hey guys got an interview this is what it says.

[fijiana]

Dear xxxxxxxxxxx,

In order to complete the assessment of your application, a visa officer requires that you attend an interview at the following address:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The interview date and time is: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Children and/or Spouses are not to attend the interview unless specifically requested. Please confirm your attendance by return email.


Persons unable to be interviewed in English or French should bring a professional interpreter to their interview (friends or family who are not certified are not acceptable). The interview may be postponed at the visa officers’ discretion if there are difficulties in communication. Your sponsor, if accompanying, cannot be your interpreter.

Please bring with you: Passports of all persons included on the sponsorship and any additional information you wish to show the Visa Officer. If this is your second interview request, failure to attend this second interview date will likely result in the refusal of your application.

You should not regard this letter as assurance that your admission to Canada will be authorized. You should not dispose of your property, relinquish your employment or commit yourself in any way until you are actually in possession of your visa or receive written advice that your application has been given final approval.
______________________________________________
Lodged my application through Sydney Office
Is there anyway of knowing if my visa is approved prior to interview?
What kind of questions are they gona ask me?
I am really nervous about this................. :-\

 

[Mrs_Canuck]

An interview is requested when there are red flags in a case that CIC want to clear up. Red flags could be any number of things including but not limited to:

* Large age difference between the couple, usually 7+ years difference, this is especially the case if the woman is the older of the couple.
* Different religious/cultural backgrounds.
* Different levels of education
* Family being unaware of the relationship
* Never meeting in person
* No/few trips together or to meet each other.
* No formal wedding with no family attending.

They will ask quite a few relationship questions, I found a link here with some of the questions you may be asked. It is always a good idea to study them with your partner and make sure that you are both comfortable going through them and know the answers:

http://immigrationguides.com/content/view/70/110/

You will not know if your visa is accepted before the interview. Depending on how the interview goes you may get your full approval right then and there. But no, there is no way to know before the interview.

Don't be nervous. If you are confident in your relationship there is no reason to be nervous. Have faith and go through this with your partner. If you have nothing to hide, there is nothing to worry about.

 

[Bright_skies]

Dear xxxxxxxxxxx,

In order to complete the assessment of your application, a visa officer requires that you attend an interview at the following address:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The interview date and time is: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Children and/or Spouses are not to attend the interview unless specifically requested. Please confirm your attendance by return email.


Persons unable to be interviewed in English or French should bring a professional interpreter to their interview (friends or family who are not certified are not acceptable). The interview may be postponed at the visa officers' discretion if there are difficulties in communication. Your sponsor, if accompanying, cannot be your interpreter.

Please bring with you: Passports of all persons included on the sponsorship and any additional information you wish to show the Visa Officer. If this is your second interview request, failure to attend this second interview date will likely result in the refusal of your application.

You should not regard this letter as assurance that your admission to Canada will be authorized. You should not dispose of your property, relinquish your employment or commit yourself in any way until you are actually in possession of your visa or receive written advice that your application has been given final approval.
______________________________________________
Lodged my application through Sydney Office
Is there anyway of knowing if my visa is approved prior to interview?
What kind of questions are they gona ask me?
I am really nervous about this................. :-\

This is your chance to answer questions and prove yourselves. Try getting your case notes if you can, before the interview. This way you will have an idea if what exactly they are thinking.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5563E.pdf

Good luck, and let us know how it goes

 

[mikeymyke]

Ø Please provide explanation of your time in the USA 2004 - August 2008. Provide evidence of student or work permit of US PR. If you had no status, please explain. On what grounds did you depart USA - provide documents to support your explanation

Ø You have not seen your sponsor or child in the past 18 months. Please provide an explanation of why no further visits have been made.

Ø Please confirm you have no siblings.

These are the main sticking points you need to address, especially the 18 months thing, you really need a good explanation to the VO

 

[user828]

Lot of folks discuss it on this site

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/-t12122.0.html

Here are a list of questions that I got from a nice person on this site :


Communication

1. When and where did you meet your spouse for the first time?
3. Who made the first contact?
4. How often did you have contact before your first meeting in Person? How? Where is your proof?
5. How often did you talk on the phone when your spouse was you were in England?
6. Do you have phone bills, e-mails, cards, etc., and can I see them?

Travel

1. Where did you first Land in Canada? What date? (Which airport)
2. How many times have you been to Canada? How long each time?
3. Has you ever stayed in Canada out of Status?
4. Why were you out of status?
5. What did you do to rectify the situation?
6. When did you leave Canada? How long for?
7. Have you been admitted back into Canada with a legal status since?
8. Have you been issued any kind of document that authorizes you to live in Canada since you were out of status? If yes what type and when is the expiry date?
9. Has your spouse been to England? When?
10. How many times?
11. Where did your spouse land in England? (Which Airport)
12. Did your spouse go to England prior to your relationship?
13. Did you go to Canada prior to your relationship with your spouse?

