According to an unpublished notice obtained by the DCNF and set for publication Thursday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced changes to the U.S. naturalization test, reducing the difficulty of the English-speaking section and editing the civics section to make the test easier for citizenship applicants. Standardized criteria for evaluation will minimize the examiner’s discretion in judging the quality of responses, and the English-speaking segment will be curated to focus on more everyday conversational topics than the more formal themes historically discussed. According to the announcement, applicants will be asked to reply to three color photographs taken from a…
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