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by Imshzd » Sat Oct 04, 2014 1:46 am
No need to worry if you don't have any bills or tendency agreement.
The marriage interview is usually arranged by the Home Office in the Capital Building in Liverpool (PEO Liverpool) for both a husband and a wife if the Home office doubts the relationship. An interpreter may be requested, if needed, currently free of charge. A legal representative may attend the interview, if required.
The interview takes approximately 4 hours. In our recent case it has taken nearly 4.5 hours. A spouse of the migrant is called first into a separate room. The Home Office interviewer and the interpreter (if requested) are already in the interview room. The migrant's spouse normally sits at the table opposite the Home Office interviewer and the interpreter. The legal representative normally seats further away in the corner behind the client.
The Home Office interviewer explains the procedures, checks if the migrant spouse understands the interpreter and further requests the migrant spouse to sign a declaration. If any documents are brought for the interview, the Home office interviewer checks their contents.
What questions may be asked during the interview ?
The Home office interviewer may ask the following questions (the questions may change depending on the migrant's personal circumstances):
Did you have any period of separation since your spouse's current application was lodged ?
When did you last return to the UK ? When does your spouse last return to the UK ?
Who completed your application form ? Who signed the application form ?
Which country were you born ? Which city were you born ? What country is your spouse from ? Which city is your spouse from ?
What is your religion ? Are you practicing ?
What is your spouse's religion ? Is your spouse practicing ?
Where did you go for your last holiday ? How did you travel to the airport ? Which airport ? How many days you spent outside of the UK ? Did your child/spouse etc go with you ? Where did your spouse last go abroad ? Which airport did she/he travel from ? How did he/she travel to the airport ? Who travelled with him/her ?
Were you married in the past ? If so, when did you divorce ?
Was your spouse married in the past ? If so, when did he/she divorce ?
When did you get up last Saturday ? When did your spouse get up last Saturday ? What did you have for breakfast ? What did your spouse have for breakfast ? Do you have a favourite mug ?
What is the colour of/pattern on your favourite mug ? Does your spouse have a favourite mug ? What is the colour of/pattern on your spouse's favourite mug ?
What else did you do last Saturday ? Where did you go ? Which shop did you go to ? What did you buy there ? What did your spouse buy there ? Where did you eat on Saturday ?
What did you eat ? Who else went with you shopping on Saturday ? When did you come back on Saturday ? What did you cook for supper on Saturday ?
What is your favourite drink ? How do you like to drink you favourite drink (with/without coffee/sugar etc) What is your spouse's favourite drink ? How does your spouse like to drink his/her favourite drink ?
When did you go to bed on Saturday ? When did your spouse go to bed on Saturday ? What did you do on Sunday ? When did you get up on Sunday ? When did your spouse get up on Sunday ? What did you have for breakfast ? What did your spouse have for breakfast ?
Who cooked the breakfast ?
When did you last go for a walk in the past ? Which park what it ? What else did you do on that day ?
What are the names of your parents ? Where do they live ? Did your spouse meet your parents ? When did your spouse meet your parents ? What is your spouse parents' names ?
Where do your spouse's parents live ? Did your meet your spouse's parents ?
Do you have brothers and/or sisters ? What are their names ? Does your spouse have brothers and/or sisters ? What are their names ?
Do you have children ? How old are they ? When are their birthdays ? Are they living with you ? Where was child X last Saturday ? What did you give your children for Christmas ? Which school do you children attend ? What do your children were to school ? What is the name of your children' nanny ? Where does she live ? How long and when do you children stay with the nanny ? How do you take your children to the nanny ?
What colour was your bedding yesterday ? Which side of the bed do you sleep at night ?
What side of the bed does your spouse slip at night ? What furniture do you have in your bedroom ?
What colour are the rubbish bins outside of your house ? How many floors are there in the building where you live ? What colour is the entrance door ? Is the entrance door wooden or PVC ? Is there a letter box in the entrance door ? Is there a glass pane in the entrance door ?
How many keys do you need to open the entrance door ? Are there any flats on your floor ? How many ? Who are your neighbours ? Their names ? What colour is the door to your flat ? Is the door to your flat wooden or PVC ? Is there a buzzer or a knocker on the door to your flat ? Is there a letter box in the door to your flat ? How high is the letter box in the door to your flat ? Is there any glass pane in the door to your flat ? How many TVs do you have in your flat ? Who is your TV/cable/satellite provider ? Do you have a sofa in the sitting room ? Which colour is the sofa in the sitting room ? How many people can sit on the sofa in the sitting room ? Is the cooker in the Spam gas or electrical ? Who is your gas provider ?
Do you have a hobby ? Does your spouse have a hobby ? Do you go to gym ? Does your spouse go to gym ? When do you go to gym ? When was the last time you went to gym ?
When did your spouse last time went to gym ?
When did you come to the UK ? Where do you work ? What is the name of your employer ?
Which car did you drive ? Which make is your car ? Which colour is your car ? Your your spouse working ? How many hours do you work ? When did you last go to work ? Where does your spouse work ? How many hours does your spouse work ? When was the last time your spouse went to work ?
How did you meet ? What are the names of the people who introduced you ? Where did you go for the first date ? When was your engagement ? When were you proposed ? When did you propose to your spouse ? Who bought the rings ? Did you both choose the rings ?
When did you marry ? Where did you marry ? Did you go to the marriage ceremony in one car ? Who did you go with to the marriage ceremony ? Name those people who gave you a lift ? Who are there people ? Who did your spouse go with to the marriage ceremony ? Name those people who gave him a lift ? Who are there people ?
How did you celebrate your marriage ? Which restaurant did you go to ? Did you have a wedding cake ? Did you receive wedding presents ? What were the presents ?
Any other information you wish to add as to why do you need to be in the UK ?
The spouse is then asked to sign the declaration that the information provided by her/him is correct to the best of her knowledge. The legal representative is asked if he/she has any comments. The spouse is asked to leave the interview room. The migrant is then invited to the rooms and is being interviewed accordingly. Similar questions are asked and answers are recorded.
When the interview is completed, the migrant is asked to sign a declaration. The UK BA interviewer can normally provide a copy of the interview record a short while later. It is worth requesting a copy of the interview and keep it for the future reference.
The Home office interviewer in the given example said that the cases when the migrants are interviewed are considered quicker.
Please note that the home office interviewer may not be familiar with the migrant and/or sponsor's cultural background. In once of the cases it was hard for the Home office interviewer to understand why in some cultures there are no formal engagement procedures and why there could not be presents for Christmas for children.
Please note that some questions may be different. For example, in case when there was a child in the family and the migrant was not the biological parent of the child, the Home office interviewer asked both the husband and the wife if there was a contact between the child and the biological father, if the migrant met the biological father of the child.
Important point on interpreters. They are generally ok, although on one occasion the legal representative who also spoke the language of the interviewing migrant had to request the interpreter to interpret exactly what the migrant said, as the correct translation was crucial to the migrant's case. In another case one interpreter attempted to direct the migrant what and how he/she should be giving the answers to the Home office. This is not acceptable and should not be permitted.
I believe this help you a lot.
