Marriage
1. When and where did the marriage proposal take place?
2. Was your marriage arranged?
3. When did you get married?
4. Where did you get married?
5. Who was at the wedding?
6. How many people were at the ceremony?
7. What day was the ceremony held on?
8. Who performed the ceremony?
9. Do you have pictures of the ceremony?
10. Who was at the ceremony from your side?
11. Who was at the ceremony from your spouse's side?
10. Were any friends present?
12. Were your parents at the wedding? If not, why not?
13. Where your spouse's parents at the wedding? If not, why not?
14. Were your spouse's parents aware of the wedding? If not, why not?
15. Was a reception held? When and where was it held?
16. Who was present at the reception?
17. Did you receive any wedding gifts? Describe them.
18. Did you on a honeymoon? Where did you go and for how long?
19. Can you show me pictures and receipts from the honeymoon, wedding and reception?
20. Have you or your spouse been married before?
21. Why was that relationship dissolved?
22. Who initiated the divorce?
23. What were the reasons for the divorce?
24. What was the date the marriage was dissolved?
25. Why did you marry your spouse?
26. Since your marriage have you seen your spouse? If not, why not?
27. Tell me why this marriage or relationship is genuine
28. Why were you so rushed to be married? How do you explain that?
Family members
1. Do you have any children form a previous relationship? If so what is their relationship like with your spouse?
2. What are their names and date of birth?
3. Who has Custody of these children?
4. Do you have visitation rights/spend time with them at your home or there's?
5. How often do you see your children?
6. Does your Current spouse have any children from a previous relationship? If yes
A. What are their names and date of birth?
B. Who has Custody of these children?
C. Does your spouse have visitation rights/spend time with them?
D. How often does your spouse see their children?
7. Do you have any children from your current marriage?
8. How many children?
9. What are the names and birth dates?
10. Where are the children now?
11. Who looks after the children?
12. How many brothers and sisters does your spouse have?
13. What relatives does your spouse have in Canada?
14. What relatives do you have in Canada?
15. What are their names and where do they live?
16. What relatives does your spouse have outside of Canada?
17. What relatives do you have outside of Canada?
18. Has your spouse met any of your relatives or friends? Who have they met and when did they meet them?
19. Have you met any of your spouse's relatives or friends? Whom have you met and when did you meet them?
Misc
1. Did you get married to get to Canada?
2. Did your spouse pay you to go to Canada?
3. Did anyone pay you to go to Canada?
4. Did you pay your spouse to sponsor you?
5. If yes, How much?
Q-What is an interview like for relationship related concerns?
What is your children's birthday?
When did you come to Canada?
How do you like Canada?
What do you like about the city you lived in?
Why did you come back?
When did you get married?
Here are the question a husband applicant was asked on interview.
What is your spouse's favorite food?
What is your spouse favorite fruit?
How does your spouse commute every day to the college or workplace.
What is your spouse cell no and home address. and name of your spouses' best friend in Canada.?
What is the closest city of your spouse's office or college?
What are you doing currently in Pakistan?
Did you have any fight with anyone –or have you been to the jail.?
Were you ever invited to any of the organization in Pakistan.?
These are just some general questions that you might want to prepare for before you head to the interview. Also make sure that you know the key dates by heart, DOBs, nikah/rukhsati/valima dates, the dates your spouse left from Pakistan for Canada, dates they went to visit Pakistan, honeymoon dates, where you went, how long was the stay, take the proofs with you such as hotel receipts, pictures. Where your spouse worked, the company name, date they started their job? etc etc. Make sure you know your spouse inside out basically every little details about them, eye colors to hair colors. I have seen people getting ask simple questions like these, and they do it on purpose because everyone know little things about their spouse. Just general questions like these and do lots of Dua and InshAllah everything will be fine..
Q-What is an interview like for security concerns?
According to an interview for security concerns went as the follows:
Security interview is quite difficult as they check your personality, talking behaviour, your dressing, your education.They also check your face expressions. If you are master's degree holder, they ask for all semesters subjects. Which subject you like? They ask which weapon you like and which weapon you use? Your politics views in the Pakistan and outside the country? Which political or other group you like? Driving rules? They also check your writing. A few question they ask about your spouse as well. However Terrorism is the main part and they ask question of different types and you must not get confused and lose the temper. Just relax. If you are confuse then you are doubted. Interview time for me was 1.5 hours non stop.