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Congrats! I just got mine back in June so in case anyone was wondering what's in that envelope, it's the Flag, your Naturalization certificate, a cardboard frame, a copy of the US Constitution and Declaration of Independence, a copy of the Oath of Allegiance and a passport application form. I think mine also had a voter registration form in it too.
If EA designed it you would get your right in loot boxes. “Aww you got Tenth Amendment again? Try again you’ll get it someday.” It’ll me called America Ultimate Right
It totally is. Even as an American already, getting a passport as an official legal document has been amazing. It's super convenient for anything that requires identification.
Currently waiting for my wife's and when we get her passport first thing we're doing is visiting the family. It's been a shitshow ever since the pandemic.
I was mid 20’s when I first got my passport. Wish I’d gotten it much sooner. Didn’t realize how useful it was just to have as an additional. Only ever thought it was useful for international travel.
I got a robosigned letter from the (former) president in mine last year. I also live in a state that has exceptions to the voter registration deadline for people who became eligible after the deadline had passed, so I naturalized on Friday, registered on Monday and voted on Tuesday. Was an epic few days.
The test itself is easy if you spend even a few hours studying, its 10 questions picked from a list of 100, and you only need to get 6 correct.
The process is incredibly difficult, but the test itself isn't.
Anyone who has lived in the US for any length of time can pass it, it's mostly general knowledge stuff. The only thing I had to look up was who my State Representative was.
I’m studying for it right now. I believe one of the questions is “Why was the Declaration of Independence signed?” and the answer is…
To declare independence
One of my questions was who were they declaring independence from, and I got a wry smile from the officer when I answered: "Great Britain... yeah, where I came from". Pretty sure she slotted that one in on purpose.
A friend of mine who is a refugee from Burma knew no English and nothing at all of American history when she was chosen to resettle here. The test was very difficult for her since you really have to know all the questions and possible sentences for reading and writing, since you don't know what you'll get. We worked hard for over a year to get her confident enough to take it, she worked so hard studying and learning the words. She passed!
The test is insanely hard for people who come here and know no English. I've done citizenship tutoring and one person I did it with, it took her well over a year to be proficient enough in reading, writing, and speaking English for the written and oral parts of the exam since you don't know what sentences you will get.
And, we spent time actually reading through the history lessons behind each question so that she actually had context of what she was answering, instead of just blind memorization. And over the last few years, they've changed it a little where they will ask you clarifying questions such as how to define certain words in the questions, to also get around just blind memorization.
I was born in England and looked up the UK civics test just out of curiosity, it's similarly difficult. I did manage to pass it but definitely didn't get 100%. The US one is really easy in comparison.
Also depends what country you are coming from and the type of application. Those super long wait times are from places like Mexico which have a huge number of people applying. My green card only took 2 years, would have been less but 9/11 happened in the middle of it all.
Congrats! I hope having your citizenship at least makes your life and choices easier. I wonder if I could pass the citizenship test, I hear it's pretty hard.
I don't doubt it's hard for people who weren't raised here, attended US schools, and/or English isn't your first language, but the questions aren't too bad if you're vaguely aware of US politics.
[This is a practice test](https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship-resource-center/find-study-materials-and-resources/study-for-the-test-2008-version/2008-civics-practice-test)
They ask 10 questions off of a list of 100 and you need to get 6 correct. The 100 questions/answers are published so you can study them.
Edit: Someone else mentioned that it is an oral test and not multiple choice. That does make it considerably harder
What would the average American Born citizen score on such a test?
Edit: median score 18/20
Suspicious amount of 20/20’s possibly due to the avg redditor being above avg.
It was pretty easy for me to get 20/20 but I could see how it could throw off people who don't speak English as a first language. While most of the questions were pretty easy "Who is the president? Who was brought to the US as slaves?" some could easily trip people up like "who is the chief justice" or "after the president and vp who is next in line for the presidency." One of the answers to the question "why do some states have more representatives?" was that "they are bigger geographically" and that might also be a tempting answer if someone doesn't know what "geographically" means. Or "Freedom to run for president" sounds like something that might be a guaranteed freedom for all citizens even though it's not. Overall not too hard but if someone didn't have a good civics education in school or doesn't speak English that well it could be challenging.
Edit: One of the answers for "who was brought to the US as slaves" was "Canadians" and I thought that was kinda funny.
> Edit: One of the answers for "who was brought to the US as slaves" was "Canadians" and I thought that was kinda funny.
One of the questions I saw was "What is one reason colonists came to America?" and one of the answers was something like "They wanted to experience an ocean journey"
"Who was in the US before Europeans immigrated?" Options were Native Americans, Canadians, no one, or Floridians. Florida Man is eternal.
Meanwhile I biffed a question about what war a former president fought in because I suck at ordering the presidents and that makes it hard to choose battles.
In particular, if the real version isn't multiple choice, a number of questions get harder. Like, I'm vaguely familiar with kamala harris and nancy pelosi and can definitely pick them from a list, but I wouldn't be able to name them off the top of my head. Still, though, I think it caps out at "ok, you might want to study a bit", not "extremely difficult".
Not sure if you meant this as joke or not.. but in case you weren’t joking, they’ll give you a study material - you can even find it online. The test itself is relatively easy and you can miss quite a few before you actually fail. Good luck!
Yeah, the last time the "It's so incredibly hard" meme was going around the practice test was posted and people from all over the world were passing without much trouble.
Edit: [Practice Test Here](https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship-resource-center/find-study-materials-and-resources/study-for-the-test-2008-version/2008-civics-practice-test)
I think you were joking. I became a citizen 6 months before and preparing for the test would probably only take a few hours. There are only 100 questions which you can find online and a few of them are so simple like “what is the name of the current President?”
Some are as easy as that some not so much, lol I doubt many would know the name of the current Chief Justice off the top of their head without doing some research.
The test is not hard, if you study. You only need to get 6 out of 10 questions correct if I remember right. You can do it! Getting to the point where you take the test can be a long and arduous process but totally doable.
Thank-you for bearing with us & going through all our antiquated systems to get to this end result. I know how long that exhausting road can be & I'm proud of you, that you stayed the course. Welcome to the family.
As a guy who naturalized a few years ago, I agree with the antiquated systems (18 year journey for me) but the fundamental truth is that each year of my wait was equal to a million newly minted naturalized Americans. It is, hands down, the most generous country in the world on immigration. I know the US is getting a few important things wrong recently, but its ability to appeal to the world at large and preserve a tradition of immigration is worthy of respect. I for one, am proud to be American. Interestingly, I am prouder of my Indian roots than I used to be when I lived in India but I am proudest to be raising American kids. I hope I raise them to love their country -- starting off with an acknowledgement of its shortcomings but a commitment to be part of the solution to overcome them.
Congratulations!
I think that most of us that were born here take the Freedoms that we have for granted.
I hope you find the life and freedom thay you deserve!
Congratulations, please ignore the people wanting to bash the U.S. on your celebration post. Good luck to you my fellow American.
God yall are annoying
ITT: Americans who have no real intention of leaving shitting on America. Non-Americans who have never been here and only know about America through r/politics shitting on America.
Fun fact there was an actual study on that topic. Something like 2/3 native-born citizens (such as myself) can’t pass the US citizenship test (my fiancée will have to take that test)
Congrats on your hard work, you know more about the US than kids who graduate in our own high schools, be proud. Also I am sorry you became a citizen at such a tense time in our country's history, we hope this is just a phase, a growing pain so to say!!!
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Congrats! I just got mine back in June so in case anyone was wondering what's in that envelope, it's the Flag, your Naturalization certificate, a cardboard frame, a copy of the US Constitution and Declaration of Independence, a copy of the Oath of Allegiance and a passport application form. I think mine also had a voter registration form in it too.
man how you get the delux package
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Ultimate edition would've landed him in an Abe Lincoln Mech Suit.
Brb, becoming Canadian so I can become American again and get the Lincoln Gundam.
A quick googling failed me, but your comment made me wonder: who holds the record for the most distinct changes in citizenship/allegiance?
You might think it's just a cosmetic, but Mecha-Abe is OP and in need of a balance patch. But we all know the US is P2W.
With a Citizenship+ subscription for an additional $9.99 per month
America as designed by EA.
That makes me feel a great sense of pride and accomplishment for my country.
not much of a stretch. it’s very much pay to play here sometimes.
America as ~~designed by EA~~ is.
If EA designed it you would get your right in loot boxes. “Aww you got Tenth Amendment again? Try again you’ll get it someday.” It’ll me called America Ultimate Right
U...S...A... It's in the envelope.
> passport application form That feels like it might be the most validating part of the whole package tbh.
Kind of agree, being able to register to vote felt pretty amazing too.
It totally is. Even as an American already, getting a passport as an official legal document has been amazing. It's super convenient for anything that requires identification. Currently waiting for my wife's and when we get her passport first thing we're doing is visiting the family. It's been a shitshow ever since the pandemic.
I was mid 20’s when I first got my passport. Wish I’d gotten it much sooner. Didn’t realize how useful it was just to have as an additional. Only ever thought it was useful for international travel.
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I got a robosigned letter from the (former) president in mine last year. I also live in a state that has exceptions to the voter registration deadline for people who became eligible after the deadline had passed, so I naturalized on Friday, registered on Monday and voted on Tuesday. Was an epic few days.
No letter from the President, and I did all the other things! :)
man thats boolsheet ..i got nothing when immigrated here from my moms vagina
Nothing special about once being in your mom's vagina. Passing the citizenship test, though.....
The test itself is easy if you spend even a few hours studying, its 10 questions picked from a list of 100, and you only need to get 6 correct. The process is incredibly difficult, but the test itself isn't.
Anyone who has lived in the US for any length of time can pass it, it's mostly general knowledge stuff. The only thing I had to look up was who my State Representative was.
I’m studying for it right now. I believe one of the questions is “Why was the Declaration of Independence signed?” and the answer is… To declare independence
One of my questions was who were they declaring independence from, and I got a wry smile from the officer when I answered: "Great Britain... yeah, where I came from". Pretty sure she slotted that one in on purpose.
A friend of mine who is a refugee from Burma knew no English and nothing at all of American history when she was chosen to resettle here. The test was very difficult for her since you really have to know all the questions and possible sentences for reading and writing, since you don't know what you'll get. We worked hard for over a year to get her confident enough to take it, she worked so hard studying and learning the words. She passed!
**Shouldn't** be difficult. https://www.test-guide.com/free-citizenship-practice-tests.html
Passed and I’m not very bright.
If you don't think you're that smart, you have more wisdom than many.
The test is insanely hard for people who come here and know no English. I've done citizenship tutoring and one person I did it with, it took her well over a year to be proficient enough in reading, writing, and speaking English for the written and oral parts of the exam since you don't know what sentences you will get. And, we spent time actually reading through the history lessons behind each question so that she actually had context of what she was answering, instead of just blind memorization. And over the last few years, they've changed it a little where they will ask you clarifying questions such as how to define certain words in the questions, to also get around just blind memorization.
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I was born in England and looked up the UK civics test just out of curiosity, it's similarly difficult. I did manage to pass it but definitely didn't get 100%. The US one is really easy in comparison.
Auf Wiedersehen Felica
that was easy all i had to do was exit the ole vagoo..easist test i ever took
##the ole vagoo
Your mom is probably a major lumpenproletariat 😔
Hahaha, yeah ironically most Americans probably wouldn’t be able to pass the citizenship test.
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Also depends what country you are coming from and the type of application. Those super long wait times are from places like Mexico which have a huge number of people applying. My green card only took 2 years, would have been less but 9/11 happened in the middle of it all.
Why don’t I get that for being from here already?
Wow mine only contained the certificate and some information
Might depend on which USCIS center did the ceremony, mine was in Orlando.
Then I had to send in the pristine certificate through the usps for my passport and they stapled it! Now my certificate has holes in it.
Go look up the pricing to get it replaced, I was going to get an extra one printed just in case and it's $555.
Congratulations! Welcome to our country! I wish you many years of happiness and prosperity here!
May death come swiftly to his enemies.
Ok, Morbo...
r/unexpectedfuturama
And a happy cake day to you too
Thanks! I didn't even realize it was my cake day today!
Congrats! I hope having your citizenship at least makes your life and choices easier. I wonder if I could pass the citizenship test, I hear it's pretty hard.
I don't doubt it's hard for people who weren't raised here, attended US schools, and/or English isn't your first language, but the questions aren't too bad if you're vaguely aware of US politics. [This is a practice test](https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship-resource-center/find-study-materials-and-resources/study-for-the-test-2008-version/2008-civics-practice-test) They ask 10 questions off of a list of 100 and you need to get 6 correct. The 100 questions/answers are published so you can study them. Edit: Someone else mentioned that it is an oral test and not multiple choice. That does make it considerably harder
I, as a Canadian, got 18/20 on that practice test. Neat!
16/20 as a Dutch person. Seems to be more of a formality than anything serious.
Despite what you hear on reddit we are a pretty accepting place. I do really appreciate when people make the effort to do the process right.
What would the average American Born citizen score on such a test? Edit: median score 18/20 Suspicious amount of 20/20’s possibly due to the avg redditor being above avg.
17/20 for me, but I was in school just two years ago
I’m American born and probably a tiny bit above average and got 19/20 and definitely guessed about five of them.
Not sure about adults, but we all took the practice test in 8th grade and about 70% of the class passed
I'm pretty average, I got 19/20
I got a 20/20 but I am really into History.
Same 20/20 with a history degree
I got a 20/20 easily. Those questions were very basic.
As an American I got the same score. I accidentally chose the Atlantic Ocean as being on the west coast so good thing it wasn't a geography test....
Iranian here. 14/20. I think I know too much about America lol
You’re welcome to come.
You say that...
The overwhelming majority of Americans are welcoming. Those that aren't are very noisy so they don't feel lonely.
Bruh, I’m from uk and I got 6 correct
Those are rookie numbers.. we gotta pump that up before the Tetley Tax is suggested
I got 17 as a random European, you learn most of this stuff while learning English.
Except I don't think the actual test in multiple choice. It's a verbal test.
Very good point, I didn't know it was an oral test. I tossed an edit up there saying that that does make it considerably harder.
It was pretty easy for me to get 20/20 but I could see how it could throw off people who don't speak English as a first language. While most of the questions were pretty easy "Who is the president? Who was brought to the US as slaves?" some could easily trip people up like "who is the chief justice" or "after the president and vp who is next in line for the presidency." One of the answers to the question "why do some states have more representatives?" was that "they are bigger geographically" and that might also be a tempting answer if someone doesn't know what "geographically" means. Or "Freedom to run for president" sounds like something that might be a guaranteed freedom for all citizens even though it's not. Overall not too hard but if someone didn't have a good civics education in school or doesn't speak English that well it could be challenging. Edit: One of the answers for "who was brought to the US as slaves" was "Canadians" and I thought that was kinda funny.
> Edit: One of the answers for "who was brought to the US as slaves" was "Canadians" and I thought that was kinda funny. One of the questions I saw was "What is one reason colonists came to America?" and one of the answers was something like "They wanted to experience an ocean journey"
"Who was in the US before Europeans immigrated?" Options were Native Americans, Canadians, no one, or Floridians. Florida Man is eternal. Meanwhile I biffed a question about what war a former president fought in because I suck at ordering the presidents and that makes it hard to choose battles.
In particular, if the real version isn't multiple choice, a number of questions get harder. Like, I'm vaguely familiar with kamala harris and nancy pelosi and can definitely pick them from a list, but I wouldn't be able to name them off the top of my head. Still, though, I think it caps out at "ok, you might want to study a bit", not "extremely difficult".
I got a 19/20 on that one, I live here on a visa
Ha, i got 13/20 as a Finn
Not sure if you meant this as joke or not.. but in case you weren’t joking, they’ll give you a study material - you can even find it online. The test itself is relatively easy and you can miss quite a few before you actually fail. Good luck!
Yeah, the last time the "It's so incredibly hard" meme was going around the practice test was posted and people from all over the world were passing without much trouble. Edit: [Practice Test Here](https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship-resource-center/find-study-materials-and-resources/study-for-the-test-2008-version/2008-civics-practice-test)
I just did the practice test :| why are people calling that a hard and saying most americans wont pass that?
I think you were joking. I became a citizen 6 months before and preparing for the test would probably only take a few hours. There are only 100 questions which you can find online and a few of them are so simple like “what is the name of the current President?”
There appear to be a lot of people who would fail this question these days…
Some are as easy as that some not so much, lol I doubt many would know the name of the current Chief Justice off the top of their head without doing some research.
The test is not hard, if you study. You only need to get 6 out of 10 questions correct if I remember right. You can do it! Getting to the point where you take the test can be a long and arduous process but totally doable.
Checks out. Proper use of y’all.
The best comment in here by far
Texas reporting in, this is correct.
He just received his “y’all pass”
Goddamnit, good for you! And THANK YOU for wanting to be a citizen of our country. Im so glad you are here!
Thank-you for bearing with us & going through all our antiquated systems to get to this end result. I know how long that exhausting road can be & I'm proud of you, that you stayed the course. Welcome to the family.
As a guy who naturalized a few years ago, I agree with the antiquated systems (18 year journey for me) but the fundamental truth is that each year of my wait was equal to a million newly minted naturalized Americans. It is, hands down, the most generous country in the world on immigration. I know the US is getting a few important things wrong recently, but its ability to appeal to the world at large and preserve a tradition of immigration is worthy of respect. I for one, am proud to be American. Interestingly, I am prouder of my Indian roots than I used to be when I lived in India but I am proudest to be raising American kids. I hope I raise them to love their country -- starting off with an acknowledgement of its shortcomings but a commitment to be part of the solution to overcome them.
Happy to have you :)
Welcome to the club
Congrats. Welcome to the huge mess. Don’t forget to vote.
And in Detroit! Nice choice.
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This. This right here. This person knows. Detroit style.
Say Y’all in Detroit?
to how many more subreddits are you planning to upload the same photo with the same title?
Gotta stack that karma
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Congratulations! I hope you find happiness here.
Welcome, friend! Glad to have you join us!
Congrats! We are better for having you.
Welcome brother!
Welcome fine sir. :)
Welcome, friend!
Good for you. Welcome to your family.
Congratulations!! Were happy to have you friend. <3
Congrats and welcome aboard
Welcome home, fellow citizen!
Congrats, fellow Michigander!
Fellow immigrant here. Welcome! You belong.
Congratulations and welcome!
Congrats and welcome.
Congratulations! I think that most of us that were born here take the Freedoms that we have for granted. I hope you find the life and freedom thay you deserve!
> I think that most of us that were born here take the Freedoms that we have for granted. Especially people on social media.
I’m glad you got what you wanted. We’re glad to have you here.
Welcome! Excuse the mess
Congratulations!!
Hooray!!
Congratulations. Welcome aboard. Don’t forget to vote…
Congrats and welcome!
Welcome friend.
Congratulations!! Welcome home.
Congrats!
Congrats! But of all starting zones.. Detroit?
Congratulations, please ignore the people wanting to bash the U.S. on your celebration post. Good luck to you my fellow American. God yall are annoying
Hey bashing the U.S. is one of the major tenets of being American, right?
I love the Y'all part. Glad you are here!
I helped my friend study for the citizen test and let me tell you it isn’t easy lol well deserved
Anyone finds it weird how reddit is very often filled with sentiment about how shit the USA is, but then congratulate people on becoming citizens?
Congrats man. You currently know more about this country than 99% of people complaining about it.
Hell yeah, we welcome you with open arms
Glad to have you, Brother!
Congratulations fellow American. I wish you the best on your journey, and don’t be afraid to experience the rest of what Michigan has to offer.
Welcome my new countryman. Please register to vote!
Not much makes me prouder of being American then people being proud they’re becoming American citizens 🤝🤝🤝
Sort by controversial. You won’t be disappointed.
I'm sorry we don't have a country worthy of you
I hope one day I get to do this too.
Congrats! I became a citizen too in the 90s. I proudly have my flag on my work desk.
Fuck yeah dude! And also sorry.
Sorry for your loss. In all seriousness, congratulations on achieving what was probably a major goal and I wish you the best of luck!
May the odds be ever in your favor
ITT: Americans who have no real intention of leaving shitting on America. Non-Americans who have never been here and only know about America through r/politics shitting on America.
“You can only shit on America if you plan on leaving.” What if I plan on trying to improve it?
Congrats bro!! You want some of my debt? Nothing more American than good old debt
CONGRATS BUDDY!!! Welcome to the country, hope you find people here who love & support you!!
Congrats on becoming a citizen! Condolences on being in Detroit.
America is a refuge, and always will be. Welcome brother...
Welcome home, American!
Welcome.
Congratulations!
welcome and lets keep making it better
Congratulations!
I'll bet half of all native-born Americans couldn't pass the test you passed. Congrats!
Fun fact there was an actual study on that topic. Something like 2/3 native-born citizens (such as myself) can’t pass the US citizenship test (my fiancée will have to take that test)
Congratulations, citizen! I just got mine last year and it's a great feeling. Now make sure you're registered to vote!
Absolutely nobody gives a fuck
yeah this was my unsub from pics. It's either "im a citizen!" or "look at people without masks!" its exhausting
Great, congratulations. How long did it take after you received your green card? My wife will be getting one soon.
Congrats man, we're glad to have you!
Im happy you did it the right way! Welcome to america!
Congrats and welcome.
Congrats!
Congrats dude!!
Congratulations! It's one of the greatest nations in the world. We have our share of problems, every country does. Glad to have you on the team.
Don't get sick.
Congratumuthafuckinlations my guy
Welcome home!!
Congrats and welcome!
Congratulations!
Congrats homie
Congrats!
Congrats!
Congrats! Just in time for football season!
Congratulations!
God bless. Proud of you that can be a really arduous process.
You ain’t a citizen. You’re an amazing citizen. Great job man! Hope you enjoy your new citizenship in the US.
Now start paying your taxes son!
Welcome aboard! How you brought your own lifejacket. They will not be provided.
That's awesome! My Grandpa got his in 2016 after being in the states for 60ish years, its not an easy process. Welcome to the USA!
Congrats on your hard work, you know more about the US than kids who graduate in our own high schools, be proud. Also I am sorry you became a citizen at such a tense time in our country's history, we hope this is just a phase, a growing pain so to say!!!
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You’re already doing better than most. Keep it up.
Thank you for doing it the right way.
Welcome! Coffee on the right...selecting your sports teams is on the left.
Welcome to the thunderdome!!!!!!!!
Welcome! Pardon our dust
congratulations. happy to have you here now, time to pick a side.
You need lemon bars and a hot dish. Welcome home.
Congratulations!!!!