Phone Interview?

[rajkamalmohanram]

A friend told me that day before yesterday, at least 4 people (Indian Applicants, FSW) received a call from NDVO regarding their PR application. The calls were short 2 - 6 minutes long - basic details like Name, Employer name etc were verified.

 

[MooseNBooze]

A friend told me that day before yesterday, at least 4 people (Indian Applicants, FSW) received a call from NDVO regarding their PR application. The calls were short 2 - 6 minutes long - basic details like Name, Employer name etc were verified.

That's interesting. This seems to be limited to NDVO, based on this board's discussions. My file's now been transferred to NDVO. I'm not an Indian national though (am from Nepal). I wonder if the phone calls are limited to those currently employed in India. Well, in any event, they're welcome to call me. Just process my application quickly, thanks 8)

 

[guru_2024]

I received a call from canadian high commission Delhi day before yesterday (13th April 2016). She asked lot of questions regarding last employer, high qualification, travel history and my husband employment.

Is this normal? We received AOR on 25th Feb 2016 only. Current status of our application is review in progress.

ITA 13th Jan 2016
APPLIED 24TH FEB 16
AOR 25TH FEB 16
MEDICAL PASS 10TH MARCH

NOW STATUS REVIEW IN PROCESS

 

[Dexmoody]

I have mentioned this before, but here goes again:

These verification calls, while they may be legit, are certainly not standard practice.

Therefore, be very cautious if you receive a call like this.

Don't provide any private information unless the caller has established his/her identify. The best way to do this is to (politely) ask them for your application number or UCI number. Anyone from CIC working on your file must have this. If they don't, it is a fake call.

Other things that should have the alarm bells ringing include:

- Caller asking you to make immediate payment over the phone, through Western Union or via some other dubious website. CIC will not ask you to pay via these methods
- Caller pressuring you into signing consulting contracts or your application will be refused (these are obviously fake)
- Caller asking you for bank details or credit card details "for verification"
- Caller claiming you have violated an immigration law and you must pay a fine to avoid application refusal / deportation

Read more here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/2015-06-30.asp

There are many scam artists out there, and you can be sure they mine this forum for information. And people happily provide it - here is just one example of pages and pages of phone numbers that people voluntarily post on a public forum, sometimes even with their real names:
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/whatsapp-group-for-ita-holders-to-discuss-post-ita-procedures-express-entry-t278742.0.html

I'll say it again because it bears repeating: don't publicly post your phone number, email address or your name on this forum. You're inviting trouble.

Use aliases and the private messaging function if you want to be added to a Whatsapp group.

 

[MooseNBooze]

I have mentioned this before, but here goes again:

These verification calls, while they may be legit, are certainly not standard practice.

Therefore, be very cautious if you receive a call like this.

Don't provide any private information unless the caller has established his/her identify. The best way to do this is to (politely) ask them for your application number or UCI number. Anyone from CIC working on your file must have this. If they don't, it is a fake call.

Other things that should have the alarm bells ringing include:

- Caller asking you to make immediate payment over the phone, through Western Union or via some other dubious website. CIC will not ask you to pay via these methods
- Caller pressuring you into signing consulting contracts or your application will be refused (these are obviously fake)
- Caller asking you for bank details or credit card details "for verification"
- Caller claiming you have violated an immigration law and you must pay a fine to avoid application refusal / deportation

Read more here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/2015-06-30.asp

There are many scam artists out there, and you can be sure they mine this forum for information. And people happily provide it - here is just one example of pages and pages of phone numbers that people voluntarily post on a public forum, sometimes even with their real names:
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/whatsapp-group-for-ita-holders-to-discuss-post-ita-procedures-express-entry-t278742.0.html

I'll say it again because it bears repeating: don't publicly post your phone number, email address or your name on this forum. You're inviting trouble.

Use aliases and the private messaging function if you want to be added to a Whatsapp group.

All of this and beyond. Even if all is legit, don't give out even a smidgen of information than is asked. However, there's a line between providing asked info and being tightlipped about it all. So do make sure, when speaking with legit folks, that you dance the line between being accommodating to the requests and being curt.

 

[Chiuzi]

Yes I imagine so, but as you said, the letter could have been translated later.

Hi Thiago, if you submitted the original letter followed by the sworn translation there will be no issue there. They know your employer doesn't speak english.