Immigration Green Card Interview Question to Expect and to Prepare For

[00:00:00]These are questions that you are likely to be asked at a green card interview.

[00:00:09]You must be prepared.

[00:00:12]Answering these questions the right way will make your process go smoothly.

[00:00:18]Answering these questions the wrong way could cost you.

[00:00:23]We will roll through the questions. So, here are some of the personal questions.

[00:00:29]They will most definitely ask you to state what is your full name. Now, you might think they already know your name because it's on paper. However, they want you to say your full name. What is your full name?

[00:00:45]Middle, first, last, first, last, middle. Leave none of it out. Have you ever used any other names?

[00:00:54]When and where were you born?

[00:00:59]What is your current address?

[00:01:01]Have you lived at any other addresses in the past 5 years? And if so, where?

[00:01:09]What is your phone number and email address?

[00:01:15]What is your nationality?

[00:01:18]Do you have any other citizenship?

[00:01:23]What is your current occupation?

[00:01:26]What is your educational background?

[00:01:31]Are you currently married? When and where did you get married?

[00:01:38]Do you have any children? If so, how many and what are their ages?

[00:01:47]What are your parents' names and dates of birth?

[00:01:54]Do you have any siblings? If so, how many? And what are their names?

[00:02:02]Have you ever been divorced or widowed?

[00:02:06]If so, please provide details.

[00:02:11]Those are some of the questions that will be asked. As for the personal part of the green card interview process, now there are many more questions. Let's talk about some of the questions that will be asked on the employment and employment history part. Here goes.

[00:02:34]There will be a part where they ask about your employment history and some of the questions will be exactly these.

[00:02:43]Who is your current employer? Means where do you work now? What is your job title and your role? Meaning what do you do at that company? Why have they hired you and what are they paying you for?

[00:03:01]How long have you been working for this current employer? How many years? When did you start working there?

[00:03:09]Have you had any other employer in the past five years? And if so, please provide details. This question is usually to see how you've been doing unemployment. Are you somebody who can stick it out, work with one company? Do you have multiple jobs? Or are you someone who bounces around because you are a problem person? Your job history can usually tell a lot about a individual, especially if they are able to look into your background and see that you have been a problem, that you have been a thief, that you've been stealing company supplies, or you've been fighting physically beating up others, and you've been thrown out of jobs and always have to go find another job. This can reveal to them the character of the kind of person you are.

[00:04:02]What is your salary or hourly wage? Your salary or hourly wage.

[00:04:10]Can you describe your typical workday?

[00:04:15]Do you have any specialized skills or certifications that are relevant to your job?

[00:04:22]Have you ever been employed, selfmployed, or owned a business? If so, please provide details. This question is a very broad and tricky question. Have you ever been self-employed or owned a business? And if so, please provide details. Please remember you are going for your green card. So, if you have ever been selfemployed then they need to know were you paying taxes or were you just working and pocketing all the money and not giving the government their share. Please provide details. Do you hold any professional licenses or membership in professional organizations?

[00:05:08]These questions can also work both ways.

[00:05:11]As much as it can show that you've been doing bad things, it can also show that you are a upstanding, law-abiding, taxpaying citizen who deserves to be rewarded in this way.

[00:05:24]Have you ever been unemployed? And if so, for how long and when?

[00:05:32]This goes without saying.

[00:05:35]There will be another part of questioning what we call the legal history questions.

[00:05:43]This one right here will basically be like you telling on yourself or you trying to hide information about your background. You remember, you must be completely honest.

[00:05:57]Right now in the United States of America, there have been people who they have proven that they had lied somewhere during their green card process and they went on to get a green card and they went from a green card to becoming a citizen. And now that they are a citizen and have been a citizen for years, they under the Donald Trump administration are doubling back to take away people's citizenship, revoke their citizenship because of something they did or said or did not reveal while they were green card holders.

[00:06:36]So you have to be very honest about these questions.

[00:06:41]Have you ever been arrested, charged, or convicted of a crime? And if so, provide details. Have you ever violated any immigration laws?

[00:06:54]Have you ever been deported or removed from the United States?

[00:06:59]Have you ever been involved in any criminal activities?

[00:07:05]Have you ever been denied entry into the United States or any other country?

[00:07:12]Have you ever overstayed a visa in the United States?

[00:07:19]Do you have any spending, any pending criminal charges or legal proceedings?

[00:07:25]This is one of the questions where right now as the Trump administration is seeking to denaturalize meaning take away citizenship from its first group of people.

[00:07:40]This exact question is the reason why quite a few of them from that group are under pressure and the administration is seeking to dnaturalize them. They have become citizens. But some of them were asked this question in particular.

[00:07:58]Do you have any pending criminal charges or legal proceedings?

[00:08:04]That means criminal charges were pending. You are not convicted yet, but a legal proceeding was in progress. And they said no.

[00:08:17]They got their papers and then they were convicted after they thought they got away.

[00:08:25]Next question. Have you ever been involved in a lawsuit or civil litigation?

[00:08:32]Next question. Are you currently on probation or parole?

[00:08:39]Have you ever been involved in human trafficking or drug trafficking?

[00:08:45]Have you ever been a member of a terrorist organization?

[00:08:51]Have you ever committed fraud to obtain immigration benefits?

[00:08:56]Have you ever claimed to be a US citizen falsely?

[00:09:03]Have you ever failed to file required tax returns?

[00:09:11]Are you willing to take an oath of allegiance to the United States?

[00:09:19]The oath of allegiance to the United States will require that you swear that you will defend this country and its constitution against all enemies, foreign or domestic.

[00:09:32]That oath must be taken in order to move forward.

[00:09:39]Now the other questions about marriage, these are like marriage specific questions.

