Outland-husband interview in few days any relevant tips anyone?

[Shiny88]

Hi, after waiting almost 1year for this big day to come, we are very close to the day of my husbands interview. Am very excited also paranoid. Anyone has any relevant tips for the interview?
We have gathered all our proofs to bring for the interview, since am late in my pregnancy i cannot go backhome to support and be there with him for the interview and not planning on having the baby outside of canada anyway.

The proofs of our relationships to bring at the interview are:
-over 50 pictures of our wedding (everyone attended)
-pictures/passport stamps/hotel receipts of visit to him 2x after we got married
-proofs of comunication skype call history,cell phone history, calling cards pictures
-some receipt of money transfer & gift
-pictures of tattoo of each others name on our arm
-proof that we are expecting our first baby (doctor letter with due date)
-tax return paper(showing that i declared my husband on it)
-Proofs that we applied TRV 2X once for valentines once to come to support the last months of my pregnancy (both was refused.
-Gonna have a letter of the lawyer who notorized our wedding certificate because he was at the wedding and will confirm the marriage was legal and he attended the wedding, also the owner of the hotel where we got married confirming the number of guess and that the marriage was held at such and such date..)

Anyone is there something that i am forgeting that i should get?

Anyone who attended an interview if you could tell me what kinda question they asked you it will be very much appreciated. I know they ask stuff based on the application but is there any type of tricky questions that you have been asked that you didnt expect? Am gonna have a baby and i cannot think of waiting anylonger for my husband to be here to support me and our baby. we are crazy and desperate to be united.

thank you for your time-

 

[Sweden]

Hi, after waiting almost 1year for this big day to come, we are very close to the day of my husbands interview. Am very excited also paranoid. Anyone has any relevant tips for the interview?
We have gathered all our proofs to bring for the interview, since am late in my pregnancy i cannot go backhome to support and be there with him for the interview and not planning on having the baby outside of canada anyway.

The proofs of our relationships to bring at the interview are:
-over 50 pictures of our wedding (everyone attended)
-pictures/passport stamps/hotel receipts of visit to him 2x after we got married
-proofs of comunication skype call history,cell phone history, calling cards pictures
-some receipt of money transfer & gift
-pictures of tattoo of each others name on our arm
-proof that we are expecting our first baby (doctor letter with due date)
-tax return paper(showing that i declared my husband on it)
-Proofs that we applied TRV 2X once for valentines once to come to support the last months of my pregnancy (both was refused.
-Gonna have a letter of the lawyer who notorized our wedding certificate because he was at the wedding and will confirm the marriage was legal and he attended the wedding, also the owner of the hotel where we got married confirming the number of guess and that the marriage was held at such and such date..)

Anyone is there something that i am forgeting that i should get?

Anyone who attended an interview if you could tell me what kinda question they asked you it will be very much appreciated. I know they ask stuff based on the application but is there any type of tricky questions that you have been asked that you didnt expect? Am gonna have a baby and i cannot think of waiting anylonger for my husband to be here to support me and our baby. we are crazy and desperate to be united.

thank you for your time-

Hey Shiny88,

Good luck to your husband for the interview, and congrats on your pregnancy - it's for sure stressful to be away from your husband so I hope you can be reunited soon.

I am no expert in interviews, but it seems to me that you are well prepared, and that you are bringing quite a lot of proofs ( well your husband is). From what i understand, the questions are mostly related to your common history as a couple, and to make sure that he knows you. So any information about your family, your work, your hobbies, your friends etc - things that are written on your application and that your husband would know about is likely to be asked. So make sure he knows where and when you went to school, when you graduated, where you worked, before and now, and any questions about your family, and he will be fine! trust that your relationship is genuine, tell him to be honest, to try and stay calm and polite no matter what. If he is not comfortable in english, he can request a translator. If he is comfortable in english, but misses a question, it's best for him to say " i didn't understand the question, could you please repeat it?" rather than trying to answer it anyway...

Good luck!
Sweden

 

[blueangel371115]

Will my husband have to go to the US for an interview or just Canada? I was a little confused. If so, can we have them on the same day? Do people ever have to do a interview in the US and then one in Canada or one or the other.

 

[Shiny88]

Hey Shiny88,

Good luck to your husband for the interview, and congrats on your pregnancy - it's for sure stressful to be away from your husband so I hope you can be reunited soon.

