The Immigration Service announced this month which is revising the new exam for citizenship, which entered into force on December 1, and the new exam approved in 2008 will be active again.
The Office of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) “is updating the policy manual in accordance with the educational requirements for naturalization”, which demonstrates “a knowledge and understanding of the foundations of history, and the principles and forms de gobierno de Estados Unidos ”, says the agency.
El exam for citizenship is one of the basic tests in the naturalization process. In November, the Donald Trump governing body took a new test with 128 questions to replace the old exam that contained only 100.
Applicants for naturalization have the opportunity to take the exam using the English idiom knowledge and civic education.
With the old exam the agency formula 10 asks the questions the immigrant must answer correctly 6 to approve. With the new exam the question number is raised to 20 and must answer correctly 12.
Why the cambio
In an internal memo, the USCIS said it would review the new migratory policies implemented by Joe Biden’s governor as early as January 20th.
“USCIS received approximately 2,500 public comments regarding the civic education test of 2020. Various comments signaled by Hub Poco preview of the implementation of the civic education test of 2020, which will be announced soon. of materials and resources ”, indicates the agency.
“Debate the comments and agreement with the Executive Order to restore the feud in our immigration immigration systems and advocate the integration and inclusion of Esfuerzos for the new estates, the USCIS will take place in the 2008 trial”, indicates.
The Immigration Service said in addition that “I have a letter period during which USCIS can offer both versions of the test in order to provide the desired naturalization certificates that will be presented after December 1, 2020 or the 1st of December. an interview is scheduled for April 19, 2021 ”.
The favorites
Agreed with the new policy, the USCIS says that:
- Take the 2008 civic education exam to applicants who will apply for naturalization before December 1, 2020, who will present their application before March 1, 2021; y
- Applicants will have the option of taking the 2008 civic education exam or the 2020 civic test in cases where applicants apply for their naturalization application on or after December 1, 2020 and March 1, 2021, and held its interview scheduled for April 19, 2021.
The agency will also have a transition period in which it will conduct both exams.
The exam of 2020 will be eliminated on April 19, 2021 for those people who take the exam first time. And the applicants who presented their application on or after March 1, 2021 “take the 2008 exam”.
“I think the administration will take care of it and will not have enough time for the people to prepare. Cambio sin dudas ayudará a los immigrantes que califican para la ciudadanía estadunidense, ”, says Alex Gálvez, an immigration lawyer who owns in Los Angeles (California).
“Quiz goas the new goberno determination that the cambios hechos the tolerance cero of Trump fueron motivated only to colocar artificial barriers against the new ciudadanos”, aggregated.
The new examination of citizenship has been widely criticized by the immigrant community, which is considered as a major step towards legal immigration to the United States.
Last February 2, Biden signed three orders of the Migration Executive, between them to simplify the legal immigration system to the United States.
Among the recommendations, the mandate says that its governor identifies the barriers that impede access to the benefits of immigration and justifications and benefits of these benefits, among them the naturalization, “and make recommendations with them accordingly”.