[00:09:46]Where did you meet your spouse?

[00:09:49]How long did you date before getting married?

[00:09:53]Describe your wedding ceremony.

[00:09:56]Who attended your wedding?

[00:10:00]Where did you go for your honeymoon?

[00:10:04]What are some special memories from your relationship?

[00:10:10]How do you and your spouse handle household chores?

[00:10:16]Do you have joint accounts or credit cards?

[00:10:21]What is your spouse's favorite food or hobby?

[00:10:27]What kind of car does your spouse drive?

[00:10:31]How do you spend weekends together?

[00:10:35]Do you have any pets? And if so, what are their names?

[00:10:42]What are the names of your spouse's parents and siblings?

[00:10:47]How does your spouse typically spend their day?

[00:10:52]What is your spouse's favorite movie or TV show?

[00:10:58]These questions may seem trivial, but they are trying to establish if your marriage is legitimate. If your marriage is legitimate and you married somebody who you fell in love with, got to know, you will be able to answer these questions. You should be able to answer these questions. If your marriage is a sham, a fake marriage, and you basically married a stranger or paid to marry somebody just to gain status, usually you don't have these questions answered correctly because you never took the time to establish these grounds. What is your spouse's favorite food or hobby?

[00:11:44]Please remember that they will also separate you from your spouse and ask these same questions. So, if you are taken into a room different from your spouse and they ask your spouse, "What kind of car does your spouse drive and your spouse says a Toyota Corolla?"

[00:12:05]while you are in another room, say a MercedesBenz, that will be a big red flag. If you answer these questions wrong, your marriage could be seen as a sham marriage, especially if you are somebody who is going for your status through marriage.

[00:12:25]Here are some additional questions.

[00:12:28]Have you traveled outside of the United States since submitting your green card application?

[00:12:35]Do you have any plans to travel abroad in the near future?

[00:12:40]Do you have any relatives who are US citizens?

[00:12:46]Have you ever applied for a green card before? And if so, please provide the details.

[00:12:55]Why do you want to live permanently in the United States?

[00:13:03]Do you have any medical conditions that require ongoing treatment?

[00:13:09]Have you ever received public assistance or benefits in the United States?

[00:13:18]Are you currently enrolled in any educational programs?

[00:13:24]How do you plan to support yourself financially in the United States? All of these questions are basically designed to tell them if you are going to be a burden to the system, a welfare child basically, or if you will be able to be that law-abiding, taxpaying citizen, hardworking earner that they are looking for, especially under the Trump administration, the one that speaks about ongoing medical condition that requires ongoing treatment.

[00:14:00]They are basically looking for people who are fit and who will not be a burden to the system because if you are granted papers to be in the United States of America and then you cannot support yourself financially, the government will have to pick up the bill for your medical needs.

[00:14:20]It's best to leave you in your country where you are at.

[00:14:25]How do you plan to support yourself financially in the United States?

[00:14:31]Are you familiar with US history and government?

[00:14:38]What cultural or community activities are you involved in?

[00:14:43]Do you own property or have financial assets in the United States or abroad?

[00:14:53]What are your long-term goals and aspirations in the United States?

[00:15:00]How do you plan to contribute to your local community?

[00:15:06]Have you taken steps to integrate into American society, such as learning English or participating in community events?

[00:15:17]Here are some tips for preparing and succeeding in a green card interview.

[00:15:25]The first thing you want to do is you want to review your application repeatedly a couple of times.

[00:15:32]Familiarize yourself with the information that you have provided in these green card application and be prepared to discuss and to confirm the details during the interview. Do not put stuff on the application in a hurry and then go to this interview and forgot what you have placed on the application.

[00:15:56]You want to gather necessary documents.

[00:15:59]Bring all original copies of all necessary documents. not photocopies original documents including your passport, marriage certificates, employment records and any other supporting paperwork.

[00:16:18]Practice common questions.

[00:16:22]This is why we have provided this list of common questions. Use the list of common question interview questions to practice your responses.

[00:16:33]Consider doing a mock interview with a friend or a family member just to build your confidence on how you will sit there to answer these questions. A lot of the times people are just so nervous in these interviews that it makes you seem as if you are making stuff up, you are lying or you are hiding something when in truth you're being very truthful. You're just nervous and it shows.

[00:17:04]Be honest and be clear.

[00:17:08]Answer all the questions truthfully and concisely. If you don't understand a question, politely ask for clarification.

[00:17:16]Can you rephrase that for me? Can you say that again, please? I did not understand.

[00:17:25]Don't rush to answer the questions.

[00:17:30]Make sure you are answering to exactly what you heard and make sure what you heard is exactly what was asked.

[00:17:40]Dress professionally.

[00:17:43]First impressions do matter. Dress in professional attire to convey respect and seriousness about the interview process.

[00:17:54]Then you must maintain composure. Stay calm. Breathe.

[00:18:00]Stay composed during your interview.

[00:18:03]Take deep breaths if you feel nervous and focus on one question at a time.

[00:18:13]One of the most important parts is to work with an immigration attorney.

[00:18:19]Now many of people have not worked with any immigration attorneys and they have still been successful at this process.

[00:18:26]But if you are somebody who your case is unique in its own way as in it has many twists and turns, then you might want to work with an attorney. An experienced immigration attorney can provide invaluable guidance and support throughout the interview process.

[00:18:48]They can help you to prepare, address any concerns, and even accompany you to your interview.

[00:19:02]Leave your comments in the comments section below and I'll catch you on the next video. Tell me if this list of questions or possible questions is helpful or if you have already been through this process and you find this to be exactly how it was. Catch you on the next video. I'm out. Peace.