Interview Questions

[Bulldog 0]

Hello everyone my name is Louie and My fiance is Beng from the Philippines.We was just approved by the USCIS on 4/3/2009.My question is does anyone know what questions they will ask at the interview in Manila.

Louie

[Saska+Tim 7]

Hi and welcome to VJ!

Congratulations!

You can start your research here: Philippines

and please,

[canadian_wife 1,829]

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/...rview_Questions

Take a look at the VJ guide for example questions

Good luck

[tallcoolone 102]

Very basic questions.

How did you meet?

How many times has the Petitioner been to PI?

They don't ask stuff like What type of toothpaste does he use?

Easy question like that

The actual interview only last a few minutes

[Rainschild 0]

Congratulations on the approval!

As I heard, questions are fairly easy:

How did you meet?

When did he come visit you?

What does he do for work?

Where will you live?

Why are you getting married?

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Moving to US Embassy and Consulate forum as post is enquiring about interview questions, which are asked at the consulate stage.

[TBoneTX 46,174]

It is generally wise to assume that interview questions, practices, and policies can change at any time without warning, at any consulate or embassy. Therefore, it is prudent to hope for an easy experience but to prepare for a tougher one.

[Carlos and Jocel 2]

Hello everyone my name is Louie and My fiance is Beng from the Philippines.We was just approved by the USCIS on 4/3/2009.My question is does anyone know what questions they will ask at the interview in Manila.

Louie

Yup simple question as who the patitioner is and what he does, how you two met...etc. HERES SAMPLE...

QUESTIONS FOR THE BENEFICIARY

ABOUT YOU:

What do you do for a living in your home country? Housewife

Do you plan to work in the U.S and what position? Yes in later time but just want to be with my husband.

Have you ever been issued/denied a visa to the US? NO

Have you ever been in the US? NO

If so, when and how long were you in the US?

Where were you?

What did you do while you were there?

Did you work while you were there? Doing what?

Have you ever been deported ?

Were you married before this marriage? NO

Do you have any children? NO but hoping someday

Have you ever been convicted of any crime? NO

Describe your employment history.

Describe your education history? I attended...

Do you need a social security number (SSN)?

ABOUT YOUR SPOUSE:

General information

Name/Date of birth/Place of birth. Spell your spouse's name.

Immigration status in the US? (Citizen or Permanent Resident) US Citizen

[Additional questions if your spouse was not born in the US: Where did your spouse first live in the US?

When and where was his or her naturalization?

Where does your spouse live in the US?

How long has s/he been at the current address?

Contact numbers/ E-mail address?

Was your spouse married before? If divorced:

Ex-spouse’s name, age, etc. –

Why did the previous marriage not last; reasons for divorce-

Who initiated the divorce? My husband

Do you have the copy of divorce papers? Yes

Where did the divorce take place?

Are there any outstanding issues related to divorce? If yes, describe in detail? NO

How much are the alimony payments?

Does your spouse still see his/her ex-spouse? Why or why not?

Does your spouse have any children? Yes

If yes:

How many? 2

What are the name(s) and age(s) of the child(ren)?

Whom do they live with, and why? (Why do they not live with your spouse?

[kilipit 0]

My question

Is it good to tell that my fiance was divorced once, instead of telling on my interview that he was divorced twice?

we only have his 2nd divorced decree, and my fiance could not get his first divorced decree because he is in Iraq until July, what we have decided is he only wrote his latest previous spouse (that his 2nd ex wife) to our packet that we sent to Vermont with the complete documents and his 2nd divorced decree, and they didn't ask about any additional document from us.

His first marriage last only 3 months because the first ex wife had a baby with other men while my fiance is in Germany.

His 2nd marriage last for 17 years and divorced for nearly 2 years now.

Does the NVC or Consul at interview will check my fiance previous marriage without telling us?

What should i expect from this interview?

[kilipit 0]

Edited May 17, 2009 by kilipit

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

My question

Is it good to tell that my fiance was divorced once, instead of telling on my interview that he was divorced twice?

we only have his 2nd divorced decree, and my fiance could not get his first divorced decree because he is in Iraq until July, what we have decided is he only wrote his latest previous spouse (that his 2nd ex wife) to our packet that we sent to Vermont with the complete documents and his 2nd divorced decree, and they didn't ask about any additional document from us.

His first marriage last only 3 months because the first ex wife had a baby with other men while my fiance is in Germany.

His 2nd marriage last for 17 years and divorced for nearly 2 years now.

Does the NVC or Consul at interview will check my fiance previous marriage without telling us?

What should i expect from this interview?

I don't know if they will find out about his first marriage. However, I do know that they can find out, if they do some basic background checks. My understanding is that they often purchase a report from a company like Choicepoint. These reports contain information like where he has lived, his driving record, his employment history, and public records, which can include criminal history and marriage/divorce records. It's difficult to say what they will know, but it's safe to say that any high fraud consulate is going to have an investigations unit that will attempt to collect at least some of this information.

