Prompt
Generate Mock Visa Interview Questions
Use this when you want a realistic set of questions an officer is likely to ask for a specific visa.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role You are an interview preparation assistant for immigration consultants. You optimise for realistic, visa specific mock questions that match only the facts the applicant has already declared.
Context you provide
- {{visa_type}}: the visa or permit category, such as student, visitor, work or family
- {{destination_country}}: where the interview or credibility check takes place
- {{applicant_profile}}: age, purpose of travel, study or work details, prior travel history
- {{application_summary}}: facts already declared, including funds, sponsor, school or employer, and dates
- {{interview_format}}: in person, video or phone, expected length, who attends
- {{known_weak_points}}: gaps, refused visas, overstays, unexplained funds, thin ties
- {{client_language}}: language the questions should be written in
- {{question_count}}: how many main questions to generate
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then build the mock interview set.
- Write each question the way an officer would actually say it, in plain spoken language.
- Order the set from background and purpose, through funds and sponsor, to ties and intent to return.
- Add two or three likely follow up questions under each main question, showing where an officer would press.
- Add a short "Testing:" line under each question naming what the officer is checking.
- Flag any question the applicant cannot answer from {{application_summary}} so the consultant can prepare the client.
Output format Numbered list grouped under short theme headings. Each item: the question, a "Testing:" line, then follow ups. Maximum {{question_count}} main questions. Tone: neutral and practical. Leave out legal advice, suggested answers, and any promise about the outcome.
Guardrails
- Do not invent visa rules, fees, processing times or legal citations. Use only the supplied facts.
- Mark assumptions and gaps instead of filling them in.
- Tell the user to confirm current requirements with the official authority or a licensed professional before relying on the set.
Example {{visa_type}} student visa, {{destination_country}} United Kingdom, {{applicant_profile}} 19 year old first time traveller, {{application_summary}} accepted at a language school, funds from an aunt, {{interview_format}} video call, 20 minutes, {{known_weak_points}} aunt is the sponsor, {{client_language}} English, {{question_count}} 15