About the writing test
Many people worry about the writing test part of the citizenship interview. But, there is some good news.
In the writing test, the officer will say one sentence, and the applicant will write it. The applicant will write it on a computer tablet.
You can ask the officer to repeat the sentence. It’s no problem, really!
The officer will look at the sentence. If the officer can understand it, you will pass.
In the rules for USCIS officers, it explains that these things are not a problem:
- Spelling mistakes with 1-3 letters
- Missing short words
- Writing that is not beautiful, but is clear
You only need to write one sentence to pass the test. If you do not pass the first time, you have 3 chances to pass.
Also, the sentences will only have some specific words:
- People
- Adams
- Lincoln
- Washington
- Father of Our Country
- We
- American Indians
- Citizens
- President
- Senators
- Places
- Alaska
- California
- Canada
- Delaware
- Mexico
- New York City
- United States
- Washington, D.C.
- Holidays
- Presidents’ Day
- Memorial Day
- Flag Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Columbus Day
- Thanksgiving
- Months
- February
- May
- June
- July
- September
- October
- November
- Verbs (Actions)
- can
- come
- elect
- have
- has
- is
- was
- be
- lives
- lived
- meets
- pay
- vote
- want
- Civics words
- capital
- Civil War
- Congress
- flag
- free
- freedom of speech
- right
- state
- states
- White House
- More information
- blue
- dollar bill
- fifty / 50
- first
- largest
- most
- north
- one
- one hundred / 100
- red
- second
- south
- taxes
- white
You can practice online, too!