1.Documents
Have all the original documents ready as soon as received your interview notice. Never wait for the last few days to get things ready. It will mostly end up that your won't have it ready for the interview. It is certain that your bring all the documents that are asked for by the Canadian Immigration Authority. The required documents which the Canadian Immigration Authorities may not have asked for but could be very useful for you to present during interview.
a.Brochures of your companies which describe your employer's business.
b.Photographs of your work place, products that you are involved with.
c.Any awards or articles in magazines.
d.Any other materials that help to prove your professional credentials.

2.Attire/Dress Code
You must be properly dressed for the interview. For males, a dark color suit with coordinating neck tie, the shirt must be clean preferably new with the right collar size, shoes must be well shined, your underwear should not be seen around the collar, hair well groomed and nails must be clean. For females, wear suit with skirt, plain blouse (try to stay away from big floral patterns), wear light make-up, nails be polished if all possible, hair well groomed, light perfume may be desired. All clothes must be dry cleaned to eliminate any undesirable odor. Immigration interview is a serious affair, not like having a casual dinner, so let your jacket stays on.

3.Manner during interview
Business manner must be maintained during the entire interview. Don't shake your body especially your legs, control your tone of speech, remember fluently doesn't mean quickly, so don't rush your speed in order to show off your fluency in English, that will only mean Foolish not Fluent because the visa officer will likely not be able to understand what you are saying. Address visa officers by calling them "officer". You shall not address the officer by their first or last name even if you know it. Maintain eye contact. If you can't hear the question or are not sure of the question, asking the officer to repeat by saying politely, "Pardon me" or "Officer, would you please repeat your question!"

4.Control your emotion
Everybody is likely to be nervous before or during the interview. Remember being nervous will only bring down your performance. So control it, be confidently, take a deep breath. Never speak when you are nervous as the officer will likely be unable to hear you. Calm down before you speak. Visa officers are used to nervous applicants, so don't be afraid to pause and start again after you have calmed down your emotion. Just make sure to remember where you stopped.

5.On interview day
Make sure to be at the Embassy office at least 30 minutes interview time. That means reporting to the receptionist and handing in personal basic documents. Then take a seat and wait for your personal interview

6.The real thing "the interview"
After generally a short wait after your interview time, you will be called in by the interviewing officer. Don't be alarmed if you wait for hours, it happens quite often and it does not mean that your application has been refused or been prejudiced. It just means that your visa officer is likely tied up by other attars or the wait was caused by an overrun in the time of the prior interview. Therefore, sit tight, relax and stay calm. Remember control speech tone, raise you head, maintain eye contact, know your duties well.
The visa officer will likely greet you by your last name together with "How are you doing today?" You should reply with a smile and say" Apart from feeling nervous, I an doing fine! Thank you!" Remember, you should always address the visa officer by calling them "Officer".
Most importantly, make sure that you understand the question clearly. It is embarrassing as well as showing great deficiency in English if you keep on providing wrong answers to different questions. Watch for words such as how, when, where, why. For example, When you want to come to Canada is completely different from Why do you want to go to Canada! How did you get your first job does not mean when did you get your first job. Becareful!
Then, the officer will lead you into his/her room. He/She will likely then tell you his/her name and that he/she is in charge of your personal interview. The officer will ask you and your spouse whether there has been any changes on your application since you filed the application. The changes may be on marital status, employment, baby on the way etc. This is the time to advise the officer if there are changes or errors on your application. Then the important question starts:

Q.1 Would you please tell me about yourself?
(There is no need to mention your name, your marital status, your birthday etc. All this information are on the application form and it will appear too primary if you spar saying, My name is ……, born in Shanghai in 1900 and I am married and my wife's name is…… please don't do this!!!!!!)
The applicant should introduce himself by starting from the year he first attended university, the name of the university, his major, what year he graduated and received his diploma or bachelor and make to state his major. Then move on to tell employment history. It should include job titles, employers' name, length of employment. Then the applicant should pause at this stage since it is not desirable for the applicant to speak for the long length since it will be difficult to organize and it will be too boring for the officer to listen to. This may also give the visa officer time to ask you questions relating to your education). If the visa officer didn't ask the question, the applicant may ask the officer "Officer, should I tell you my job duties?"

Q.2 Tell me about the courses that you took in University? (Start with the final year, it is not necessary to tell the officer the first year courses. But you must be able to tell visa officer in English and English only of the course name. If you don't know the English name of the Courses, get to know them now!)

