i-944 english certification??

[sjfoley1 11]

We are finalizing the i-485 packet to refile hopefully tomorrow or saturday, so we are triple checking all of the forms and the instructions. My husband is from Canada, so english is his first (and only) language. The i-944 instructions make it seem like we have to prove how fluent he is in english, even though it's his first and only language? anyone have any feedback?

 

"Native English speakers, or other language if applicable, must provide documentation of language proficiency including language certifications. Evidence of language certification may include high school diplomas and college degrees showing that the native language was studied for credit."

 

How on earth do we provide something that doesn't exist? We ordered a copy of his high school diploma, but there is nothing that explicitly says or shows he is proficient in the english language.

[mahamk90 0]

Hi sjfoley! I'm having the same issue with my application and was wondering if you figured it out somehow? I'm noticing no one's responding to questions about the language part.

 

[laylalex 7,293]

This is literally the same question I had yesterday when I started reading through the I-944 form. We're not doing AOS until the end of the year, but I have a lot of time on my hands so... My fiancé was educated at home until he was 16, but took standardized exams in Scotland, and then has A levels from school in England, plus a BSc and a MSc from an English university. How do we "prove" he's fluent in the only language he speaks well? (His French is atrocious and that's the only other language he supposedly "speaks.")

[emrie 10]

Same situation here! We included his HS diploma (both the school and the provincial one) and included the following explanations:

1. On the form, under courses attended, we said "native speaker, studied in all schooling," and under who issued the certification said "High School Diploma, English-speaking HS."

2. In our cover letter with the form where we listed out all of the included evidence, we said "Beneficiary’s high school diploma(s) from a predominantly English-speaking province in Canada as evidence of native English proficiency."

 

I'm hoping very much that that covers it. If anyone is applying common sense when they read it, it should. But obviously I don't have confirmation of that yet!

[bel044 49]

My husband did his bachelor's and master's programs in English-speaking countries (USA and Australia), so I wrote that under the certification question.  We provided transcripts and diplomas as proof of education anyway, so I'm hoping that'll cover it.  Other than that, he took the TOEFL ~10 years ago just after high school as apart of the admission requirements to his US university, but we didn't even try to dig that up.  A 10 year old TOEFL score is no way an accurate representation of his English proficiency since he has since earned two degrees in English and had 10 years to improve his English skills.