qualify yrself fer u.s. citizenship

good luck ∞ !!!

― schlump, Monday, May 8, 2017 7:26 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

thank you!

tom those are good links

i received a citizenship booklet with 100 questions and answers

it says i'll be asked 10 of those randomly but i've talked to five people that have had very different interviewing experiences (two didn't even get asked questions -- HUH)

what does the constitution do

I took it twice in two different browsers and it resets all the answers and doesn't give me a score. HOW WILL I EVER KNOW IF I'M A CITIZEN NOW?!??

it's old enough the original site doesn't work anymore

on the bright side, no one ever needs identify scalia again

it says i'll be asked 10 of those randomly but i've talked to five people that have had very different interviewing experiences (two didn't even get asked questions -- HUH)

My wife wasn't asked any questions when she went in. They just swore everybody in her group in. That was many years ago, though. Under Trump they'll probably ask you something in Spanish, and if you understand, you get deported to Mexico (no matter your actual country of origin).

the constitution is this thing you can use in order to carry a gun into public places so you can protect everyone if and when there is a shootout.

it's interesting how the book (provided by us department of homeland security) sets you up to become/side with republicans

been reading a lot about people's experiences from when they naturalized in the past few months and everyone says it's super easy

spoke with this mexican fella and he had been using 5 different names, was deported once, and had outstanding fines (forget for what), and according to him, they didn't ask him any questions

they asked if he had other names he went by and if he was ever deported, he said yes to all of it, and the officer offered him citizenship

what does the constitution do

― i n f i n i t y (∞), Wednesday, May 10, 2017 9:43 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sets up gov't
defines gov't
protects basic rights of americans

extreme vetting

Back in the day when I had a top secret government clearance, the advice I was given was to be utterly transparent and not lie about anything; the main concern wasn't, for example, whether you had smoked pot in college, but whether smoking pot in college was something you were trying to hide and could be used against you by someone attempting to blackmail you. I assume it's similar for the citizenship test; clearly just being a citizen doesn't automatically put you near sensitive information but it's a pathway that could end up near sensitive information and they are looking to see if the people getting it are obviously susceptible to pressure from outside forces based on what they are willing to reveal and what they are trying to hide.

i remember waiting to be interviewed sitting next to a pakistani guy and an indian guy, we were trying to figure out how it worked. some people went through one door & never came out. others came out the same door with more paperwork. we were all still v fearful of being sent home or whatever & the questions we asked each other about what we thought was happening were slightly comedic
it's like some pearly gates shit in those rooms

i got asked 5 of the easiest questions which was fine but i was kinda mad, like wtf did i study for, i could have answered those
and i came back into the waiting room and was told to wait some more

then me and 4 other ppl were led to another door off the waiting room, into what looked like a broom closet. they had milk crates stackedup as a kind of makeshift podium/desk for the INS guy, american flag loosely arranged on the wall behind him & we stood shoulder to shoulder on a rubber mat and he swore us in. we recited the oath & we were done
we were like *blink*
that's it?

it was weird

but i cried when i left because i was SO happy to never have to go in that awful building again

congrats veg

hoping mine goes as smooth as yours

good luck!! mine was like 8 or 9 years ago :)

thx :s

https://youtu.be/0cvW_2uIBQs

i used to teach citizenship classes to help people get ready for the test. when they changed the test, i had to redo all of my materials but it was pretty fun. i didn't mind.

I'm officially a US citizen

did you have to go to a ceremony?

Yes

how was it? when i had mine it was quite a touching event.

something i wrote for someone back then:

I went to the naturalization ceremony where my citizenship became official. It was held at a theater downtown. When I got there I was shown to a seat near the front with my fellow citizens-to-be. There was marching music playing and right after I sat down the tune used for the theme of Monty Python started. Weird. I had an hour to wait before the ceremony started proper. People were still showing up during that time. The crowd was made up mostly of older people -- 40s/50s/60s -- and I was in a white minority. The ceremony was presided over by a judge who was from Mexico originally and had himself become a citizen 40 years ago. There was a class of kids on the stage who sang a couple of patriotic songs. A few of the kids read short essays on what was great about America. One kids mentioned freedom of religion, how there are "Christians, Hindus, Muslims ... and EVEN Jewish people." Another said how her mom was from Norway and who said Norway was beautiful but that she "liked having freedom." I had to suppress laughter. We all had to stand and pledge the oath of allegiance. Then the judge read out some numbers, how many of us were there, how many were from certain countries (the most: Mexico, then Brazil and Pakistan). He had people raise their hand if they wanted to say something. He'd ask them where they were from, how long it took them to go through the process, what it meant to them, etc. Becoming a citizen is just paperwork for someone like me but for some of these people it's obviously a huge deal and what some of them had to say was quite touching. There was a lot of happy people there, the whole ceremony has the air of a celebration. And that was it. I was given my naturalization certificate as I left.

It was interesting!

It was a little bittersweet but I have dual citizenship now so it's okay

Yes, I was probably one of few white people there. Nobody shared stories. They read what countries were represented the most; in order, the top 5: Mexico, Philippines, China, Guatemala, El Salvador (I don't remember exactly the last two countries)

It was touching to see so many immigrants who had gone through a lot to become a citizen. Even though the judge said we did it the hard way, I still thought I had it pretty easy, despite my interview being extremely shocking to me. The judge also said we value most what we work hard for. I think I can agree with that

How long ago was yours?

mine was in 2010. i'm curious... at mine we were shown a video of obama welcoming us to the country. is there a similar trump video?

and forgive me if i missed this upthread... shocking interview?

I was looking for this, as well

I moved to the US in 2011 and, at least in Los Angeles, I saw Obama's picture in a lot of places. After Trump was elected, Obama's pictures were taken down and have not been replaced with anything

So, no, I saw (and see) no trace of Trump, which makes sense in a state like California

We were shown a video of monuments and pictures of immigrants since the country first gained independence

welcome to hell