Visa interview questions - what did you get asked by immigration? - Page 2

nimeb · #11 (**permalink**) 04-17-2010, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Amandy

I met my husband in a train in Australia.

The first question the CO asked in the interview was: Do you usually give your number out to strangers?
And i was like WTF? How can she ask that? Is she implying i'm cheap? It's Australia for god's sake. The CO was from Bangladesh (the country which my husband is from and where we are now awaiting for the visa to be granted so we could come back to Australia), so she might've thought that was only something a cheap girl would do. Just because her marriage was arranged and she saw her husband for the first time on the wedding night.

The rest were stupid questions - Another one, why didn't your mother let you guys stay at her house after marriage? Pfffft well maybe cos she wants her privacy, and when people get married they move out of home! I don't know ASK HER! Just because in the CO's culture generations upon generations live together in one house - can't believe people get paid to do this stuff.

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When thinking from the applicants side yes those questions sounds stupid. But Australian Government has there own views and concerns. Australian Government is not entitled to allow every tom and harry to Migrate to Australia, they are just doing us a favor so they have the full rights to ask in-detail personal questions. Just because they ask such question they don’t refuse entry to Australia. They just wanted to make sure if your marriage is genuine. On the other hand Australian Government is paying so mush money for unemployed migrants and this has become a treat to Australia. They are just Trying to do there best to protect there country.
When talking about cultural issues, Australian government has every right to assume that your culture might clash with Australian culture which might lead to family issues. In reality such cases are common. It might be very true that you are fully adaptable to the Australian culture. Most of all it is your responsibility to accept the Australian culture, Values and living principals if you wish to migrate to Australia. Instead, if you deny Australian Culture and values you shouldn’t migrate to a such country. Australian government didn’t invite you, or they don’t need your service. But you need Australian Governments service as it is your need of migrating to Australia, so Plz have bit more respect than this. [/I][/I]

Chris McGrath · #12 (**permalink**) 04-18-2010, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by nimeb

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When thinking from the applicants side yes those questions sounds stupid. But Australian Government has there own views and concerns. Australian Government is not entitled to allow every tom and harry to Migrate to Australia, they are just doing us a favor so they have the full rights to ask in-detail personal questions. Just because they ask such question they don’t refuse entry to Australia. They just wanted to make sure if your marriage is genuine. On the other hand Australian Government is paying so mush money for unemployed migrants and this has become a treat to Australia. They are just Trying to do there best to protect there country.
When talking about cultural issues, Australian government has every right to assume that your culture might clash with Australian culture which might lead to family issues. In reality such cases are common. It might be very true that you are fully adaptable to the Australian culture. Most of all it is your responsibility to accept the Australian culture, Values and living principals if you wish to migrate to Australia. Instead, if you deny Australian Culture and values you shouldn’t migrate to a such country. Australian government didn’t invite you, or they don’t need your service. But you need Australian Governments service as it is your need of migrating to Australia, so Plz have bit more respect than this. [/I][/I]

A DIAC officer is not entitled to ask anything. I know of one in Shanghai who asked the applicant when she first make love with her sponsor. She complained, officer was sacked, a totally improper question. An interview I attended years ago in Sydney with a client who was pregnant was told that the officer could not make a decision until the baby was born as the officer needed to se who the father was.

In 2010, you cant behave like that even if one is a Government Official!.

Cheers

Chris McGrath
Migration Lawyer

Wanderer · #13 (**permalink**) 04-18-2010, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by nimeb

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When thinking from the applicants side yes those questions sounds stupid. But Australian Government has there own views and concerns. Australian Government is not entitled to allow every tom and harry to Migrate to Australia, they are just doing us a favor so they have the full rights to ask in-detail personal questions. Just because they ask such question they don’t refuse entry to Australia. They just wanted to make sure if your marriage is genuine. On the other hand Australian Government is paying so mush money for unemployed migrants and this has become a treat to Australia. They are just Trying to do there best to protect there country.
When talking about cultural issues, Australian government has every right to assume that your culture might clash with Australian culture which might lead to family issues. In reality such cases are common. It might be very true that you are fully adaptable to the Australian culture. Most of all it is your responsibility to accept the Australian culture, Values and living principals if you wish to migrate to Australia. Instead, if you deny Australian Culture and values you shouldn’t migrate to a such country. Australian government didn’t invite you, or they don’t need your service. But you need Australian Governments service as it is your need of migrating to Australia, so Plz have bit more respect than this. [/I][/I]

