English Requirements for Naturalization

[Amhara 460]

Hello everyone!

 

The other day I explained to my husband about naturalization requirements as the brother-in-law and his wife will be eligible for naturalization in some years.  My husband said that learning English is not a requirement, to which I disagreed.  He said that Afghan women become women without learning English.  I know there is an exemption based on your age but does anyone have any insight as to what this other exemption may be?  It could either be a) my husband is talking about something he does not have full knowledge about, b) Afghans are posting comments on Facebook they do not have full knowledge about or c) they are going to their doctors and claiming their wives are mentally retarded and the doctors are saying she does not have the mental capability to learn English.

 

As a note, my husband gets terrible immigration ideas from point b.  One suggestion was that the wife gets pregnant and sponsor a nanny visa for the mother.  I don't think this is an authentic way to bring a parent over to the US, so I am rather skeptical of the Afghan posts.

[geowrian 22,335]

Exemptions: https://www.uscis.gov/us-citizenship/citizenship-through-naturalization/exceptions-accommodations

https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartE-Chapter2.html#S-B

tldr: He has no idea what he's talking about. It's possible they are committing fraud by working with sham doctors, I guess. But I won't even go down that rabbit hole...there's so many things that could back to haunt them for participating in both medical and immigration fraud.

 

There is no "nanny" visa. There is a domestic worker option for a B-1, but there are strict requirements regarding who is eligible to receive one or who can petition for one. There's also the J-1 and H-2B options, but this isn't going to work for a parent either. If they want to work in the US, they will need to do so on their own like anybody else (or wait until a child is a 21+ year old USC to petition for an immigrant visa).

Why would the US want people to bring over parents as nannies instead of hiring the ones in the US first? That doesn't make any sense.

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/can-i-help-my-nanny-get-green-card.html