It's not wise to have submitted a petition when he knew there was information missing. The fact that it was marginally difficult to get the records at the time is not going to be viewed as a good excuse. All it takes to get a copy of a divorce decree is a letter, a photocopy of some identification, and a small processing fee. He could have done this while he was in Iraq with minimal difficulty.

Let's presume that they find out about the first marriage. If they ask you at the interview about any marriages previous to his last one, and you say "Yes", then they're going to want to know why it wasn't disclosed in the petition. At the very least, they're going to demand you produce the documentation on the first marriage. At most, they'll send the petition back to USCIS with a recommendation that it be revoked. If you say "No", then they'll probably presume that he intentionally misrepresented his case, and they'll send it back to USCIS with a recommendation that it be revoked. Since the misrepresentation is real, you won't have much chance on appeal. You'll receive a 10 year ban, and he'll need to apply for a waiver before he can resubmit the application.

At this point, I don't know if it's possible to submit this information since it modifies the original petition. You fiance wasn't honest before, but if you want to salvage the application then I suggest he start being honest now. Whoever has the petition now, NVC or consulate, he should contact them and tell them about the situation, and ask how he can go about submitting his divorce documents from his first marriage.

Good luck!

Edit: I could be wrong about the 10 year ban. Willful misrepresentation might result in a lifetime ban. I'm not certain.

Edited May 17, 2009 by JimVaPhuong

[kilipit 0]

My question

Is it good to tell that my fiance was divorced once, instead of telling on my interview that he was divorced twice?

we only have his 2nd divorced decree, and my fiance could not get his first divorced decree because he is in Iraq until July, what we have decided is he only wrote his latest previous spouse (that his 2nd ex wife) to our packet that we sent to Vermont with the complete documents and his 2nd divorced decree, and they didn't ask about any additional document from us.

His first marriage last only 3 months because the first ex wife had a baby with other men while my fiance is in Germany.

His 2nd marriage last for 17 years and divorced for nearly 2 years now.

Does the NVC or Consul at interview will check my fiance previous marriage without telling us?

What should i expect from this interview?

I don't know if they will find out about his first marriage. However, I do know that they can find out, if they do some basic background checks. My understanding is that they often purchase a report from a company like Choicepoint. These reports contain information like where he has lived, his driving record, his employment history, and public records, which can include criminal history and marriage/divorce records. It's difficult to say what they will know, but it's safe to say that any high fraud consulate is going to have an investigations unit that will attempt to collect at least some of this information.

It's not wise to have submitted a petition when he knew there was information missing. The fact that it was marginally difficult to get the records at the time is not going to be viewed as a good excuse. All it takes to get a copy of a divorce decree is a letter, a photocopy of some identification, and a small processing fee. He could have done this while he was in Iraq with minimal difficulty.

Let's presume that they find out about the first marriage. If they ask you at the interview about any marriages previous to his last one, and you say "Yes", then they're going to want to know why it wasn't disclosed in the petition. At the very least, they're going to demand you produce the documentation on the first marriage. At most, they'll send the petition back to USCIS with a recommendation that it be revoked. If you say "No", then they'll probably presume that he intentionally misrepresented his case, and they'll send it back to USCIS with a recommendation that it be revoked. Since the misrepresentation is real, you won't have much chance on appeal. You'll receive a 10 year ban, and he'll need to apply for a waiver before he can resubmit the application.

At this point, I don't know if it's possible to submit this information since it modifies the original petition. You fiance wasn't honest before, but if you want to salvage the application then I suggest he start being honest now. Whoever has the petition now, NVC or consulate, he should contact them and tell them about the situation, and ask how he can go about submitting his divorce documents from his first marriage.

Good luck!

Edit: I could be wrong about the 10 year ban. Willful misrepresentation might result in a lifetime ban. I'm not certain.

Comment are welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is another situation of other friend

My friend lives in US for 2 years, during her interview, he was told by her Petitioner that he was divorced once, she only presented one divorced decree. and she got approved.

when she gets in US she found out that her husband was divorced not once but twice, and she never knew it at the first place. the husband hide it from her.

its a different story from my friend, who has been told by her Petitioner that he was divorced twice the only reason was he forget to put the first divorced decree and the name on their application, but never hide it from her and willing to show the first divorced decree on her upcoming interview. the petitioner is legally to marry her, and the fiance is never been married at all.

My other friend in Cali for nearly 5 years now, for K1 visa filed by her Uncle.

she and her uncle are relatives, her uncle is the first cousin of her mom, but still she got a visa.

Guess,,They are lucky.

