Who does most of the cooking in your household?

“Who does most of the cooking in your household?” is a practice question about daily life for a marriage-based green card interview at a USCIS field office. A real officer may ask it in other words, ask something else, or skip it. Practice can help you explain your own facts. It cannot tell you what USCIS will decide.

What is the officer checking with this question?

The officer may use cooking questions to learn how food and household tasks fit into your life together. Your answer can describe one regular cook, shared cooking, or another arrangement that is true for you. Questions about buying ingredients may help clarify the routine rather than assume that the same person handles every meal task.

What might the officer ask next?

• Which meals do you usually prepare yourself?
• Who buys the ingredients for meals at home?
• Does the cooking arrangement change when one of you works late?

The next question usually comes from the words in your answer. If you name a person, a place, or a month, expect a question about it. The guide to green card interview follow-up questions explains how to practice past the first answer.

How do you prepare to answer it?

Review who handles most meals now and whether that differs between workdays and days off. Think of the tasks each person actually does, including food shopping, preparation, and ordering meals. Avoid describing an equal division if that is not how your home works. When you do not remember who cooked on a particular night, distinguish that missing detail from the usual pattern you do know.

Answer from your own memory, in your own words. Do not learn a script or a sample answer. If your spouse remembers a detail differently, first check whether you mean the same event. Ask your lawyer about any concern with your forms or documents.

Can you practice this question out loud for free?

Yes. Choose "Answer it now, free". The officer asks this question first. You answer out loud, and the officer follows up on what you said. You can try 3 questions free, and you do not need documents. Feedback comes after the session, not while you speak.

More daily life questions

• Who usually wakes up first in the morning, and around what time?
• What did you eat for your most recent evening meal together at home, and who made it?
• How do you usually spend weekends together?
• Which bedroom or sleeping area does each of you use at night?
• What time does your spouse typically leave for work or return home?
• Who handles laundry, cleaning, and other household chores?
• Do you have any pets? What are their names?
• Where do you usually shop for groceries?
• What did you do for your spouse's last birthday?

Read the daily life topic guide, or see all 91 interview questions.