Personal

1. What is your Husband's name?
2. What do you call him?
3. How old is your spouse? What is your spouse's birth date?
4. What colour are his eyes and hair?
5. Does your spouse colour his hair?
6. Does your spouse wear glasses or contact lenses?
7. Does your spouse have any distinguishable features (birth marks, scars, disfigurements of the body)?
8. Where was your spouse born? Which country & City?
9. Does your spouse have any allergies?
10. What is your religion?
11. What is the religion of your spouse?
12. When you and your spouse were dating what would you do together?
13. Do you have any hobbies? Describe them.
14. Does your spouse have any hobbies? Describe them.
15. What type of music do you enjoy?
16. What type of music does your spouse enjoy?
17. What kind of movies do you enjoy?
18. What kind of movies does your spouse enjoy?
19. What kind of books do you read?
20. What kind of books does your spouse read?
21. Have you and your spouse ever exchanged gifts? Explain
22. Please explain the type of relationship you have had since your first meeting.
23. What makes your relationship with your spouse different from that of a female/male friend?
24. Does your spouse support you financially?
25. If I refuse this application what will you do?

Education

1. Where did your spouse go to school? (Elementary and high school)
2. How many years of school did your spouse Complete?
3. What degrees or formal training does your spouse have?
4. In terms of education, would you say that you and your spouse's educational background are compatible?

Employment

1. Where did you work in England before coming to Canada?
2. What is the name of the company? What position did you hold? How long did you work there?
3. What did the job entail?
4. Did you like your job?
5. What was the salary?
6. What do you intend to do when you come to Canada?
7. What degrees or formal training do you have?
8. What degrees or formal training does your spouse have?
8. Where does your spouse work? What's the name of the company? How does he get there?
9. 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?

Accommodation

1. Where does your spouse live?
2. Whom does your spouse live with?
3. Does anyone else live in your household other than your spouse and children?
4. At what addresses have you lived at with your spouse?
5. Did you own any Property with your spouse?
6. What type of accommodation do you live in? House, condo or apartment?
7. Is it rental or do you own it? If rented How long is your lease? Are you both on the lease?
8. How much is the rent?
9. who makes sure the bills are paid? How much do you pay for Cable/phone/hydro etc?

Marriage

1. When and where did the marriage proposal take place?
2. Was your marriage arranged?
3. When did you get married?
4. Where did you get married?
5. Who was at the wedding?
6. How many people were at the ceremony?
7. What day was the ceremony held on?
8. Who performed the ceremony?
9. Do you have pictures of the ceremony?
10. Who was at the ceremony from your side?
11. Who was at the ceremony from your spouse's side?
10. Were any friends present?
12. Were your parents at the wedding? If not, why not?
13. Where your spouse's parents at the wedding? If not, why not?
14. Were your spouse's parents aware of the wedding? If not, why not?
15. Was a reception held? When and where was it held?
16. Who was present at the reception?
17. Did you receive any wedding gifts? Describe them.
18. Did you on a honeymoon? Where did you go and for how long?
19. Can you show me pictures and receipts from the honeymoon, wedding and reception?
20. Have you or your spouse been married before?
21. Why was that relationship dissolved?
22. Who initiated the divorce?
23. What were the reasons for the divorce?
24. What was the date the marriage was dissolved?
25. Why did you marry your spouse?
26. Since your marriage have you seen your spouse? If not, why not?
27. Tell me why this marriage or relationship is genuine
28. Why were you so rushed to be married? How do you explain that?

Family members

1. Do you have any children form a previous relationship? If so what is their relationship like with your spouse?
2. What are their names and date of birth?
3. Who has Custody of these children?
4. Do you have visitation rights/spend time with them at your home or there's?
5. How often do you see your children?
6. Does your Current spouse have any children from a previous relationship? If yes
A. What are their names and date of birth?
B. Who has Custody of these children?
C. Does your spouse have visitation rights/spend time with them?
D. How often does your spouse see their children?

7. Do you have any children from your current marriage?
8. How many children?
9. What are the names and birth dates?
10. Where are the children now?
11. Who looks after the children?
12. How many brothers and sisters does your spouse have?
13. What relatives does your spouse have in Canada?
14. What relatives do you have in Canada?
15. What are their names and where do they live?
16. What relatives does your spouse have outside of Canada?
17. What relatives do you have outside of Canada?
18. Has your spouse met any of your relatives or friends? Who have they met and when did they meet them?
19. Have you met any of your spouse's relatives or friends? Whom have you met and when did you meet them?

Misc

1. Did you get married to get to Canada?
2. Did your spouse pay you to go to Canada?
3. Did anyone pay you to go to Canada?
4. Did you pay your spouse to sponsor you?
5. If yes, How much?

 

[fijiana]

@mike yes those are the main points im trying to explain to them. but ive heard that sometimes the VO'S have often made up there minds already about the decision and the interview is just procedure to them. im praying to nail this one on the head all the way and get approved in quick time..

 

[svetlana]

at the interview the officers are canadians usually????????

 

[mikeymyke]

They're Canadian, but they're supposed to be trained and have learned a lot about their visa office's countries being serviced, and they're supposed to know in each country, if an age difference is a big deal, if it's customary to have a wedding celebration, etc.

In Vietnam, I've read many cases where the VO asks, "You had a traditional wedding, but why didn't you pray at the altar of your grandparents?" "Why didn't you have a street procession?" "In Vietnam, it is unusual for a divorced woman to marry a single man", etc. If you dont' have a street procession, they will think it's because you do not want your neighbors to know you are married. They're supposed to study these things carefully and want to see if you follow these things or not.

 

[fijiana]

hey guys got PPR rite after interview. ALready sent passport via courier to sydney. Awaiting visa now... cant wait cant wait........

 

[svetlana]

what did they ask u at the interview?