Edited May 23, 2009 by kilipit

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Comment are welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is another situation of other friend

My friend lives in US for 2 years, during her interview, he was told by her Petitioner that he was divorced once, she only presented one divorced decree. and she got approved.

when she gets in US she found out that her husband was divorced not once but twice, and she never knew it at the first place. the husband hide it from her.

its a different story from my friend, who has been told by her Petitioner that he was divorced twice the only reason was he forget to put the first divorced decree and the name on their application, but never hide it from her and willing to show the first divorced decree on her upcoming interview. the petitioner is legally to marry her, and the fiance is never been married at all.

My other friend in Cali for nearly 5 years now, for K1 visa filed by her Uncle.

she and her uncle are relatives, her uncle is the first cousin of her mom, but still she got a visa.

Guess,,They are lucky.

In your friend's case, it sounds like it was willful misrepresentation to both USCIS and your friend. I don't know if it was "lucky" or not. I don't know if either USCIS or the consulate would normally have found out, or if it would have been typical for them to miss it. As I said in my previous post, I don't know if they will find out, I only know that they can find out. In either case, when someone lies and gets away with it I don't think that's "lucky".

If it was caught at the USCIS stage then I suspect they would just issue an RFE for the first divorce decree. There are several people in the RFE master list thread who only submitted the most recent divorce decree and got RFE's for the previous ones. In some cases, the previous marriage was revealed on the G-325A, so figuring out there was a divorce decree missing wasn't exactly rocket science for the adjudicator, nor would they likely presume it was willful misrepresentation since the petitioner did reveal it - they just neglected to provide documentation for it. Consulates tend to be less forgiving if they discover something USCIS didn't know about.

It's not unreasonable that someone would assume the previous divorce decrees wouldn't be necessary. The US doesn't allow polygamy, so someone could reasonably presume that getting married a second time implies that the previous marriage ended in divorce, and that the only proof needed would be the most recent divorce. That's an honest oversight that comes from not reading or following the instructions. That's not the same as intentionally leaving this information out of the application because it was inconvenient to obtain the documentation.

I'm a little surprised your friend was engaged to someone who was somewhat closely related to her and she didn't find out about his first marriage sooner. From what I've seen of my friends from the PI, gossiping about family and friends is a major pastime. Everybody knows what everybody else is doing.

BTW, nobody who actually lives in California calls it "Cali".

Good luck!

[kilipit 0]

Comment are welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is another situation of other friend

My friend lives in US for 2 years, during her interview, he was told by her Petitioner that he was divorced once, she only presented one divorced decree. and she got approved.

when she gets in US she found out that her husband was divorced not once but twice, and she never knew it at the first place. the husband hide it from her.

its a different story from my friend, who has been told by her Petitioner that he was divorced twice the only reason was he forget to put the first divorced decree and the name on their application, but never hide it from her and willing to show the first divorced decree on her upcoming interview. the petitioner is legally to marry her, and the fiance is never been married at all.

My other friend in Cali for nearly 5 years now, for K1 visa filed by her Uncle.

she and her uncle are relatives, her uncle is the first cousin of her mom, but still she got a visa.

Guess,,They are lucky.

In your friend's case, it sounds like it was willful misrepresentation to both USCIS and your friend. I don't know if it was "lucky" or not. I don't know if either USCIS or the consulate would normally have found out, or if it would have been typical for them to miss it. As I said in my previous post, I don't know if they will find out, I only know that they can find out. In either case, when someone lies and gets away with it I don't think that's "lucky".

If it was caught at the USCIS stage then I suspect they would just issue an RFE for the first divorce decree. There are several people in the RFE master list thread who only submitted the most recent divorce decree and got RFE's for the previous ones. In some cases, the previous marriage was revealed on the G-325A, so figuring out there was a divorce decree missing wasn't exactly rocket science for the adjudicator, nor would they likely presume it was willful misrepresentation since the petitioner did reveal it - they just neglected to provide documentation for it. Consulates tend to be less forgiving if they discover something USCIS didn't know about.

It's not unreasonable that someone would assume the previous divorce decrees wouldn't be necessary. The US doesn't allow polygamy, so someone could reasonably presume that getting married a second time implies that the previous marriage ended in divorce, and that the only proof needed would be the most recent divorce. That's an honest oversight that comes from not reading or following the instructions. That's not the same as intentionally leaving this information out of the application because it was inconvenient to obtain the documentation.

I'm a little surprised your friend was engaged to someone who was somewhat closely related to her and she didn't find out about his first marriage sooner. From what I've seen of my friends from the PI, gossiping about family and friends is a major pastime. Everybody knows what everybody else is doing.

BTW, nobody who actually lives in California calls it "Cali".

Good luck!

hi there,

what if the USCIS didnt found anything about the first divorced while they process it, and they approved the application with out asking any additional documents and it will be sent to Consulate, means the papers are all correct and completed, and if they found something why they need to wait for the interview before they put it on administrative review? and why they wont call the petitioner about it first so that if they need additional documents atleast it will be done already there? have you heard anything relating stories like the stories my friends? and if yes, then what happened to them during interview? thanks