Updated Feb 24, 2021 | 14:04 IST
The decision to return to the 2008 version of the civics test is likely to benefit the Indian diaspora in the US eligible for citizenship. US President Joe Biden. | Photo Credit: AP
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The latest decision by the Biden administration is in keeping with the recently sworn-in US president s February 2 Executive Order
In December 2020, as part of a series of reforms that many have contended were anti-immigration in nature, the previous Trump administration put into effect a new civics test that, reportedly, made it more difficult for eligible immigrants to attain US citizenship
During the 12 months between September 30, 2018, and September 30, 2019, a total of 61,843 Indians gained US citizenship, making up 7.5 per cent of the total cohort granted citizenship
President Joe Biden s administration Feb. 22 announced a reversal of former President Donald Trump s stringent citizenship test by moving to an earlier 2008 civics test to make the path to
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Applicants who filed their application for naturalisation on or after December 1, 2020, and before March 1, 2021, will have the option to take either the 2020 civics test or the 2008 civics test The Biden administration has announced to do away with the stringent Trump-era citizenship test and revert to the easier 2008 version, making the US naturalisation process more accessible to all eligible individuals. The new process comes into effect on March 1, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said in a press release on Monday. On December 1 last year, USCIS implemented a revised naturalisation civics test, called the 2020 civics test, as part of a decennial test review and update process.
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