Cultural differences are a two way street nimeb and our Australian government had in flavour the term multicultural society for some time and whether we wish to define it or not, we do have many of our population from different backgrounds and that has been happening for many decades, people of some nationalities/religions backgrounds assimilating easier and quicker than others in many contexts.

But culture is one thing and personal life intrusion is another.

Chris in response above has summed up what the situation should be.

nimeb · #14 (**permalink**) 04-18-2010, 07:17 AM

Thanks Chris

alaa alsafi · #15 (**permalink**) 05-05-2010, 03:16 PM

Please help me I am an Iraqi and threatened with death and I want to live in Australia and asked for asylum and I have relatives in Australia, have Australian citizenship Aasurea Can I go to Jordan or to ask for asylum from Alafezl me? Would I go to the Australian embassy in Jordan and the oldest on immigration and asylum humanitarian response as soon as please.

Wanderer · #16 (**permalink**) 05-09-2010, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by alaa alsafi

Please help me I am an Iraqi and threatened with death and I want to live in Australia and asked for asylum and I have relatives in Australia, have Australian citizenship Aasurea Can I go to Jordan or to ask for asylum from Alafezl me? Would I go to the Australian embassy in Jordan and the oldest on immigration and asylum humanitarian response as soon as please.

I am not sure but I would think in Iraq, the Australian government would see asylum applications as being handled by the UNHCR.
UNHCR - Iraq
Have you been in contact with that organisation and please do not reply on this thread but if having a further query, it will be best to start up a new thread.

six62s · #17 (**permalink**) 06-17-2010, 07:59 PM

please house i will like you all to help me ,currently am in Qatar and i am hoping to relocate to Australia in any short time i just need any help on how to go about this ,i will be very great full if any one here can assist me,as i keep searching for the better way of going about this .

Skydancer · #18 (**permalink**) 06-24-2010, 11:46 AM

My husband had his partner visa interview in Delhi today. To my great surprise he told me it was not conducted with his case officer (Australian female), but with an Indian male. Is this normal procedure? We were expecting that he would meet his CO. I haven't had a chance to ask him yet which questions were asked, but the interview did go for one full hour! He was told that the decision can be expected in three or four months. I'm worried :-( It's so long to be apart....

Skydancer · #19 (**permalink**) 06-26-2010, 10:10 PM

All the standard questions were asked. He also was asked about what we gifted each other for our wedding, which was the last film we saw together, whether I had a car in Australia, my parents names, and about my previous relationship. There was no probing or in-depth questioning and the interviewer was pleasant and polite, though not "smiley" and "chatty"!

To all of you worried about the interview, relax. The interviewer tries to put you at ease. It's not like those stories one hears of being interrogated, reduced to tears and humiliated.

midnite_crisis · #20 (**permalink**) 07-06-2010, 04:07 PM

Spouse Visa: Applied in Dubai, Moved to Lebanon
Interview conducted over the phone in Lebanon.

How old is your partner, D.O.B
What do you know about her family and relatives
What did you like about ur spouse
Did you move in together when you got married
Does she work?
How we met, got engaged, and married
If we used to go out together before and after we were engaged, and how many times a week
When did we first fall in love
If the visa got rejected, will you re-apply?
Where are you going to live when you first go to Australia
Are the people who you are intending to live with over there aware with this arrangement?
Working in Australia: If you don't find work, what will you do?

The phone interview took around 1 hour.
Our case officer asked us why we didn't provide them with evidence of our relationship, such as photos: we gave them 3 cds one of our wedding video and 300+ pictures.
Just goes to show you how much they actually do their work, and in the end we suffer.