citizenship test requires applicants to answer twice as many questions as at present.

From next month, the new version of the United States Citizenship Test requires applicants to answer twice as many questions as at present.

Immigration and naturalization experts say re-testing, which ranges from 10 to 20 questions, can limit the number of tests each day and slow down the process.

However, test takers will only have to answer 12 questions, similar to the old test pass rate. "These changes reduce the efficiency of this struggling agency," said Washington, D.C. Sarah Pierce, a policy analyst at the Institute for Non-Partisan Migration Policy, said she was referring to her citizenship application backlog. "The administration is adding hundreds of thousands of minutes to these naturalization tests."

The new test covers "a variety of topics that provide applicants with a better test," said Dan Hetlage, a spokesman for the Citizenship and Immigration Services. Will be, as before.

According to government figures for 2019, the number of people who were naturalized in fiscal year 201 increased by 8% more naturally - an increase of 11% over the previous year.

Taking the citizenship test comes at the end of a month-long process that is open to those who have lived in the United States legally for more than a year.

source : US news