K-1 Interview, How Strict are They?

[Livona 0]

Hello,

My fiancé and I are getting close to scheduling an interview at the Helsinki embassy. He is nervous for the interview, he's afraid if he takes a moment to think about a question they will see that as suspicious. He has a language processing disorder and sometimes takes a moment to think/ tell his answer. I told him the questions should be easy enough, as they are all about ourselves, family and our relationship, but he's also afraid they will throw a question he wont know the answer for.

Is the interview relatively easy? I have confidence he can do it, but he seems nervous that he will fail.

We also have a co-sponsor since I am a student graduating soon, hopefully that's ok for Helsinki.

[JeanneAdil 6,498]

no reason to worry although most are nervous as it concerns the future

not a high fraud country 

tell him he is Finnish and remember

 

SISU

[Boiler 45,479]

SISU brings a very bad taste for some of us.

[Scandi 4,166]

It's easy in the Nordic countries, so no worries. The people working there are mainly friendly and non-suspicious. The only question I got that surprised me a little was "Do you have children?", because neither of us do and so children was never mentioned ever on any of the forms. Turned out we had included a Christmas photo among our evidence, a photo that had Christmas stockings with four names on them - me, my then fiancé and our two dogs! So they thought "Roxy" and "Peiper" could potentially be children. 😄

[JeanneAdil 6,498]

14 hours ago, Boiler said:

SISU brings a very bad taste for some of us.

it is not a taste

 

it is

Sisu is a unique Finnish concept. It is a Finnish term that can be roughly translated into English as strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity. Sisu is not momentary courage, but the ability to sustain that courage. It is a word that cannot be fully translated.

[JeanneAdil 6,498]

11 hours ago, Scandi said:

It's easy in the Nordic countries, so no worries. The people working there are mainly friendly and non-suspicious. The only question I got that surprised me a little was "Do you have children?", because neither of us do and so children was never mentioned ever on any of the forms. Turned out we had included a Christmas photo among our evidence, a photo that had Christmas stockings with four names on them - me, my then fiancé and our two dogs! So they thought "Roxy" and "Peiper" could potentially be children. 😄

would be strange names for a child but i have a granddaughter named blizzard as she was born in the 93 storm in NYS that dropped 36 inches of snow in 8 hours 

[PokuPoku 24]

I never heard of interviews outside of China being hard. Sometimes its as simple as them just asking 1 question.

[Ryan H 3,812]

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