I am no expert in interviews, but it seems to me that you are well prepared, and that you are bringing quite a lot of proofs ( well your husband is). From what i understand, the questions are mostly related to your common history as a couple, and to make sure that he knows you. So any information about your family, your work, your hobbies, your friends etc - things that are written on your application and that your husband would know about is likely to be asked. So make sure he knows where and when you went to school, when you graduated, where you worked, before and now, and any questions about your family, and he will be fine! trust that your relationship is genuine, tell him to be honest, to try and stay calm and polite no matter what. If he is not comfortable in english, he can request a translator. If he is comfortable in english, but misses a question, it's best for him to say " i didn't understand the question, could you please repeat it?" rather than trying to answer it anyway...

Good luck!
Sweden

Thank you very much for your reply Sweden. I will make sure he can remember the name of school i went to like primary and high school ,he knows about college since i got it completed after i know him. my husband knows english well but will be doing in our motherlanguage because he is more than confortable at explaining in details than in english. Thanks

 

[amikety]

Will my husband have to go to the US for an interview or just Canada? I was a little confused. If so, can we have them on the same day? Do people ever have to do a interview in the US and then one in Canada or one or the other.

It depends how you applied. If you applied Outland, then he will do his interview at his foreign visa office. (If he's American, in his Appendix A, he should've selected a visa office in the USA to pick from.) If he applied Inland, his interview will be in Canada. Usually there's only 1 interview for determining the validity of the relationship.

 

[CanTurk]

Hi Shiny88,
Here are some questions they may ask:
1. When and where did you meet your spouse for the first time?
2. How did you meet your spouse?
3. How old is your spouse? What is your spouse's birth date?
4. What does your spouse do for a living?
5. Where did your spouse go to school?
6. What degrees or formal training does your spouse have?
7. How did your spouse immigrate to Canada?
8. Where does your spouse work?
9. What is the name of the company? What position does your spouse hold? 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?
13. Where does your spouse live?
14. Whom does your spouse live with?
15. Where are you going to live when you go to Canada?
16. Please explain the type of relationship you have had since your first meeting.
17. What is your religion?
18. What is the religion of your spouse?
19. Do you have any hobbies? Describe them.
20. Does your spouse have any hobbies? Describe them?
21. What type of music do you enjoy?
22. What type of music does your spouse enjoy?
23. What kind of movies do you enjoy? 24. What kind of movies does your spouse enjoy?
25. What kind of books do you read?
26. What kind of books does your spouse read?
27. Have you and your spouse ever exchanged gifts? Explain.
28. When and where did the marriage proposal take place?
29. Was your marriage arranged?
30. If it was arranged, describe how it was arranged and by whom.
31. Did you have an engagement ceremony?
32. Where was it held?
33. When was it held?
34. Describe the marriage and ceremony?
35. Did it conform to your own religious and cultural beliefs? Explain.
36. When did you get married?
37. Where did you get married?
38. Who was at the wedding?
39. What family members were there?
40. How many people were at the ceremony?
41. What day was the ceremony held on?
42. Who performed the ceremony?
43. Do you have pictures of the ceremony?
44. Who was at the wedding from you side?
45. Who was at the wedding from you spouse's side?
46. Were any friends present?
47. How many friends were present?
48. Were your parents at the wedding? If not, why not?
49. Are your parents aware of the wedding? If not, why not?
50. Were your spouse's parents at the wedding? If not, why not?
51. Were your spouse's parents aware of the wedding? If not, why not?
52. Was a reception held? When and where was it held?
53. Who was present at the reception?
54. Did you receive any wedding gifts? Describe them.
55. Did you go on a honeymoon? Where did you go and for how long?
56. Can you show me pictures and receipts from the honeymoon, wedding and reception?
57. Have you or your spouse been married before?
58. Why was that relationship dissolved?
59. Do you have any children from your current relationship or marriage?
60. How many children?
61. What are their names and birth dates?
62. Where are the children now?
63. Who looks after the children?
64. Do any other family members reside with you and your spouse? If yes, please indicate their names and relationship.
65. What relatives do you have in Canada?
66. What are their names and where do they live?
67. What relatives do you have outside of Canada?
68. Has your spouse met any of your relatives or friends? Who have they met and when did they meet them?
69. Have you met your spouse's relatives or friends? Whom have you met and when did you meet them?
70. In terms of education, would you say that you and your spouse's educational backgrounds are compatible?
71. What will you do when you go to Canada?
72. Why did you marry your spouse?
73. Since your marriage have you seen your spouse? If not, why not?
74. Do your family members (parents, siblings) want to immigrate to Canada?
75. Did you marry your spouse so that you could sponsor your parents as landed immigrants of Canada?
76. How do you correspond with your spouse?
77. How often do you talk on the phone?
78. Do you have phone bills, e-mails, cards, etc., and can I see them?
79. Tell me why this marriage or relationship is genuine.
80. What makes your relationship with your spouse different from that of a female/male friend?
81. Does your spouse support you financially?
82. What are the names of your spouse's parents? Brothers & sisters?
83. Have you met them? Describe the meeting?
84. What do they think of your relationship with your spouse?
85. If I refuse this application, what will you do?

