Citizenship, new requirement for time in country
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Exactly the same, wanted to know where I was born, lived, brought up, studied, what I did at work, why I wanted to be Chilean, why I waited 15 years after I was eligible. Really interested in why 4 of my 5 kids went back to Canada after growing up here and one stayed. Wanted to know about my granddaughter who is Chilean. What my wife did, whether she was Canadian also. Very casual and not like he was trying to trip me up.
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I could probably muddle through the Chilean football questions. I am terrified someone will ask me to sing the national anthem. It would come out just like the garbled / mumbled national anthem you hear on TV.bigfort wrote:That sounds horrible! I am originally from a soccer playing European country, but I have no interest in the sport and would likely fail any kind of sports question asked about the sports team of anything in any country. Even if there is nothing to worry about, i'll be nervous.admin wrote: Now, that said, sometimes they do want to interview you; but, there is no real set test. I have heard of them asking about everything from Chilean history to how the Chilean football team did last year. I guess the administrative rule just says they should ask questions, with no real guidance about what to ask or why.
Would it be an idea to try to assemble lists of questions previously asked and study them? Or would this just be a waste of time?

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Looks like he was more interested about your personal life than asking you about Bernardo O'Higgins or Lautaro, how many stars the Chilean flag hasdmwbmw2 wrote:Exactly the same, wanted to know where I was born, lived, brought up, studied, what I did at work, why I wanted to be Chilean, why I waited 15 years after I was eligible. Really interested in why 4 of my 5 kids went back to Canada after growing up here and one stayed. Wanted to know about my granddaughter who is Chilean. What my wife did, whether she was Canadian also. Very casual and not like he was trying to trip me up.

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No interview for me or questions of any kind.
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No, I didn't follow through because their offer was contingent on me joining the Colegio de Ingenieros and it was just too
Much of a hassle.
Much of a hassle.
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I understand. Maybe you should try again in a year or so. You may get someone else in the interviewdmwbmw2 wrote:No, I didn't follow through because their offer was contingent on me joining the Colegio de Ingenieros and it was just too
Much of a hassle.
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Did you apply for the citizenship or drivers license?wineman12 wrote:No interview for me or questions of any kind.
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Permanent residency
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@dmwbmw2: If you got to speak abut the personal history of four kids -- how long did this interview take? Or was this something he/she could figure out by looking at your papers alone?
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About 45 minutes.
I did notice towards the end that he had a lot of info on his computer that wasn't in my application, i.e. The complete history of all my and my family's trips and visa changes, etc.
I did notice towards the end that he had a lot of info on his computer that wasn't in my application, i.e. The complete history of all my and my family's trips and visa changes, etc.
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Interesting. I believe they used to have the info about my trips the border guards computers. But last time I came in, about a month ago, I had switched passports, and after flciking through all pages of my passport, the border guard asked me how i left the country. I told him an approximate date, but added that I wasn't sure and said that surely this was to be found in his system. He answered that it wasn't there unless I had "antecedentes". Maybe they only have it for temporary residents.
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Well, permanent residency is not the same as getting citizenship, read the thread.wineman12 wrote:Permanent residency
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