Could you become a US citizen!

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:26 pm

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/ ... cd190aRCRD

Could you become a US citizen? Thankfully, AP US History is happily preparing me for my eventual citizenship test.

Some of the questions seem pretty obvious to me, but I'm sure there are some people who don't know some of them. D'you know what the tallest mountain in the US is?

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:30 pm

I just found out that G.Washington wasn't our first President. I'd fail that test.

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:31 pm

...Yes he was.

Edit: Unless you're counting those fake seven. There was no constitution then, thus it wasn't really the country that we think of today. Anyway.

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:41 pm

Yeah, those are the seven.

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:28 pm

I had to answer harder questions than those when I applied for a fishing license.

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:32 pm

Denyer wrote:I had to answer harder questions than those when I applied for a fishing license.

ZING!

anti-m · Post by **anti-m** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:43 pm

Important question Bjam-- do you get dual citizenship? I sure wouldn't want to loose the ability to jump ship from these united states if I were you.

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:18 pm

No idea. I believe so. I haven't even gotten my greencard yet, so citizenship isn't for a good few years. (Unless I get married to an American real soon)

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:26 pm

The easiest way is to be born here. That's what I did. That would suck if they made babies take that test.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:54 pm

Bjam wrote:D'you know what the tallest mountain in the US is?

I been there.

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:22 pm

fodroy wrote:The easiest way is to be born here. That's what I did. That would suck if they made babies take that test.

"YOU SCORED 3 OUT OF 100. WE DOCKED POINTS FOR RANDOM CRAYON SCRIBBLES. YOU FAIL!"

"....WAHHHHH!!!!!"

lucidia · Post by **lucidia** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:08 pm

Bjam wrote:No idea. I believe so. I haven't even gotten my greencard yet, so citizenship isn't for a good few years. (Unless I get married to an American real soon)

the marriage thing sucks. bad route unless you're in some kind of rediculously perfect lovey sitaution. my friend did it, but after a few years she still hadn't been evaluated and eventually, being far too young to be married the first place, the relationship split up and they parted ways on a bad note... so.. even after years of legit marriage, you still have to do a lot of work and interviews to really end up a "citizen" via marriage. I have another friend in the opposite situation, strugging to get citizenship in the netherlands, despite the fact that she is married to a citizen there. go figure.

my boyfriend isn't from the US (he's from Australia), and apparently he's already looked into the greencard thing as well and it's not impossible.. so good luck with whatever you decide to do!!! I'm sure with a decent immigration lawyer you'll get it all sorted out.

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:19 pm

lucidia wrote:
my boyfriend isn't from the US (he's from Australia)

Denyer, you sly devil, you!

pegor · Post by **pegor** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:22 pm

What a stupid test.... howz about some essay questions MR Emilio Gonzalez?

Why should a deeply religious person value the seperation of church and state?

What contributed most to the downfall of the USSR -the allure of Democracy or the alure of Capitalism?

which is more conducive to the persuit of happiness - safety or freedom ?

GW would fail the test then we deport him .... somewhere else .....

EWWWW I get PO'd about this stuff ... tallest mountain GEEEZZZ!!!

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:40 pm

Trust me, as someone who works in Immigration (I'm ICE not CIS, though there isn't much of a difference), we get a ton of people in here who would fail miserably.

lucidia · Post by **lucidia** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:12 am

Sven wrote:
lucidia wrote:
my boyfriend isn't from the US (he's from Australia)
Denyer, you sly devil, you!

nope. i assure you, my romantic interests are far far removed from anyone here on SF. although my bandmates are all super hot and will likely cause riots when we go on our first world tour, as people will be killing themselves to try and sniff our dirty underwear. but that's really besides the point.

sadly, my boyfriend is also far far removed... from the US. at least for another month and a half... so sad. why must australia be so god damned far away?

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:24 am

I'll keep him warm for you.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:54 am

33. The President must be born in what country?

A: America

"America" - a country? If this was Trivial Pursuit - I'd be calling that wrong.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 1:03 am

Bjam wrote: D'you know what the tallest mountain in the US is?

I do - but the people writing the test don't. From base to peak - it's Mauna Kea.

Mt McKinley is only correct if the question specified tallest mountain above sea-level or the highest point in the USA (which it didn't)

(Sorry - but I'm a trivia Nazi

- never been beaten at Trivial Pursuit!)

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:27 am

There is no trivia test that can hold Caravan Ray!

lucidia, did you meet your Australian boyfriend on World of Warcraft? Be honest now, its how it happens nowdays.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:41 am

that's one big test. speaking of travesties,

66. What is the current minimum wage in the U.S.?

A: $5.15

-bill

Tonamel · Post by **Tonamel** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:01 am

Caravan Ray wrote:33. The President must be born in what country?

A: America

"America" - a country? If this was Trivial Pursuit - I'd be calling that wrong.

Federal Republic of Germany
Commonwealth of Australia
Swiss Confederation
French Republic
Kingdom of Belgium
Russian Federation
People's Republic of China
Republic of Italy
Dominion of Canada
United Mexican States

Yeah, I hate it when people don't use the proper name of a country.

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