zee7447 said:
Hello
I just received an email about my wife's interview date. She will have an interview on May 10th at Canadian Embassy Dhaka. Here is a breakdown of her application.
Application filed March 2015
Reached Singapore May 2015
Received letter stating on interview list June 2015
Interview Date May 10 2016 (11 months Wait)
Just to let you guys know i poked them more than 10 times by sending different emails asking for the status. Emails with updated photos, visits, phone bills, Financial support receipts etc. I did those even though they said they will not accept anything before interview. I will post her interview question after her interview.
Dear zee7447,
This was my spouse's experience. It seemed like a joke to me when I hear the whole thing. The actual interview lasted from 2:32pm till 2:48pm which is about 16 minutes. And we waited almost 3 years for it. I didnt post this before in details cause I didnt find it helpful for anybody rather than confuse them more. But Farhana insisted that i should and here it is. Plz feel free to ask anything. Best of luck with everything.
INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE ON MARCH 13, 2016 @ 1pm at Dhaka
12:55pm : Waiting in line.
1:10pm : Got inside the office. (Leave the purse with the reception)
1:20pm : Fill up a form stating where you live, work, application #, phone #
1:25pm : Sitting in the waiting room.
2:20pm : Still waiting...
2:25pm : 2 guy came and call my name (one was bengali interpreter and one was mid-age Chinese or Korean guy Visa Officer)
2:30pm : They told me to go booth # (1-5, i forgot)
2:32pm :The bengali guy and the Visa Officer sitting the other side of the glass wall. It was a tiny cubical type setup and the VO started typing and Asking following questions:
1. What is ur name? xxxxxx xxxxxxxx
2. What is ur spouse's name? xxx xxxxxxxx
3. Are you married? yes
4. Is this ur first marriage? yes
5. Is this ur spouse's first marriage? yes
6. What is ur mom's phone number? xxxxxxxxxxx
7. Do you want to convert? no
6. Do your spouse want to convert? no
2:35pm : The bengali guy left the room and called the mother-in-law and asked:
1. What is ur name? xxxxxx xxxxxx
2. What is ur daughter's name? xxxxxx xxxxxxxx
3. What is ur son-in-law's name? xxx xxxxxxxx
4. When they got married? 14 Feb, 2013
5. Why they got married? Because they like each other since childhood.
6. Will ur daughter convert? no
7. Will ur son-in-law convert? no
* Then the bengali guy told the mother-in-law thank you and will call you later if needed.
2:35pm : Meanwhile in the room the VO asked:
7. Can you communicate in English? yes
8. How long you know your spouse? 19 years
9. I am sorry, how long? since 1997
10. Why you guys married so late? I was 26 and my spouse was 27 when we get married. So, i dont think we married that late.
11. You guys have physical relation? yes
2:40pm : The bengali guy came back with a small piece of paper and give it to the VO, he attached the paper to a file. Then he asked:
12. Do you use any contraceptives? Yes. Birth Control Pill.
13. Who prescribe you those? My family physician.
14. Can u submit a letter from her stating that she prescribed you these pills? yes
15. Can u submit it to the Singapore office and we will let you know the decision within 4-6 weeks after we receive your dr's letter? ok
**Then the visa officer signed off from his computer, pull his chair out, sit comfortably and start talking casually:
16. Which city are you from? CTG
17. How did you come? by bus
18. How much was the ticket? 470 bdt
19. Y so expensive? it is the cheapest non ac bus fare, ac bus costs more.
**Then the visa officer started talking with the interpreter about how expensive ctg is and so on as if I dont exist in front of them.....
2:48pm : Then the visa officer looked at me and told me you may leave. We will let you know by 4-6 weeks, Bye bye and the interpreter just repeated the same thing.
2:52pm : I am outside of the office thinking what exactly happened???
***This is the experience my spouse had while I was at the airport shitting my pants thinking god knows what will they ask in the interview. My spouse called me and asked me did they call me? I said no. Then my mother in law called and ask me the same question , I said no. Then she said she got a call from high commission of canada which lasted about 2-3 minutes.
That time I didnt know what to think of it and I just told my spouse to come and tell me how was it cause I cant take it and hang up the phone.
When I hear the whole thing atleast 10-12 times from my spouse, I cant make any sense out of it. Whats the point of wasting 3 years of our young life for this joke type of interview. I was happy but I didnt know what to make out of it......
My spouse submitted the dr's letter on March 21st, 2016 and got the email from Singapore on April 14, 2016 to redo medical and to submit the police clearance with IMM5669. Everything is submitted onApril 18, 2016.
Below is the current status of the file from CIC WEBSITE:
Permanent Residence Status: IN PROCESS
1. We received your application for permanent residence on February 24, 2014.
2. We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s) on March 7, 2014.
3. We started processing your application on March 7, 2014.
4. Medical results have been received.
5. We sent you a letter on February 19, 2016. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us. (INTERVIEW LETTER)
6. We sent you correspondence on April 14, 2016. If you have not yet provided the information or the requested documents, please do so as soon as possible. Please wait until you receive the correspondence before sending us additional information, as the correspondence will outline all information that is required. (MEDICAL AND POLICE CLEARANCE)
Hope it helps. We did practice each and every questions applicable to us in this forum and we also did mock interview with close friends and family members. We also video record mock interviews so that we can work with our body language. From February 17 till March 13, our life was kind of paused. We were just talking about the interview. Luckily I was with my spouse from Jan 25th so it helped a bit I guess.
Please do let me know if you guys have and further questions and/or confusions.
HOPE IT HELPS.....