SAMPLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS |
SAMPLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS (Consular, adjustment of status, or marriage fraud interview)
1. Development of Your Relationship
Where did you meet?
What did the two of you have in common?
Where did you go for dates?
When did your relationship turn romantic?
How long was it before you decided to get married?
Who proposed to whom?
Why did you decide to have a [long, short] engagement?
Did your parents approve of the match? Why or why not?
2. The Wedding
How many people attended your wedding?
Did each of your parents attend?
Where was the wedding held?
Was there music or other entertainment?
What kind of cake (or other food) did you serve?
Who were the bridesmaids/groomsmen?
How late did the guests stay?
Did the bride change clothes for the reception?
Did you serve liquor? What kind?
Did anyone get drunk or otherwise embarrass themselves at the reception? Who? Describe.
What time did you and the [bride or groom] leave the reception?
Did you go on a honeymoon? When did you leave? How did you get there? What airlines?
3. Regular Routines
Who gets up first? At what time?
How many alarm clocks do you set in the morning?
Who makes breakfast?
What do each of you eat for breakfast?
Does your spouse drink coffee in the morning?
What time do the working spouse or spouses arrive home?
Who cleans the house?
What day is your garbage picked up?
Who takes care of paying the bills?
Do you have a joint bank account? Where?
Do you have a cat, dog, or other pet? Who feeds it? Who walks it (or cleans its kitty litter box, cage, etc.)?
Do you and/or your spouse attend regular religious services? Where?
4. The Kids
Who picks up the children at school?
Who packs lunches for the kids?
What are their favorite toys/activities?
What are their least favorite foods?
Which children (if any) still use a car seat?
What is your usual babysitters name?
5. The Cooking
How many times a week on average do you eat out?
What is your favorite restaurant for special occasions? For weekly outings?
Who does most of the cooking?
Who does the grocery shopping? Where?
Is there a particular food that you eat every week?
What is your spouses favorite/least favorite food?
What color are the kitchen curtains?
Do you have a barbecue grill? Do you use it?
6. Other Family Members
Have you met each others parents?
How often do you see each others parents?
When was the last time you saw them? Where? For how long?
On important holidays, do you buy individual gifts for your parents-in-law? Do they buy individual
gifts for you?
How do each of you get along with your parents-in-law?
Which other members of your spouses family do you see frequently? When was the last time
you saw them? What did you do together?
7. Home Technology
How many telephones are in your house? Where are they?
Do you have an answering machine on your telephone? Who checks the messages?
How many televisions are in the house? In which rooms? Do you watch shows together, or separately? Name one show that you always watch together.
Do you have a VCR? Do you use it only to watch videos, or do you record any television
shows?
Does your spouse listen to the radio? What station?
How many cars do you have?
Do you have a garage? Who parks in it? Do you use a garage door opener?
Do you have a camera? Who uses it most often? Who takes pictures at important family
occasions?
8. In the Bedroom
What size is your bed (Twin, Queen, or King)?
Do you have a regular mattress, futon, or waterbed?
How many windows are there in your bedroom?
What color are your spouses pajamas?
Who sleeps on each side of the bed?
What form of contraception (birth control) do you use?
When was your wifes last menstrual period?
Where do you keep your toothbrushes? What kind of toothpaste, soap, and shampoo does
each of you use?
Do either of you read or watch television before going to sleep? Do you have lamps next
to your bed?
Have you ever had an argument that resulted in one of you sleeping in another room? Who,
and which room?
9. The Rest of the House
Do you live in a home or apartment? Who pays the mortgage or rent? How much is it?
Is there a carpet in your front hallway? What color?
Is your sofa a regular one or does it have a pull-out bed? Have you ever had house guests
sleep there?
W hat type of curtains or window coverings are in your living room? What color?
How many staircases are in your house?
How many sinks, toilets, and showers are there in your house or apartment in total?
Do you leave any lights on when you go to sleep at night?
10. Celebrations
When is your spouses birthday?
What did you do for your spouses last birthday?
How did you celebrate your most recent wedding anniversary?
What religious holidays do you celebrate together?
Whats the most important holiday of the year in your household? Where do you typically
celebrateit?
Have you and your spouse gone to see a movie or other form of entertainment lately? When, and what did you see?
What did the two of you do last New Years Eve? Fourth of July?
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