qualify yrself fer u.s. citizenship

One of the most challenging things about the classes were that they were levels 2-6 (higher levels not eligible bc the classes weren't usually necessary) so some people could barely utter a complete sentence in English while others were wondering why I was making them role play an emergency 911 call.

Does this sound like good times or what?!

― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Sunday, June 23, 2013 1:46 PM (4 hours ago)

For real, though, I think it does.
Scored 46 points. Though if I'd have known it was 2 points for peaceful petition and writing criticism of government leaders, hell yeah I would've checked those.

54.

I recognised the Alamo, but only because it was the building Ozzy urinated on.

Should earn you extra points, imo.

haha, thanks crabbits! it was a pretty fun class. we did all kinds of weird stuff. i got a full time job right after that semester was over, but i have fond memories of explaining the differences between local, state, and federal governments (among other things).

56. Going back to check just exactly what mistakes were made.

... i wonder how many of us Americans would do as well on that as certain Brits have done on this poll.

their newspaper columnists talk about our politics, they watch our tv shows, that's already 9/10 of what makes americans know anything about u.s. citizenship

23 - got the buildings and the law peeps, but not much else. Will have to stay in Belgium I guess.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

http://www.bbc.com/news/35383435

this is absolutely bonkers

Huh. Never heard of this before. I er know of someone who's lived in the UK for 12 years and has never filed a US tax return in that time. They have a building society account rather than bank. Not sure if that makes any difference.

i vaguely remember an american colleague filing her us taxes in canada years ago, but i didn't know the exact details. this man in a suit with a briefcase would show up at random times. "he's the irs man!" she exclaimed. he would come by every year to remind her that she had to submit her paperwork. like something out of a kafka story

I have a U.S.-born U.K. facebook friend who brings this up every year around tax time. It's been giving her hell apparently.

this is absolutely bonkers

what does the US and Eritrea have in common

A law that actually got passed following the 2010 elections is a fucking grease fire creating "unintended" consequences for ordinary working American citizens.

Wow, etc.

kids

papa infinity got his interview scheduled

if all goes well, soon i'lll be a proud american my babies

will post the q&a i'm supposed to study soon

will you be renouncing loyalty to hexylvania

will tone down the shenanigans eat lots of burgers and pledge allegiance to the flag and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all

you didn't answer the question

flag'm!

A hacker should break into the server and replace that picture of Scalia with a rotting corpse.

whats the supreme law of the land

here's some good polls to brush up on

U.S. Code Titles THE POLL

US Government Publishing Office Bestsellers: The Poll

good luck ∞ !!!

Why the fuck would you board the Titanic now?

the more the merrier dude, pass it already

whats the supreme law of the land

― i n f i n i t y (∞), Monday, May 8, 2017 9:34 AM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

fyi the constitution yo

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