Our law office specializes in immigration and visa acquisition in Israel. In this article, attorney Joshua Pex, a partner in our firm, will explain why the Ministry of Interior checks for contradictions in the interview, and which contradictions can cause a rejection of a request for status in Israel.<\/p>\n
What is the purpose of the interview?<\/h4>\n
The purpose of the interview, therefore, is to review the whole history of the relationship. How the couple met, how they fell in love, how “sincere” are their feelings and their relationship.<\/p>\n Naturally, it’s hard to evaluate whether someone is telling the truth when asked “Do you love each other?”. Arguments based on social consensus – “A beautiful young woman cannot really fall in love with a rich old man” – are neither objective nor legally valid. Therefore, officials seek contradictions in the interview that can be objectively proven, and which arguably accumulate to prove that the couple don’t really know each other, so there is reasonable suspicion that the relationship is not real and sincere.<\/p>\n Some common questions are: How old is each partner? What course have their life taken to this day? Were they married in the past? How many family members, children, brothers and sisters does each spouse have? How old are said family members, and what do they do for a living?<\/p>\n![\"Contradictions](\"https:\/\/lawfirmbackup_200125.k1uagm.ap-southeast-2.wpstaqhosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/adult-affection-care-1251177-150x150.jpg\")
Bluntly – to find out whether the marriage or relationship is fictitious. According to the Population Authority, about 10% of joint-life applications between Israeli and foreign citizens are false. The foreign citizen deceives or pays the Israeli<\/a> in order to obtain legal status in Israel.<\/p>\nWhat contradictions in the interview do the officials look for?<\/h4>\n