File for citizenship now or wait to see what Biden administration does with new Civics Test?

[skaratso 84]

So about three weeks ago my wife’s removal of conditions was approved and she received her 10 year Green Card.

 

Now she is eligible to file for U.S. citizenship on the basis of the three year rule. She entered the United States with her K1 visa on September 30, 2017, we got married November 7, 2017, and since then she’s only been out of the country once for a 10 day trip (not counting the handful of other times we’ve been across the border into Canada for less than 24 hours).

 

The question is whether to file now, or wait to see what the Biden administration does about the more objectionable changes to the Civics Test. Specifically, questions where the answers exclude immigrants. For example, changing the correct answer for “Who do your state senators and representatives serve?” from “all the residents of the state” to “all the citizens of the state.”

 

I know the changes are minor in that regard, but, much as the Constitution makes clear that the Census is to count ALL the people residing in the country, a state’s Congressional leaders are supposed to serve ALL the residents of their state, citizens AND immigrants alike, and the idea that even the immigrants are not included in the answers is EXTREMELY repugnant to me as both the child of an immigrant who chose for 25 years to not get US citizenship and now the spouse of an immigrant as well.

 

So, what do others here think? File now or wait and see?

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

Or you could take the view that the sooner she gets her citizenship, the sooner she can vote to help implement what she sees as right. Is it worth potentially missing the midterm elections waiting for them to change the questions, for example?  

[Boiler 43,434]

There is no requirement to naturalise at all, I know a Canadian who has been here 40 years as a LPR.

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

If the end goal is to become a citizen I’m not sure why you would wait just based on principle that you don’t like the new test. She would chose to not become a citizen because she doesn’t like the new wording? If she doesn’t want to become a citizen, which is completely fine, then don’t apply.

Like the PP mentioned by becoming a citizen she can make her voice heard and vote these guys out of office..

[xyz12345 260]

Do you object to only 1 question? If you can afford to make 1 wrong answer, then answer it the way you want if you get that question. I am actually glad that USCIS does not make us sing the national anthem and write the Pledge of Allegiance as our only oral and written tests.

 

Just apply and get this over with. This way you don't need to worry about the requirements for being an lpr. Also, we need more voters and a louder voice!

[aleful 1,905]

hi

 

the new civics test is not a president thing, Biden won't do a thing, Immigration and citizenship change their citizenship test every 10 years, regardless of whoever is President at the moment

 

I applied for citizenship in 2010, the test had just changed to the 100 civics questions, before it was 150 questions to study, I waited and tested with the 100 civics questions one, so 10 years later, they revised and made a few changes to the test.

 

she can apply as soon as she is eligible if she wants to

 

[skaratso 84]

If we decide to wait it certainly wouldn’t be for very long, maybe another month or so. There’s no way my wife wouldn’t want to be able to have a say in the 2022 midterms.

[NotMoreForms 68]

I doubt anything will change in the next few months, so just apply and get your place in the queue.

[JeanneAdil 6,197]

The civics test is an oral test and the USCIS Officer will ask the applicant up to 10 of the 100 civics questions. An applicant must answer 6 out of 10 questions correctly to pass the civics portion of the naturalization test. On the naturalization test, some answers may change because of elections or appointments.

 

Adil was only asked 6 and passed

these are the 100 they can choose from

 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/100q.pdf

 

do it before they raise the fees (which is probably going to happen)

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

22 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

The civics test is an oral test and the USCIS Officer will ask the applicant up to 10 of the 100 civics questions. An applicant must answer 6 out of 10 questions correctly to pass the civics portion of the naturalization test. On the naturalization test, some answers may change because of elections or appointments.

 

Adil was only asked 6 and passed

these are the 100 they can choose from

 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/100q.pdf

 

do it before they raise the fees (which is probably going to happen)

This applicant will get the new test not the old one which Adil did. Answer 12 out of 20 correctly now.

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

2 hours ago, aleful said:

Biden won't do a thing, Immigration and citizenship change their citizenship test every 10 years, regardless of whoever is President at the moment

Yeah I think clearly the administration has a say in how they change the test, but not when 

[JeanneAdil 6,197]

2 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

This applicant will get the new test not the old one which Adil did. Answer 12 out of 20 correctly now.

 

thought so but couldn't find that online to quote

Still not so hard / 100 questions they chose from are there to study

 

Edited January 28, 2021 by JeanneAdil

[aleful 1,905]

www.uscis.gov

 

N400, on the website it explains, anyone who applied before Dec 1st will get the 100 question test,

 

anyone applying on and after Dec 1st will get the 128 question civic test, it is all explained on the N400 page

 

 

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

28 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

 

thought so but couldn't find that online to quote

Still not so hard / 100 questions they chose from are there to study

 

128 questions. https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/2020test

[Marieke H 2,303]

The previous version of the test is from 2008. If she wants to become a citizen, I definitely wouldn't wait for a new test to come out hoping she would like the wording of those questions better!