Going abroad?hmm, so you have to prepare yourself.
In this video lesson, I'm going to show you 7 very common questions immigration officers
ask at the airport and how to answer them confidently.
Hey friends, teacher Prix here to help you talk to anyone anywhere anytime in English
thank you so much for joining me on another video.
I hope you enjoy this lesson and make sure to subscribe so you don't miss any of my weekly
videos.
But here we go, the first thing you need to know about these questions is wherever you
go, ok every airport you go around the world these are very common questions, so you probably
need them everywhere you go, ok so the nice thing about this video is, this video doesn't
only prepare you to go through immigration in The United States but in England, in Canada,
in Australia, ok the second thing you need to know is short answers you don't need to
talk about all your dreams and plans and how excited you are and how happy you are.
No!
Give short answers, answer the question correctly and quickly, ok.
And third keep calm!
If you get too tense the immigration officer can get a little suspicious ok if you get
too nervous too tense they can ask you more questions not the other way around, alright?
Nice!
Now let's get down to business.
So here we go, question number 1: May I see your passport?
This is pretty obvious, they wanna see your document, your passport.
You can just give the passport to the immigration officer or you can say "here it is" or "here
you are" these are the most common ways to answer this question.
Number 2 how long do you intend to stay?there are, there may be some different ways to ask
this question but the idea is the same "how long will you be staying in the United States?"
or how long will you be staying here?ok, how long do you intend to stay?Remember, short
answers.
For a week, for a month, for two weeks, a week, a month, as long as you give the information
they are asking you don't need to give long answers about that.
Nice, number 3 What's the purpose of your visit?
hmm another very common question.
In this question, they want to know why you are traveling.
There are 2 main reasons why people travel, well, actually 3 - tourism, business, study,
ok?
So, you have to say what you're doing in the United States or in Canada or Australia, you
have to explain what you're doing there.ok, so I'm here for a business conference, that's
something you can say.I'm here on a business trip.
I'm here to go to an Exchange school or I'm here to study English for a month or I'm here
on vacation, I'm going to Disney!
Ok, so these are some possible ways to answer this question.
And remember, you don't need to give a long explanation ok?
Just say the main reason why you're staying in that country.
Nice! are you enjoying this video?
yes?I hope so!
So far 3 questions, I have 4 more questions to show you but before that how about sharing
this video with someone who is about to travel or maybe with your friends on facebook, I'm
pretty sure you can help someone with this video.
But here we go, question number 4 what do you do?
what is your occupation?Basically here, I want to know about your job so all you can
say is "I'm a..." and the occupation.
I'm a teacher, I am a doctor, I'm an engineer, I'm a student.
If you say you are not working they will probably ask you more questions ok, so just try to
say what you do and if they ask you where you work, you will have to say.
They asked me this question the last time I went there (USA) they asked me what I did
and where I worked, ok?
Number 5 are you traveling alone?
if the answer is yes, awesome!
so you say "yes, I'm alone" if the answer is no my friends, all you have to say is who
you are traveling with so then you say "no, I'm not.
I'm traveling with" my brother, I'm traveling with my parents, I'm traveling with my boyfriend,
with my girlfriend, with my husband, with my wife, you need to say who you're traveling
with but not the name, I'm traveling with Jack.
Who is Jack?ok, say the connection, the relationship you have with the person, I'm traveling with
my sister not with "patricia", I'm traveling with my sister.
I'm traveling with my husband, I'm traveling with my boyfriend, ok?
Number 6 do you have any family here?
hmm, they basically want to know if you have a family member living in the United States
or in England or wherever you're going.
This is a tricky question, if the answer is no, awesome!so, no, I don't!
if the answer is yes, you will say Yes, I do.
But you'll probably have to say who lives in that country.
Yes I do, I have a cousin who lives here, Yes I do.
I have a sister who lives here or I have an uncle who lives here.
Be prepared to answer more questions about this family member.
They will probably ask their name, their phone number, their email, their address, their
occupation, what they are doing in America or in whatever country they are, so if the
answer is be prepared to answer more questions about this family member.
Number 7 have you ever been here before?
Basically they want to know if it is your first time in the USA or in another country
or if you have been to that place before.
So if the answer is no, No, It is my first time here!
If the answer is yes, then you can say when more less when so Yes, in 2010 or Yes, about
two weeks ago or yes, last year so say more less when you went to that place.
ok?
They can ask you what you were doing and you can say well, I was on vacation, ok or I was
here on business, or I was studying English so these are some possibilities to explain
the purpose of your previous visit if they ask you remember, you don't need to say this,
only if they ask you, ok?
And I know I said 7 but I have one more, bonus question!
where will you be staying?
ok, this is a common question too.
So it is interesting to say where you're staying, if for example you're staying at a hotel,
you can say the name of the hotel you're staying.I'm staying at the Pacific Hotel on Times Square
or I'm staying at the Pacific Hotel in Manhattan.
Sometimes they can sometimes ask you for the address, but it is not always the case, ok?
but this is a common question they can ask and in many cases they will ask this question.
Nice, there you go now you are ready to go through immigration anywhere ok around the
world because with English you can talk to anyone anywhere anytime, thank you so much
friends and I'll see you next time, bye!