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The hub's interview is tomorrow and he is freaking out a bit over the writing test. His spelling in English is not great (neither was Hemingway's!), but mostly gets the point across. So, how strict are they on spelling? They are testing comprehension of English and not spelling for the most part, correct?

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The hub's interview is tomorrow and he is freaking out a bit over the writing test. His spelling in English is not great (neither was Hemingway's!), but mostly gets the point across. So, how strict are they on spelling? They are testing comprehension of English and not spelling for the most part, correct?

the officer will give him one question and answer (I think) to write. It can have some spelling mistakes as long as it's understandable, and not missing parts of the sentence. Have him review the 100 questions and the N400, they will ask him questions about that.

If you go to the uscis website they explain that.

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Thanks, Aleful! Yep, he has the 100 question/answers completely under his belt. Just not a good speller! Good to hear it just needs to be understandable and not spelled like a spelling bee champion. :thumbs:

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Becoming a U.S. Citizen

2/15/10 Sent N-400 packet via Fedex to Lewisville TX

2/19/10 Received text message and email notification of application received, check cashed

2/27/10 Received biometrics appointment letter

3/19/10 Biometrics appointment

3/25/10 Received email notice that case will be sent for interview scheduling at local office

3/26/10 Received yellow letter asking to being more tax records/info to interview

3/27/10 Received interview letter (dated 3/24/10)

4/28/10 Interview appointment

6/5/10 Received oath letter (dated 6/1/10)

6/29/10 Oath ceremony date

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The hub's interview is tomorrow and he is freaking out a bit over the writing test. His spelling in English is not great (neither was Hemingway's!), but mostly gets the point across. So, how strict are they on spelling? They are testing comprehension of English and not spelling for the most part, correct?

make sure he knows how to write the list of words they require for reading/writing... I think if he can get those correctly, then depending on the IO, they might ignore spelling mistakes.

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07/08/11 .. Received NOA letter

07/29/11 .. Received text/e-mail for biometrics notice

08/03/11 .. Received Biometrics letter - scheduled for 8/24/11

08/04/11 .. Walk-in finger prints done.

08/08/11 .. Received text/e-mail: Placed in line for interview scheduling

09/12/11 .. Received Yellow letter dated 9/7/11

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Just want to add that on the Civics Lesson book they give us, the very back page, there's a "Writing Portion" that he can study. I just checked (had my interview yesterday) and most of the words in my writing test was found in it (except for the word George)! So tell him to review that!

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Then again you could remind him that Masterpiece has one nice suggestion.....shift the interview for another fortnight and i`ll give him the yellow and black stripes....really i would! :lol:

No freaking out necessary. I expect by this time tommorrow i would be.... :crying::crying: .....saying congratulations!

All will be well and yes he will hold the "blue" on that next trip...

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AOS Mission

12-16-2006: 1-485 + I-765 mailed

1-3-2007: NOA1 received: Notice date 12-28-2006

1-16-2007: Biometrics

1-17-2007: Case transferred to CSC

2-10-2007: I-693 RFE (whatever happened to the panel physician`s medical report?)

4-3-2007: Another I-693 RFE

5-8-2007: Resident Permit Card received Next Stop: February 6, 2009 (I-751)

Removal of Conditional Basis of Residency (Form I-751)

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2-14-2009 Received I-751 Receipt notice indicating one year extension of conditional residency status

3-6-2009 Biometrics:::::::::::::waiting for VSC

7-7-2009: E-mail notice received: Card production ordered

8-3-2009: 10year Green Card Received in the mail.

Naturalization Application (N-400)

2-16-2010: N-400 sent in..

4-2-2010: Biometrics

5-18-2010: Interview

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