U.S. Citizenship Process Is Getting a History Test
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The Bush administration yesterday unveiled dozens of new questions that may be added to the nation's naturalization test, and immigration advocates are concerned that the changes could make it more difficult for millions of legal immigrants to become U.S. citizens.
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In California, illegal immigrants and US citizens alike debate tighter ID requirements.
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People who want to become Australians  will have to commit to broad values of &quot;mateship&quot; and may need  to brush up on horse racing and political history under new  citizenship tests outlined by the government on Sunday.
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U.S. immigration agents investigated only 139 suspected fraud cases referred by the main anti-fraud unit of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services last year, or less than 1 percent of 1 percent of about 6 million applications for citizenship, green cards and other benefits, federal investigators...
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A new citizenship test designed to make applicants think about questions rather than just memorize answers is beginning a trial run.
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In the first 10 months of the year, 2,240 Americans exercised their right to automatic Israeli citizenship, compared with 2,385 for the whole of 2003, the Jewish Agency, a quasi-governmental organization, said.
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The Bush administration yesterday postponed for at least six months a new security rule that Americans show a passport when crossing U.S. borders by land or by sea, requiring instead that citizens present an identity card and proof of citizenship upon entry for the first time, beginning Jan. 31.
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The government wants to make the citizenship test for immigrants more meaningful, requiring a better understanding of America's history and government institutions. No longer would it be sufficient to know the three branches of government (executive, legislative and judicial). Applicants could also be asked why there are three branches of government.
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Senators are betting the U.S. would benefit from giving most illegal immigrants the chance to become American citizens &amp;#151; highlighting their resolve to pass a landmark immigration overhaul.
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The U.S. State Department ordered about 200 recent hires on Tuesday to report to Louisiana and New Hampshire for two months to help work through a huge backlog of passport applications, officials said.
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After decades of being waved through, Americans returning from Mexico are increasingly being checked and questioned like foreigners, leading to wait times of two hours or more.
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New feelings of insecurity in immigrant communities is helping fuel a rise in the number of legal immigrants seeking to become United States citizens.
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Two pillars of Swiss nationhood are being tested Sunday &#151; citizenship and the post office.
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Britons visiting the US without visas will need their own machine-readable passports from Tuesday.
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A sweeping immigration law overhaul   that would toughen border security and give millions of illegal   immigrants a chance to earn U.S. citizenship headed for Senate   passage on Thursday and backers prepared for a bruising battle   with the House of Representatives.
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Authorities unveiled 100 new questions immigrants will have to study to become American citizens.
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A high failure rate among migrants  sitting a citizenship exam introduced by Australia's former  conservative government has prompted a re-think of the  controversial test, criticized by some as racist.