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  1. #11
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    Default Re: U.S. Citizenship Interview Problems with USCIS Officer

    Thank you everyone and appreciate the advice that you have given me so far (except the idea of keeping my mom in some other country)

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    Default Re: U.S. Citizenship Interview Problems with USCIS Officer

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    Thank you everyone and appreciate the advice that you have given me so far (except the idea of keeping my mom in some other country)
    You're quite welcome, jon.

    Good luck!

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    Default Re: U.S. Citizenship Interview Problems with USCIS Officer

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    Thank you for restating my idea.

    OP, If your mother is able to converse in English, so many opportunities open for her. If she wanted to function in her home language and culture, she should have remained there. While it would be nice if native American citizens were bilingual, that is not the case. Many are illiterate in Engligh; there is no way they could manage another language.


    FWIW, members of my family are able to manage in at least a basic level in Russian, Spanish, French, , UK English, and Latin. I doubt your mother speaks any of these.
    I speak Spanish, Italian and can manage fairly well if necessary in French. However, if I was going to take a citizenship exam in any of those languages I would immerse myself for at least a month in Spanish and Italian, and six months at least in French. I can tourist muddle in Portuguese so I would immerse myself for at least a year in that one.

    The key to learning languages is to get down the "book learning" part and then to immerse yourself for enough time for your brain to make all the connections between book learning and conversation. It sounds like OP's mom has the "book learning" part down pretty well, so she really just needs the immersion.

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    Default Re: U.S. Citizenship Interview Problems with USCIS Officer

    OP,

    If your mother is unable to communicate in the US, she is better off where she can. She can always remain a LPR with no language requirements, but I expect she wishes to sponsor other individuals which means she needs to get really serious about learning English as a good American citizen candidate would do. Yes, it will be difficult to learn a new language as an older adult, but she is the one who wants the privileges of citizenship.

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