Q.3 Can you show me your transcript? (If it is not available, you must tell the officer the reason why it is not available. The transcript should be in English.)

Q.4 Why does your current job have no relation to your education?
Come up with your answer and have it approved by New Oriental information.

Q.5 What is your current job title?

Q.6 Have you had your professional qualifications assessed by Canadian Professional Standard Authorities? (For example, Engineers, Technologists and Architects should have their qualifications Pre_approved by their respective governing body). Show your assessment or provide an answer why you haven't had it done.

Q.7 Does your job require any professional qualification?
Have you received the necessary qualification from the Chinese Professional Standard Authorities? (For Engineers, explain that it takes five years or more in China to have the Engineer Qualification Assessed)

Q.8 Would you please show me your employer's reference letter?
Be prepared that you should be able to talk about your job duties as stated in the letter but don't recite the contents or you will mislead the officer into thinking that you have written the reference letter yourself. If you cannot provide the reference letter because they are afraid that their employer will find out about their immigration application and terminate their employment, which will also mean losing their housing.

Q.9 Would you tell me the nature of your company's operation?
What does your employer do?
Tell me about your business?
Where do you buy your supplies, what is the name of your supplier?
Tell me the names of your business contacts?
Do you do any business with Canada?
Do you have any business contact in Canada?

Q.10 Tell me about your organization?
What do you report to/
How many workers report to you?
Who report to you?
Describe the department that you work in and tell me how many workers in the departments.
How is your work duties compared to other colleague's?

Q.11 Would you tell me about your job duties?
You must be able to tell the officer your job duties in great detail and they should be in accordance with the Canadian Immigration requirements. Prepare your own answer and have it reviewed by our office. Our answer should cover your daily work, specific duties and responsibilities, scope of services, machinery or tools that you use, special trade skills that you possess, any inventions and patents, publications and specialties etc.

Q.12 Would you tell me why you change from job A to job B?
Would you tell me how you found your last job?
How did you find your first job?

Q.13 Do you have any special achievements in your work?
Do you hold any patent for product or technology?
Tell me about your publications.
Do you have any proof for the above?

Q.14 Do you deal with any foreigners at work?
Do you have any foreign customers?

Q.15 Have you ever been overseas for work or for study?

Q.16 Where did you learn English?

Q.17 Tell me about your professional training.
Have you received any special training relation to your training?
Tell me about the training that you received overseas.

Q.18 Why is your job title on the notarized certificate different from that on your application?
(It is important for the applicant to provide a clear and precise answer. This is a common situation since job title often does not reflect the actual duties and therefore we have to put down a job title which is understandable by the Canadian Immigration Regulations. This is very, very normal, so don't be afraid if your job title is Engineer and in fact you are a computer programmer.)

Q.19 You seem to have a nice profession in China, why do you want to come to Canada and quit you job?

Q.20 Can you quit your job without compensating your employer?
Is your employment under contract?

The visa officer may at this time turn to your spouse and ask the spouse and ask the spouse briefly of his/her work. The question will be similar to the above but likely be shorter. In the case that the spouse is also qualified, the officers may ask for more details relating to his/her job.
After this, the officer will likely ask some general questions.
Questions about CANADA:

Q.1 What do you know about Canada?
You should be able to discuss briefly the geographic location of Canada, its population, its capital, name of major cities, official language etc. Refer to our general information sheet on Canada.

Q.2 Why do you want to come to Canada?
Why are you immigrating to Canada?
What makes you select Canada as your immigration destination?
How is Canada compare to other nations? Such as USA, New Zealand, Australia etc. Why didn't you go there instead?

Q.3 Have you ever been to Canada? If yes, what city and for how long?
What do you think of Canada?

Settlement in Canada:

Q.1 How are you going to settle down in Canada?
Tell me how you are going to be successfully established in Canada.
Tell me about your settlement plan.
Tell me why you are confident to settle in Canada when you have no friends or contacts in Canada coupled with limited financial resources.
Do you have a budget plan? How much will you be spending on rent, food etc.?
How are you going to use your money upon arrival in Canada?

Q.2 Tell me what kind of work that you will be looking for in Canada.
Have you contacted any prospective Canadian employer?
Have you tried to explore the Canadian job market?(Applicants are encouraged to look for jobs in Canada through INTERNET resource provided by this book.)

Q.3 Similar jobs in Canada to what you are now doing in China requires professional licensing, have you received the license from the Chinese Professional body?
Do you think what you can obtain the necessary professional license in Canada?
Have you studied about the licensing requirements in Canada?

