Type of Interview Questions

[jacobsdennis]

Hi everyone, my common-law partner and I have been called to Buffalo Consolute for an interview.  We were told to bring our passports and birth certificates.  I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what type of questions or specific questions might the immigration officer ask?  Has anyone in here been through this process before in Buffalo?  Thanks for all your help.

[steaky]

There is whole bunch of sample interview questions in this recent post:

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/interview-in-rome-t87378.0.html;msg1091378#msg1091378

[NYQUE]

Hello JacobDennis, would you mind sharing your timelines, I'm pretty much in the same boat, but I haven't received the date of the interview, I just received a letter back in August advising an interview will be required and will take place in Buffalo.

We are married, how long it took from the moment you received the letter until you actually received a date for the interview and how long it's been processing, we sent our application back in April, so we are almost at the 7 months mark, I had to do the Quebec processing as my wife is from Quebec and we intend to live there.

Hope everything goes fine for you and your partner, good luck!

[bilbol11]

i am  in  the  same  stuation  with you nyque  i just  get  a e mail from  paris  they  told  me  that  an  interview is  request  but  they  dont  tell me  about  the  date  or the  place  but  i think  it  will be  here  in  tunisia  but  i dont  know  when so  pls  have  you  any  idea  about  that  haw  long  it  take  to  get  the  other  email????so  i need  to  weit  long?

[jacobsdennis]

NYQUE,

Timeline is as follows:

We received your application to sponsor ? on December 20, 2010.
 
We started processing your application on January 19, 2011.
 
We returned your application with a letter on January 19, 2011. You may re-apply or resubmit your application when the information requested is provided. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.
 
We received the application that you resubmitted on February 25, 2011.
 
We sent you a letter on March 7, 2011 about the decision on your application. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.

We received ? application for permanent residence on March 17, 2011 (in Buffalo, NY).

Medical results have been received.
 
? interview is December 7, 2011.  

This information was copied and pasted right from the CIC On-Line status tool.  The question mark (?) is what I've inserted as my partner's full name was there.  I really hope this helps you understand the Buffalo timeline a little better!

[MyMy]

Wow, our interview is also december 7th, 2011. In Buffalo.
And we started December 17, 2010.

[jacobsdennis]

Mymy, that's pretty cool!  They received both our applications just a few days apart.  I guess this shows that Buffalo is consistent with the information it presents on it's website for processing times...!  Maybe we should meet up in Buffalo...?

[MyMy]

Sure, we're arriving on the 5th. Let's get together!

[NYQUE]

Hello, first good luck to both, I know this is a pain, now what I wanted to know is how long it took from when you received the letter saying an interview was required until they gave you a date? for your timelines I might going to wait a long time, I've been waiting almost 3 months to know the date of the interview, the same time I have been in Canada as a visitor.

I requested for the second time my GCMS notes just to know if there has been a movement of my process, how were yoiu notified of the date of the interview? by email?

Good luck!

[MyMy]

We had to wait exactly 3 months--
Got letter about interview may 24.
And letter with the date august 24.
By mail, not email.

[jacobsdennis]

NYQUE, we received a letter in the mail (not email) dated October 6, 2011 for an interview in NY for December 7, 2011.  Gave us 2 months to plan and prepare!!!

[ddobro2]

Buffalo peeps facing an interview....you might want to also post in the Buffalo thread (http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/thread-for-outland-buffalo-applicants-t41886.0.html;msg1099888#msg1099888). It's quite rare for Buffalo applicants to be facing an interview so I'm pretty curious about your individual cases.