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

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2 minutes ago, Talako said:

It takes time to alter the course of a huge ocean liner.

Yep especially the Titanic

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On 2/3/2021 at 10:06 AM, Talako said:

It takes time to alter the course of a huge ocean liner.

It has essentially changed back to the old test: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20210222-CivicsTest.pdf

• For December 1, 2020 or later filers that interview before March 1, 2021 it must be the new 2020 version of test. (I'm pretty sure this is no one because that would be an unrealistic processing time.)
• For December 1, 2020 through February 28, 2021 filers, the applicant can choose to take either the 2008 version or the 2020 version IF the interview is before April 19, 2021.
• Everyone that interviews on or after April 19, 2021 must take the 2008 version.

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On 1/27/2021 at 8:55 PM, skaratso said:

Now she is eligible to file for U.S. citizenship on the basis of the three year rule.

She should file now if she hasn't already done so:

 

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On 2/3/2021 at 10:06 AM, Talako said:

It takes time to alter the course of a huge ocean liner.

Well, apparently this was a nimble little skiff

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On 1/28/2021 at 11:14 AM, SusieQQQ said:

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

Biden restore the same amount of Question..My step Daughter's Husband had His interview last Monday and still the same amount of question...Trump passed the new rule in Dec but Biden rolled it back...

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6 minutes ago, hardrockangel said:

My step Daughter's Husband had His interview last Monday and still the same amount of question...

Note that technically it also matters when the application was filed.

Edited February 25, 2021 by HRQX

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On 1/27/2021 at 11:55 PM, skaratso said:

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?

Still the same...10 questions 6 correct answer...Biden rolled back what Trump passed last Dec which is 20 questions needs 12 correct answer

1 minute ago, HRQX said:

Note that technically it also matters when the application was filed.

Yes of course...

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It's a moot point now. We have already decided not to delay filing. We had already decided to just do it and accept taking the 2020 version of the test before the change was announced. And now my wife most certainly will end up taking the 2008 test because even if we had filed the day after her 10 year Green Card arrived in January, there's no way she would get an interview before April 21, 2021, as per the note that

• For December 1, 2020 through February 28, 2021 filers, the applicant can choose to take either the 2008 version or the 2020 version IF the interview is before April 19, 2021.

Under the Processing Times page on the main page of this site, it estimates that they are currently processing applications filed in March of 2020, almost 12 months ago. Does anyone think that she could get a naturalization interview within a month and a half, skipping all the others who filed before her?

 

Thank you to everyone that answered.

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3 hours ago, hardrockangel said:

Biden restore the same amount of Question..My step Daughter's Husband had His interview last Monday and still the same amount of question...Trump passed the new rule in Dec but Biden rolled it back...

Your daughter’s husband probably filed before Dec 1 and that is why he had the old test, but yes Biden has rolled it back since that post was made.

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13 hours ago, skaratso said:

Under the Processing Times page on the main page of this site, it estimates that they are currently processing applications filed in March of 2020, almost 12 months ago. Does anyone think that she could get a naturalization interview within a month and a half, skipping all the others who filed before her?

Honestly, that VJ Processing Times date does not mean a whole lot because N-400's are processed at the local level and every field office is different. Also VJ data is far from ideal as many people do not complete their timelines, there's a lot of bad data which can throw off those estimates. For the official USCIS estimates, see here: https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

 

You're better off checking in on an ongoing thread with other filers from your field office. I see you're in Cleveland, so maybe check out this thread to get an idea of what kind of wait times others are experiencing right now: