New Format for Citizenship Test in 2006 Posted Sep 10, 2004 ©MurthyDotCom The USCIS is making progress creating a new citizenship test that many MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers may take sometime in the future. In our April 4, 2003 MurthyBulletin article, BCIS Pilots New Citizenship Test, we reported that efforts were underway to revise the current format of the citizenship test, to make it fairer for all applicants. The USCIS, with assistance from pro-immigrant groups, civics experts, and educators, is in the process of developing an exam testing two areas: (a) English language proficiency and (b) knowledge of U.S. history and government. ©MurthyDotCom Historically, the citizenship test has involved answering ten questions about United States history and government and reading one sentence in English. The difficulty of the test has varied based on the USCIS officer administering the test. USCIS is expected to create an exam that more meaningfully tests a citizenship applicant's knowledge of the English language and the U.S. political process. ©MurthyDotCom Specific details of the new test have not yet been released. USCIS has reportedly said it might include such tasks as being shown two photographs with instructions to talk about their meanings, to write a description of a photograph, or to look at a paragraph and answer related multiple-choice questions. USCIS is also preparing a study guide for the history and government portion of the test. Once the new exam plan has been completed, there will be a sixty-day period for public comments. MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers are encouraged to send USCIS their comments at that time. The USCIS generally will consider public comments as required under law and likely revise the exam format before finalizing the new test layout. The final version is not expected to be used until sometime in 2006. © The Law Office of Sheela Murthy, P.C.
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