Oath during interview

[josh000]

Is there an oath during the interview? Is it religious? What if you are an atheist?

 

[radovic]

That is good question.
I wonder the same but I think that you just need to rise right hand and say few things after him. Don't know if that is "oath".

 

[slash_dot]

Is there an oath during the interview? Is it religious? What if you are an atheist?

As far as I've read, an applicant is asked to place their fingers in a fingerprint scanner, after which they're requested to raise their right hand to which the CO asks:

"Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?"

to which the applicant would presumably answer:

"Yes."

I think an applicant (in theory) can choose to affirm instead of swear, but I've never heard of this occurring in practice.

That being said, it has nothing to do with being atheistic or not. If any potential Visa applicant is smart enough, whether the CO happens to mention God, or asks the applicant to place their left hand on the Bible/other religious scripture is entirely irrelevant. This is because there are so many other pitfalls that could screw up an interview it would be crazy to cause an unnecessary and avoidable problem/issue when all one has to do is say basically state "Yes" for the purposes of affirming truth under the penalty of perjury.

 

[josh000]

As far as I've read, an applicant is asked to place their fingers in a fingerprint scanner, after which they're requested to raise their right hand to which the CO asks:



to which the applicant would presumably answer:



I think an applicant can chose to affirm instead of swear, but I've never heard of this occurring in practice.

That being said, it has nothing to do with being atheistic or not. If any potential Visa applicant is smart enough, whether the CO happens to mention God, or asks the applicant to place their left hand on the Bible/other religious scripture is entirely irrelevant. This is because there are so many other pitfalls that could screw up an interview it would be crazy to cause an unnecessary and avoidable problem/issue when all one has to do is say basically state "Yes" for the purposes of affirming truth under the penalty of perjury.

I don't see too many other possible pitfalls.

I have money and high education and to put it bluntly being Australian means I probably have an easier time with it than many countries.

I am worried about not wanting to affirm a belief in god and bringing that up. It's not something I am getting worked up about or thinking a lot about, but if the interview was religious than it may have a negative consequence....

I have no problem with pretending to believe in god to swear, although that would probably be fraud which isn't a great idea....

 

[slash_dot]

I don't see too many other possible pitfalls.

but if the interview was religious than it may have a negative consequence....

This is the biggest risk I think.

Check out this article

I have no problem with pretending to believe in god to swear, although that would probably be fraud which isn't a great idea....

It wouldn't be fraudulent, as irrespective of any deities mentioned, you would still be making an oath to tell the truth, and it would still be under the penalty of perjury.

There was even a thread when someone mentioned that the CO forgot to administer the oath, so you could get lucky nonetheless!

 

[makeiteasier]

Oath

Is there an oath during the interview? Is it religious? What if you are an atheist?

Well, at least even atheists believe in something "that there is no God" so that is some very very strong faith there.

Anyhow - all you are told is to raise your right hand and promise to tell the truth and nothing by the truth...and you can say yes or no.

 

[slash_dot]

Anyhow - all you are told is to raise your right hand and promise to tell the truth and nothing by the truth...and you can say yes or no.

I imagine if someone said "No" to the CO it would be a very short interview indeed, not to mention a waste of US$440+

 

[radovic]

Well, at least even atheists believe in something "that there is no God" so that is some very very strong faith there.

This is not true.

Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Most inclusively, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist.

 

[irishguy]

This is not true.

Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Most inclusively, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist.

+1, I agree with you.