 

[blueangel371115]

It depends how you applied. If you applied Outland, then he will do his interview at his foreign visa office. (If he's American, in his Appendix A, he should've selected a visa office in the USA to pick from.) If he applied Inland, his interview will be in Canada. Usually there's only 1 interview for determining the validity of the relationship.

He's actually my sponsor. Just curious if he'd have to be interviewed. We are going over everything. I have done most of the legwork and now I am trying to explian it all to him. God I love him and I am realizing how much

 

[Shiny88]

Hi Shiny88,
Here are some questions they may ask:
1. When and where did you meet your spouse for the first time?
2. How did you meet your spouse?
3. How old is your spouse? What is your spouse's birth date?
4. What does your spouse do for a living?
5. Where did your spouse go to school?
6. What degrees or formal training does your spouse have?
7. How did your spouse immigrate to Canada?
8. Where does your spouse work?
9. What is the name of the company? What position does your spouse hold? 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?
13. Where does your spouse live?
14. Whom does your spouse live with?
15. Where are you going to live when you go to Canada?
16. Please explain the type of relationship you have had since your first meeting.
17. What is your religion?
18. What is the religion of your spouse?
19. Do you have any hobbies? Describe them.
20. Does your spouse have any hobbies? Describe them?
21. What type of music do you enjoy?
22. What type of music does your spouse enjoy?
23. What kind of movies do you enjoy? 24. What kind of movies does your spouse enjoy?
25. What kind of books do you read?
26. What kind of books does your spouse read?
27. Have you and your spouse ever exchanged gifts? Explain.
28. When and where did the marriage proposal take place?
29. Was your marriage arranged?
30. If it was arranged, describe how it was arranged and by whom.
31. Did you have an engagement ceremony?
32. Where was it held?
33. When was it held?
34. Describe the marriage and ceremony?
35. Did it conform to your own religious and cultural beliefs? Explain.
36. When did you get married?
37. Where did you get married?
38. Who was at the wedding?
39. What family members were there?
40. How many people were at the ceremony?
41. What day was the ceremony held on?
42. Who performed the ceremony?
43. Do you have pictures of the ceremony?
44. Who was at the wedding from you side?
45. Who was at the wedding from you spouse's side?
46. Were any friends present?
47. How many friends were present?
48. Were your parents at the wedding? If not, why not?
49. Are your parents aware of the wedding? If not, why not?
50. Were your spouse's parents at the wedding? If not, why not?
51. Were your spouse's parents aware of the wedding? If not, why not?
52. Was a reception held? When and where was it held?
53. Who was present at the reception?
54. Did you receive any wedding gifts? Describe them.
55. Did you go on a honeymoon? Where did you go and for how long?
56. Can you show me pictures and receipts from the honeymoon, wedding and reception?
57. Have you or your spouse been married before?
58. Why was that relationship dissolved?
59. Do you have any children from your current relationship or marriage?
60. How many children?
61. What are their names and birth dates?
62. Where are the children now?
63. Who looks after the children?
64. Do any other family members reside with you and your spouse? If yes, please indicate their names and relationship.
65. What relatives do you have in Canada?
66. What are their names and where do they live?
67. What relatives do you have outside of Canada?
68. Has your spouse met any of your relatives or friends? Who have they met and when did they meet them?
69. Have you met your spouse's relatives or friends? Whom have you met and when did you meet them?
70. In terms of education, would you say that you and your spouse's educational backgrounds are compatible?
71. What will you do when you go to Canada?
72. Why did you marry your spouse?
73. Since your marriage have you seen your spouse? If not, why not?
74. Do your family members (parents, siblings) want to immigrate to Canada?
75. Did you marry your spouse so that you could sponsor your parents as landed immigrants of Canada?
76. How do you correspond with your spouse?
77. How often do you talk on the phone?
78. Do you have phone bills, e-mails, cards, etc., and can I see them?
79. Tell me why this marriage or relationship is genuine.
80. What makes your relationship with your spouse different from that of a female/male friend?
81. Does your spouse support you financially?
82. What are the names of your spouse's parents? Brothers & sisters?
83. Have you met them? Describe the meeting?
84. What do they think of your relationship with your spouse?
85. If I refuse this application, what will you do?

