We have finally reached our 3 years and are going to put in for citizenship. We would love to hear from anyone who has done it recently - how long did it take, what was the exam like - anything to make me feel more at ease about doing away - I hate the thought of failure or rejection!

Its very hard to be rejected as long as you have the necessary time on the ground, the test is a joke.

I'm taking mine two weeks today so I'll let you know
Best to get the application in & forget about it, mine was sent in Feb 09 with a 12 - 16 month wait.

OH's was sent in at the end of December 09...haven't received acknowledgement of receipt yet.

No 1 mom

We are about six weeks away from lodging our application so thanks for the timely post will be keeping an eye on timelines etc
Also good luck B.H looks like its been a long wait

Ditto!

my application went in end of november / beginning of december 2009 - and i got my letter and the study book earlier this month. i assume that your oh should get his any time now?

The test is beyond a joke. I think it took me under four minutes, including double-checking. I wasn't the first to finish.

This article about the British Citizenship test appeared this morning. I doubt too many entrants thought that one was so easy.

Sent in mid April 2010. I'm not expecting to get anything for months and months and months and months.

I know they got my package though - had a tracking number. I'm just going to forget about it til I hear anything. Am kicking self, though, for not doing this earlier (I've been here 8 years). Passport & PR Card expire this year.

I think first time around I failed the version of the citizenship test on the BBC website

I think most of us on here did. It is no different the other way around. I tried out the practice questions on a few cradles and they did dismally. They just don't learn/get taught the stuff citizenship applicants have to bone-up on.

I did the test in 2005 and got 100%. I would not do nearly so well now. I would probably fail because I can no longer remember the answers to the killer questions.

Lets not mistake a citizenship test for anything other than an English comprehension exercise. They give you a book. If you can read it and understand it enough to answer the multiguess questions, then you can be a citizen. I dont think the UK test much different, just a different book to read and comprehend isnt it?

Or is the summons to the test a way of checking if people are still in the country?

Certainly I think thats part of the logic behind the relatively short notice periods given for the test and swearing in, both of which are mandatory...

If you want it bad enough and are prepared to spend the money to get back then you will make it back in time regardless, but if your English or French is not up to snuff, then you have your work cut out to be granted citizenship however you look at it.