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My initial question:
Assuming that your native language is English, and your interview language is English. However, you showed proof of Intermediate proficiency in French through documentation other than taking the TEF . Would your French be assessed at the interview. E.g. by being asked questions in French? Yijie,
What do you think? Or anyone who has been through the interview?
Sharon,
I was not asking you!!! You have not had an interview, and you already gave your response. I don´t know why you are responding to a question that specifically asks for someone who has been through the interview. Please refrain from answering questions unless you have hard facts. If you´re not sure about something please don´t write anything.
[15-02-2005,20:23]
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Anonymous |
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(in reply to: Language skills)
I am sorry. I didn´t get AOR yet. I haven´t experienced interview. Sorry to wrote down too many stuff about Canada, consider I have already lived here for a while. However, I am not PR yet.
If you wrote down interview language in English, I don?t think they will conduct French interview instead. Maybe they will ask you a limited questions in French, if you claimed basic stuff.
Hey dude, try to be friendly to Sharon ok? She is such warm heart person. Don?t try to discourage people, if you wanna ask questions to those damn lawyers, feel free to go there and let them rip you off. Sharon didn?t charge a penny to answer your question.
[15-02-2005,21:08]
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Yijie |
(in reply to: Language skills)
I do not need to have lived through an interview to read the endless information out there that validates my answer. If you have claimed any proficiency in one or both languages without formal test results to back up your claim, you must be prepared to defend your points in an interview. This is not rocket science.
direct from Campbell, Cohen website...
The Selection Interview
The selection interview is a very important aspect of any application for permanent resident status in Canada. You, the applicant, may be required to meet with a representative of the Canadian and/or Quebec government (for applicants destined to Montreal or another city in the Province of Quebec) in order to discuss your qualifications for immigration to Canada. Although interview waiving is becoming more common for Skilled Worker applicants, the selection interview remains the usual procedure for the majority of applicants worldwide. If you are required to attend an interview at a Visa Office which often waives interviews, this does not necessarily mean that there is a problem with your application. It could simply mean that the Visa Office is auditing its interview waiver procedures for the purposes of quality control.
The selection interview is designed with three primary purposes in mind:
To verify information presented in your application;
To determine your "personal suitability" plus that of your dependants;
To counsel you and your family once you have been approved for entry into Canada.
Regarding the first point, the immigration officer must determine the accuracy of all facts presented in your application. During the interview, your supporting documentation may be examined, YOUR LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY MAY BE ASSESSED, and you may be asked to elaborate on information presented in your written application.
The issue of personal suitability, seemingly vague in its terminology, does have some degree of foundation in the selection guidelines which are used by immigration officers. There are several specific qualities and attributes, such as motivation and resourcefulness, which are sought in applicants; these are assumed to reflect the individual´s ability to successfully settle in Canada.
Keep in mind that the immigration officer possesses wide discretionary authority. If, in his or her judgment, you would make an ideal candidate for entry into Canada, the officer may use this authority to admit you even if you would not otherwise qualify. Likewise, the immigration officer may feel that there are reasons that may prevent you from becoming successfully established in Canada and can thus use the same authority to refuse your application.
Once an immigration officer has determined that you are qualified for immigration to Canada, the selection interview becomes an opportunity for the immigration officer to provide you with information concerning your upcoming relocation. This may include information about living and/or working conditions in the area where you intend to reside.
[15-02-2005,21:20]
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sharon |
(in reply to: Language skills)
Sharon, Sharon, Sharon ...
You have to be careful where you take your information from. If you look at the websites of different lawyers, they all say different things. The only real proof is what CIC says, and I am quoting them from one of the letters they sent me, "at no time will language skills be assessed at the interview". Like the previous email says, if you aren´t sure about something, don´t say anything. I think that´s the best advice you could get.
[15-02-2005,21:46]
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Anonymous |
(in reply to: Language skills)
so are you suggesting that an applicant can create a proof of second language - without providing test results and feel confident that they can lie through their teeth and never have to defend their claim? Given we are talking up to 8 points... Come on!
[15-02-2005,22:10]
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sharon |
(in reply to: Language skills)
Your language skills are assessed long before you even get to the interview, based on the supporting documentation you have provided. It is left to the immigration officer´s discretion as to how many points he assigns, based on his assessment of the supporting document. If at that time the officer thinks the documents are not conclusive he will not assign very high points, if any. They are well trained to spot fraud, and are definitely not stupid. It is naive to think that the immigration officer is stupid enough to give points simply based on what someone says. Of course applicants have to provide enough proof.
Seriously, do you really think they could possibly assess someone´s language skills at an interview??? How in the world would they be able to test listening, speaking, writing and reading skills at the interview??? The TEF is almost a 4 hour examination. Will they interview you for 4 hours, just to test your language skills??? That idea is simply ridiculous.
[15-02-2005,22:24]
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Anonymous |
(in reply to: Language skills)
I maintain my position that an applicant must be prepared to answer questions about their language proficiency in the same way that must be prepared to answer questions about every other aspect of their application. How that occurs... and in which language would likely depend on the applicant and the immigration officer. If the points are close to 67 and there is 8 points claimed for a second language without testing... my guess is the questions would come in that second language.
[15-02-2005,23:10]
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sharon |
(in reply to: Language skills)
I think you are both right. The interview would be to verify or clarify information in the application. The interview would not be to assess language skills, that is the whole point of documentation at time of application (as one wrote), or a standardized test. Simultaneously, one best be prepared at interview for anything, including questions about second language, perhaps in the second language.
[16-02-2005,01:43]
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Greg |
(in reply to: Language skills)
Greg... thank you. at least I know one person understood what I was trying to say.
[16-02-2005,14:02]
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sharon |
interview (in reply to: Language skills)
hi i have my interview in a couple of days to get my CSQ. can anyone provide me with questions they usually ask
[02-04-2009,09:51]
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kevin |
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