Returning resident border interview practice
Residence status, time spent abroad, continuing ties and plans after returning at the border. Practise the 5 questions the real interviewer asks with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
Free with an Intaviu account: 320 credits a month, at 10 credits a minute of practice. Private: interview creators never see them.
- 10 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About this interview
A returning resident border interview may examine whether you still meet the conditions attached to your residence status after time abroad. The officer is likely to compare your travel account, continuing ties and reason for returning with the information already held on your case.
How to prepare
- Build an accurate travel timeline from your own records before you practise.
- Review the official immigration authority's current rules on absences and returning residents.
- Prepare a short explanation for each long absence without adding details you cannot support.
- Identify the strongest evidence of your continuing residence and current return plans.
- Ask a qualified immigration adviser about any possible loss of status or difficult travel history.
Common mistakes
- Estimating travel dates when your own records can provide an accurate answer.
- Giving a long explanation before answering the officer's direct question.
- Claiming that an absence cannot affect status without checking the official rules.
- Presenting future intentions as proof of ties that existed during the absence.
What to expect
A real mock interview
5 questions the way the real interviewer asks, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 4 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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