interview tomorrow

[cute123]

hi, does any one know if they let you know of the decision they make after the interview or they send you their decision via mail?

 

[medellinguy]

I am not sure but I think you know after the interview...

 

[eyeoftheocean]

Good Luck ! hope you get some good news

 

[kemeshia]

Did they ask you to bring your passport? If yes, and they take it, then you will be aprove. if not, then you will see decision made on your ecase and then you will get your letter.
Good luck.

 

[cute123]

thanks everyone......yeah i will let you guys know.....i hope everything goes well

 

[zabrinaw]

good luck !

 

[Dikz]

Good luck and stay positive!!

 

[wes786]

Best of luck!

 

[cute123]

we got accepted yeay!!!!

 

[martha marita]

what did you get asked on interview share pls

 

[Pharoh]

Congrats! I'm very curious as well, what was the interview like?

 

[confusednscared]

The questions they ask at the interview really depend on so many factors. I just had my interview in September and my result was positive. I am now awaiting some final paper work and processing to complete my application.

From my own experience, the interview questions available online are a good beginner to know your spouse and also to revise on the things you thought you knew but couldn't elaborate for 2+ mins. Be CALM at the interview. Do not act strange or show signs of nervousness even though you may be and sweating non-stop. Dress appropriately (business casual and preferably stick to dark colors if you know you sweat a lot when you become nervous). Greet your IO as he/she approaches you. Introduce yourself and tell the IO in the interview if you prefer for you or your spouse or both be called a different call name to make the interview more relaxing. Most importantly, gather, gather, gather a lot of evidence in a very easy to maneuver fashion and bring them with you at the interview. I think I killed a big enough tree with the amount of printed pages I had (300+ in legal things and about 200 more in pictures from trips, activities, etc). Have everything (pens, elastic, sticky notes, paper clips) at hand reach in case you need to clarify anything with your IO or add more docs. Study the information you submitted in your application like you're studying for a board exam. Make sure you study the fine detail such as DOBs of family members, previous work histories of your spouse, previous relationships of your spouse if mentioned, of the application because those are the things that come back to haunt you in the interview.

Now, for my interview I did pretty much everything mentioned above. Was nerve wracking as ever while sitting in the waiting room but as my IO approached me I felt a little more relaxed and told myself that this is my one and only chance to man up to things and leave my best impression ever. As my IO and I were engaging in a very informal conversation, YEAH, he used words like "S**T", "Stupid" etc, he scrolled through my application in his computer and as he came across things he questioned me. Some of the questions were:

- Tell me how you met your partner (this is where studying the info in the app becomes very useful). I pretty much told him exactly how it was in the application
- How much does your spouse make a year
- How do you get along with families on both sides (my family don't know about my marriage bc they wouldn't be accepting of it)
- When was your spouse born
- How did your spouse come to Canada and with whom
- When were you married
- What does your spouse do and where does he work
- Has your spouse ever had any past rships (this was a tricky question to which I answered YES because it was true but then I told the IO that it's something we don't talk about but I was aware of it)

These questions were thrown at me as the IO went through the application in his computer. In the end he said " I have no problem with your application and I will push for approval. You will hear from me in two weeks" ..... LOL .... only flaw in his words was I never heard from him in two weeks. Still waiting on a letter from the VO.

Hope my experience and input in the interview fright helped. I was too nervous for weeks before my interview and as time came near I felt as if I wanted to give up but once you know you are truthful and have nothing to hide you will find all your time taken up over stressing about the interview was pointless after you walk out the interview room.

Best wishes!
-

 

[Dikz]

The questions they ask at the interview really depend on so many factors. I just had my interview in September and my result was positive. I am now awaiting some final paper work and processing to complete my application.

From my own experience, the interview questions available online are a good beginner to know your spouse and also to revise on the things you thought you knew but couldn't elaborate for 2+ mins. Be CALM at the interview. Do not act strange or show signs of nervousness even though you may be and sweating non-stop. Dress appropriately (business casual and preferably stick to dark colors if you know you sweat a lot when you become nervous). Greet your IO as he/she approaches you. Introduce yourself and tell the IO in the interview if you prefer for you or your spouse or both be called a different call name to make the interview more relaxing. Most importantly, gather, gather, gather a lot of evidence in a very easy to maneuver fashion and bring them with you at the interview. I think I killed a big enough tree with the amount of printed pages I had (300+ in legal things and about 200 more in pictures from trips, activities, etc). Have everything (pens, elastic, sticky notes, paper clips) at hand reach in case you need to clarify anything with your IO or add more docs. Study the information you submitted in your application like you're studying for a board exam. Make sure you study the fine detail such as DOBs of family members, previous work histories of your spouse, previous relationships of your spouse if mentioned, of the application because those are the things that come back to haunt you in the interview.

Now, for my interview I did pretty much everything mentioned above. Was nerve wracking as ever while sitting in the waiting room but as my IO approached me I felt a little more relaxed and told myself that this is my one and only chance to man up to things and leave my best impression ever. As my IO and I were engaging in a very informal conversation, YEAH, he used words like "S**T", "Stupid" etc, he scrolled through my application in his computer and as he came across things he questioned me. Some of the questions were:

- Tell me how you met your partner (this is where studying the info in the app becomes very useful). I pretty much told him exactly how it was in the application
- How much does your spouse make a year
- How do you get along with families on both sides (my family don't know about my marriage bc they wouldn't be accepting of it)
- When was your spouse born
- How did your spouse come to Canada and with whom
- When were you married
- What does your spouse do and where does he work
- Has your spouse ever had any past rships (this was a tricky question to which I answered YES because it was true but then I told the IO that it's something we don't talk about but I was aware of it)

These questions were thrown at me as the IO went through the application in his computer. In the end he said " I have no problem with your application and I will push for approval. You will hear from me in two weeks" ..... LOL .... only flaw in his words was I never heard from him in two weeks. Still waiting on a letter from the VO.

Hope my experience and input in the interview fright helped. I was too nervous for weeks before my interview and as time came near I felt as if I wanted to give up but once you know you are truthful and have nothing to hide you will find all your time taken up over stressing about the interview was pointless after you walk out the interview room.

Best wishes!
-

Thank you sooo much for your post! My interview is in December and a day hardly goes by without thinking and fretting about it. But you are right if you know you are truthful, there shouldn't be much to worry about.

I hope you hear from them soon.

 

[martha marita]

Well done and congratulations. Welcome to canada. Cheers.

 

[embopj]

hey guys share ur story during interview and possible questions... thanks