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Post by tiggy on May 20, 2023 16:22:28 GMT -5
By 64-year-old brother in-law, British until yesterday (Scotish) , passed his American citizenship test yesterday. I took the following random sample test twice and I passed both times but not at 100%. Here's a link: civicsquestions.com/ Your ability to pass this depends on honesty, of course it doesn't give you the answers but it gives a good idea of what these tests are like. I can see how taking this test not having grown up schooled in the US could require ahead of time prep. If I was to take such a test to gain citizenship anywhere else, I'd be doing a lot of studying. I took the test when I became a citizen. It isn't really hard, although I have forgotten most of it now. When I took mine there were 100 questions which you had to know the answer to. They gave me a book and a CD with all the questions with a gap to answer. You could randomize it. I used to play it in my car on my way to and from work. You only had to get 6 out of 10 right but you had to know the answers to all 100 of them because you don't know which questions they will ask. I have to say it was a very proud day for me when I got my American citizenship. I'm British too!
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Post by tiggy on May 20, 2023 16:31:12 GMT -5
I'm still only US. I may have gone for dual, but japan doesn't allow that--if you naturalize here, you have to give up any other citizenship. (An exception exists for those born into it, so our kids are duals and maintain two passports.) I do know two former US citizens in town. Tho the picture laid out in this article is not at all the reason I ended up here, I do hope that being here (sans citizenship) still puts a positive spin on my longevity--that it does have some kind of helpful impact. The average lifespan here is seven years longer than in the US. So you are Japanese? My hubby is of Japanese descent but he was born in Canada. I had his DNA done by Ancestry and he came up as 100% Japanese. I came up as 100% Heinz 57 LOL!
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Post by jdd2 on May 20, 2023 19:56:55 GMT -5
Nope, american, background is English plus German/Dutch. Never had the DNA test done. I'd be more interested in how much neanderthal or denisovan I am (or homo naledi), over where my more immediate forebears came from.
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