Were your referees contacted?

[muraenidae]

So, we all know that the home office requires us to provide two referees with our applications. But do they typically contact those referees in the course of checking the application?

What has everyone else's experience been with this? Have your referees been contacted, and if so, what kinds of questions were asked?

[CR001]

No, referees are not generally contacted.

We also don't need yet another topic of everyone posting what they guess when it is a rare occurrence.