THANKS for the list of questions.

 

[amikety]

He's actually my sponsor. Just curious if he'd have to be interviewed. We are going over everything. I have done most of the legwork and now I am trying to explian it all to him. God I love him and I am realizing how much

My husband graciously allows me to do all the work too. He better be glad I love him. Hehe. Actually, he's not good at paperwork and reading. He's better at building and fixing things, so I do CIC paperwork and he builds shelves for me. Fair deal?

If we get called for an interview (looking at my pile of proof, they'd be morons to waste their time) I'm making him go with me. I think if its possible, you should both go. It shows support.

 

[CanTurk]

THANKS for the list of questions.

No problem....hope it helps and good luck!!!

 

[love_is_forever]

hi there, can anyone please guide me how do i print out my skype calls log and email log (we use gmail) and also facebook chat log?
thank u

 

[Shiny88]

hi there, can anyone please guide me how do i print out my skype calls log and email log (we use gmail) and also facebook chat log?
thank u

Skype call history you can only have for the past 6months , you scrool the bar to the top on the chat box, then select show message 6months then select all copy and past on wordpad. i am sorry i dont know about email & fb history.

 

[blueboom]

hi there, can anyone please guide me how do i print out my skype calls log and email log (we use gmail) and also facebook chat log?
thank u

We selected a few e-mail exchanges between us and also attached a search of all the messages exchanged between us (in gmail you can create a filter for your partner's e-mails - we just printed the search results because no one wants to read through 1000+ e-mails).

 

[Shaheenaz]

Hi, after waiting almost 1year for this big day to come, we are very close to the day of my husbands interview. Am very excited also paranoid. Anyone has any relevant tips for the interview?
We have gathered all our proofs to bring for the interview, since am late in my pregnancy i cannot go backhome to support and be there with him for the interview and not planning on having the baby outside of canada anyway.

The proofs of our relationships to bring at the interview are:
-over 50 pictures of our wedding (everyone attended)
-pictures/passport stamps/hotel receipts of visit to him 2x after we got married
-proofs of comunication skype call history,cell phone history, calling cards pictures
-some receipt of money transfer & gift
-pictures of tattoo of each others name on our arm
-proof that we are expecting our first baby (doctor letter with due date)
-tax return paper(showing that i declared my husband on it)
-Proofs that we applied TRV 2X once for valentines once to come to support the last months of my pregnancy (both was refused.
-Gonna have a letter of the lawyer who notorized our wedding certificate because he was at the wedding and will confirm the marriage was legal and he attended the wedding, also the owner of the hotel where we got married confirming the number of guess and that the marriage was held at such and such date..)

Anyone is there something that i am forgeting that i should get?

Anyone who attended an interview if you could tell me what kinda question they asked you it will be very much appreciated. I know they ask stuff based on the application but is there any type of tricky questions that you have been asked that you didnt expect? Am gonna have a baby and i cannot think of waiting anylonger for my husband to be here to support me and our baby. we are crazy and desperate to be united.

thank you for your time-

My husband was interviewed when he landed here. They asked him so many questions. Some of the questions he wasn't sure about the answer and he told them honestly that he is not sure about it. They asked him my phone number and address in Canada.

 

[blueangel371115]

My husband graciously allows me to do all the work too. He better be glad I love him. Hehe. Actually, he's not good at paperwork and reading. He's better at building and fixing things, so I do CIC paperwork and he builds shelves for me. Fair deal?

If we get called for an interview (looking at my pile of proof, they'd be morons to waste their time) I'm making him go with me. I think if its possible, you should both go. It shows support.

LOL. Mine isn't either but he is trying. I told him that I would like him there. But with the questions that I hear of, won't be so bad.