What questions did you get in your interview for citizenship?

Tullullah

I've always been curious what kind of questions you get when applying for citizenship? I mean at the end when you study American history and for your test. I'm sure you will end up knowing more than most American citizens who were born here. How many questions do they ask you and which ones seem to be the most used ones?

klingklang77

I'm not sure a lot of ladies here will be able to answer your question- most were born in the US. 

sucredee

I honestly can't really remember but I don't think it was anything more than small talk. I had to answer 10 questions about history etc (there is a list of 100 study questions that they quiz you on), I also think I had to write a sentence that they read to me to see how well I understood/wrote English. The whole testing and interview process lasted 10 minutes if even that. It probably depends a bit on who is applying for citizenship. It was obvious I was completely americanized and my English was better that a lot of Americans. I also had been working as a PA for 5 years by the time I applied for citizenship (I became a citizen in 2007 and had been a permanent resident since 1996) I suspect that someone from the EU/ Australia etc. has a much easier time than someone from Russia or Mexico or someone with little knowledge of English. Even when applying for permanent residency my interview was small talk but I have heard that for some people for other countries it was much harder and they had to do a lot more to prove that they were in it for the right reasons.

rpic81

I wasn't born in the US, but it's been quite a few years now since my test. I want to say they asked me something like 10 history questions verbally. I got one wrong. They give them all to you to study before hand anyway, so none of them are surprises. Then they asked me to verify some of the background information they had on me, like where I'd worked and lived to make sure my answers matched what they had on file. And that was it. The whole thing was fairly easy.

frlcb

Yay, Tullulah is back. She is almost as much fun as Knitty, in a completely opposite kind of way.

Tullullah

Thanks for the info, I was just curious:))