Q.4 You indicated that a Canada company is ready to offer you a job in Canada, do you have the job offer? Do you understand that a validated job offer requires approval from Canadian Local Employment and Human Resource office, Which is extremely difficult to obtain?

Q.5 Tell me why you are coming to Canada in light of high unemployment rate?

Q.6 Tell me how you are going to find a job in Canada? (The answers should be through employment center, agency, newspaper, direct contact with employers, through friends, community organizations and news, neighbors, etc.)

Q.7 Tell me why you are settling in Toronto/Vancouver.
Q.8 Do you plan to study in Canada?(Your intention should be coming to Canada as an independent worker.)

Q.9 What is your immigration intention?

Q.10 Do you intend to reside permanently in Canada?

Q.11 Will your parents or other family member join you later in Canada?

Personal and financial concerns:
Q.1 Will your marital status change in the very near future? Will you get married?
Are there any family members on the way (Are you pregnant)?

Q.2 do you have any proof for your bank savings? Would you explain why your deposit was made so recently? Would you explain to me how you accumulated your bank savings? Your monthly salary is only say 400 RMB (this is just an example!) a month, you has been working for five years, would you explain how you accumulated this US $ 10,000 savings?

Q.3 Did your parents give you any financial support?

Q.4 Will you be able to bring all your savings to Canada?

Q.5 You are married with one child, but you are applying to Canada alone, would you tell me the reason? Will your wife and child join you later?

Q.6 Do you have friends in Canada? If yes, what is the name of your friend and where did you meet him/her? What does your friend do in Canada and how long has your friend been in Canada? what does your friend do and what business is your friend in?

Q.7 On your application form, you indicated that your friend Mr.A, in the city of Vancouver/Toronto will be helping you upon your arrival, would you tell me where you met this person?
Is this person a Canadian Citizen or resident?
How long have you know this person?
What does this person do in Canada and how long has this person been Canada?

Q.8 You indicated that you have a relative in Canada (qualified relatives are Aunt, Uncle, Nephew and Niece), would you show me proof of your relative's residence status in Canada?
The proof can be in the form of record of landing or copy of passport.
Would you tell me what your relative does in Canada?
Have you communicated with your relative about your immigration plan?
Is your relative in Canada willing to assist you when you arrive in Canada?
How long has your relative been in Canada?
When is the last time that you contact you contact your relative in Canada?
Will you be staying with your relative when you arrive in Canada?

Test of English writing ability

Visa officers are known to ask applicants some question about your IELTS or let you to read an article from the newspaper in order to assess the applicant's reading ability. Common questions are similar to the ones stated earlier.

Test of English reading ability

Visa officers are known to ask applicants to read an article from the newspaper in order to assess the applicant's reading ability. Then the officer will ask the applicant to talk on the major topic of the article.

Conclusion of the Interview

The interview officer will likely conclude your interview by telling you whether you have passed or failed your interview. The officer will also ask you whether you have any questions for him/her. You may be asked for the timing that you are available for immigration. If there are any outlining the outstanding items. With this letter on hand, you can apply for your passport if you have not already done so. He /She may even give you his/her business card. You may also be asked to sign on page four, item 33 Solemn Declaration of your application. Hard times should be over by now!

ABOUT CANADA
Economic:

Steady growth, has never gone through a recession, and has never gone through a boom; according to statistics; although the government and big companies are not hiring; but the small companies are hiring, export sector is growing very fast. Pulp, paper, lobster, crab. Other seafood, telecommunication equipment, Montreal Power Corporation, Northern Telecommunication Corporation; active in China for oil and gas exploration; good technology for environmental protection; good engineering skills, Asian businessmen will contribute a lot to Canada.

Culture;

Built by immigrants, multicultural society; population:28,000,000,10% Chinese,50% of immigrants from Asia per year; Province of Quebec speaks French; in Toronto, first language is English, second Italian, Chinese close to second; Vancouver English first Chinese second; ministry of multicultural, multicultural aspect in Canada is becoming more important and is attracting immigrants from different countries in the world.

Environment:

Second largest country; cold in winter in most territories; offer a lot of beautiful scenery in the world; Vancouver is the warmest city: city of Calgary in 1980 host Olympic game; Canada is a clean, beautiful and safe place to live.

Resources:

Good resources in oil and gas; lumber industry; seafood, agricultural products, export of wheat to China increase every year.

Education:

Best education system in the world; primary and secondary education are free to residents of Canada; Close to 80 universities, Close to one hundred of College, financial aids available to students; to