Of the UK…
So yesterday PM David Cameron was on Letterman, who hit him with a few choice questions about British history, most of which do actually appear on the Life in Britain test as required to become a UK citizen or, apparently these days, get the Visa I have.
Cameron failed spectacularly.
As does my husband.
As would I.
And therefore I will never ever be a citizen of the UK. A citizen test that not even citizens can pass? Is not a citizen test.
Luckily I got my Visa before they required the test otherwise I would have, obviously, sucked it up and taken it.
But until they tell me the UK and US is at war and they are revoking all Visas?
I’ll stay as a Legal Residence Alien.
Thanks.
I believe that the point of the test is that if you care enough to memorise the booklet then you have tried hard and therefore deserve to be a citizen.
There’s no implication, as far as I can tell, that these are things that you should just “know” by having been here for a while.
Well, that’s ridiculous. The US tests is about knowledge about the US, i.e. government etc.
I can pass it without thinking. Simon can pass it with a bit of thought. Someone who isn’t a history buff could pass by studying like you would for any test.