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I took the Civics test in 2017. When you go for the Biometrics test, you will receive a Civics Test Booklet with CD. Listen to the CD over and over and memorize the answers to each questions. Have a system ready, like if you get asked to name 3 of the 13 Colonies just remember states that are close together, like DMV (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia). There are lots of online sources of help.
I'm a native English speaker. The actual test is only 5-6 questions. I got asked real easy ones like Name the ocean on the East Coast of the US? What is the voting age? 18 Test questions were also scrolling on a screen in the waiting room for the Interview.
The officer can determine if you know English simply by interacting with you as he goes through your application with you.
You should know that if you become a citizen with intentions of one day going home; you have to pay US taxes even if you are not in the US.
I applied the end of January, Had Biometrics test in mid February; Had my interview in the middle of August, and ceremony on Aug 31. I dealt with the Baltimore office.
We just got our citizenship in February. The whole process took less than a year. Applied in July, biometrics in September, interview in January. But times vary depending on processing center, as others said.
We started studying only a month before the interview. I have no problem remembering information but tend to forget it fast if it’s of no use to me. Everyone learns differently. The test is not that difficult IMHO. Most of it is common knowledge. But you definitely need to study. There were some questions I had no clue about.
Most of these questions are common knowledge. Some are a bit harder. Like your representative and senator. It's funny that they ask people who don't have the right to vote, who their neighbors elected.
You can stop laughing.
I didn't vote for Abraham Lincoln, either, yet I'm expected to know a few things about him. There's nothing onerous in the expectation that prospective citizens learn about certain representatives, despite the fact that, as non-citizens, they aren't allowed to vote.
But your implication that non-citizens should be able to vote came through loud and clear.
I didn't vote for Abraham Lincoln, either, yet I'm expected to know a few things about him. There's nothing onerous in the expectation that prospective citizens learn about certain representatives, despite the fact that, as non-citizens, they aren't allowed to vote.
But your implication that non-citizens should be able to vote came through loud and clear.
There's nothing odd about knowing who important historical figures are. I had to go look up who my congressman is. I've never heard, seen or known about anything of value, good or bad that he's done. I don't think the poster is saying non-citizens should be able to vote at all.
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