Spousal Sponsorship Interview Questionaires, Experience, Preparations

[Hasan9999]

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 *censored word* 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.....

Thank you for sharing the interview experience.

 

[farhana766]

Thank you for sharing the interview experience.

Hello Hasan,
You help many people. We are proud of you. Now a days where are you. What about your application process?

Take care
Farhana

 

[Hasan9999]

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Frahana why there need your new application Form ,

Hi can you please tell me why did you bring your father to the interview? Did they ask you to bring your father?

Many thanks.

 

[Hasan9999]

Hello Hasan,
You help many people. We are proud of you. Now a days where are you. What about your application process?

Take care
Farhana

I am expecting my interview soon. Thank you and wish you all the best.

 

[farhana766]

Dear Farhana,

Hows your shopping and packing going? So we have to submit our passports at VFS. I checked there website, each applicant has to pay around 2500 BDT (such a ripoff). What do you think about the airlines and airfare? I have no idea about buying tickets from Bangladesh. Please let me know about some good airlines and airfare so that I can budget a bit for one way airfare. I did travel with Air Canada and British airways and more recently with Turkish and Emirates. Hope one of these will work with the budget.

Hello Sam,
I know you are very happy and excited. I think Turkish Airline is good because the transit time is only 1 hour 30 mine. You can also buy a Saudi airline ticket and the transit time is only 4 hours. I see in this form after interview then one month later they request for re-medical, if re-medical has done then one month later they request the passport then again one month later they issue visa. I am not feeling good because today I go to my re-medical and when we came back home the clinic call me again because one test is still need then I again go to the clinic. This is really ridiculous. Any way Sam best of luck

 

[farhana766]

Hi can you please tell me why did you bring your father to the interview? Did they ask you to bring your father?

Many thanks.

Hello Hasan,
The interview didn’t mention or required my father. In the interview day my father just accompany me that’s all. Hope you get your interview email soon.

Regards
Farhana

 

[Hasan9999]

Hello Hasan,
The interview didn’t mention or required my father. In the interview day my father just accompany me that’s all. Hope you get your interview email soon.

Regards
Farhana

Oh okey! I didn't know that they allow parents and cross check with applicant's answers during the interview. Thanks.

 

[farhana766]

Oh okey! I didn't know that they allow parents and cross check with applicant's answers during the interview. Thanks.

Hello Hasan,

They allow one person to go with applicant. If anyone wants to go with Applicant interview he or she needs National ID card for the entry purpose. Now a day cross check is very common.

Regards
Farhana

 

[Hasan9999]

Hello Hasan,

They allow one person to go with applicant. If anyone wants to go with Applicant interview he or she needs National ID card for the entry purpose. Now a day cross check is very common.

Regards
Farhana

+1 for your answer. Thank you.

 

[priya_7]

Hello fellow forum members,

I am posting this post today to get some help. I had recently requested my husband's sponsorship application notes from GCMS. I got them 2 days ago and the notes say recommended for interview and the date if posted as 01/04/2016 so January 04 is when they had decided that he is to be called for interview. But until now we have not even received any correspondence from the Immig. to inform us that we are going to be interviewed and when we will be interviewed. Can you guys help me out and tell me how long did it approximately take for you guys to receive your interview letter after you saw E-cas status as in process or if any of you requested your notes and found out earlier that an interview is required...how long after the date on the notes did you get the interview letter? Any Feb 2015 applicants get an interview letter yet??
Also, my husband lives in New Zealand as he is on work permit but his file is being processed in NDVO. So does he have to go there to do the interview or can they do it in New Zealand as well?

Thanks for all your help!! I really am scared for this interview.

 

[farhana766]

Dear Farhana,

Hows your shopping and packing going? So we have to submit our passports at VFS. I checked there website, each applicant has to pay around 2500 BDT (such a ripoff). What do you think about the airlines and airfare? I have no idea about buying tickets from Bangladesh. Please let me know about some good airlines and airfare so that I can budget a bit for one way airfare. I did travel with Air Canada and British airways and more recently with Turkish and Emirates. Hope one of these will work with the budget.

Hello Sam,
Where you live in Canada? did you pay your wife landing fee 490 Canadian dollar?

 

[farhana766]

Hello fellow forum members,

I am posting this post today to get some help. I had recently requested my husband's sponsorship application notes from GCMS. I got them 2 days ago and the notes say recommended for interview and the date if posted as 01/04/2016 so January 04 is when they had decided that he is to be called for interview. But until now we have not even received any correspondence from the Immig. to inform us that we are going to be interviewed and when we will be interviewed. Can you guys help me out and tell me how long did it approximately take for you guys to receive your interview letter after you saw E-cas status as in process or if any of you requested your notes and found out earlier that an interview is required...how long after the date on the notes did you get the interview letter? Any Feb 2015 applicants get an interview letter yet??
Also, my husband lives in New Zealand as he is on work permit but his file is being processed in NDVO. So does he have to go there to do the interview or can they do it in New Zealand as well?

Thanks for all your help!! I really am scared for this interview.

Hello Priya,

My first question to you when you applied for you husband? Where your application file transfer? Is it Singapore or other country or New Zealand? Now a day the interview waiting time 17 months. But some people get their interview in 11 months. Its depends on visa office. One more thing if your application file transfers in Singapore your husband will need to face his interview Dhaka Canadian High commission.

Regards

Farhana

 

[priya_7]

Hello Priya,

My first question to you when you applied for you husband? Where your application file transfer? Is it Singapore or other country or New Zealand? Now a day the interview waiting time 17 months. But some people get their interview in 11 months. Its depends on visa office. One more thing if your application file transfers in Singapore your husband will need to face his interview Dhaka Canadian High commission.

Regards

Farhana

Hi Farhana

We applied on february 25,2015 and his file got transferred on may 15,2015 to new delhi visa office.

 

[farhana766]

Hi Farhana

We applied on february 25,2015 and his file got transferred on may 15,2015 to new delhi visa office.

Hello priya,

Are you from India? I think your husband may be facing his interview Indian Canadian High Commission. Your husband needs to be wait 17 months. You said your file transfer may 2015. Your application passed 11months. May be your husband need to more wait 6 months to face his interview.

Regards
Farhana

 

[priya_7]

Hello priya,

Are you from India? I think your husband may be facing his interview Indian Canadian High Commission. Your husband needs to be wait 17 months. You said your file transfer may 2015. Your application passed 11months. May be your husband need to more wait 6 months to face his interview.

Regards
Farhana

Oh is it 17 months from the time the file started processing at ndvo? I thought it was 17 months from the time they make a note of him being called for an interview? So will they only send a letter once they have a date or do they send a letter telling you u are on waiting for an interview date? And then send the date later?
Yes he is indian passport but residing in new zealand on work permit so can he give his interview in new zealand or will he have to travel to India?