2011年4月18日星期一

Life in the UK Test

The Life in the UK Test, also called the British Citizenship Test or the UK Citizenship Test, is a test that is taken to become a citizen of the United Kingdom. The UK Citizenship Test is a compulsory test for every candidate who wants to apply for citizenship. He or she has to attend and go through the Test.
During the test, the candidate will be asked a few fundamental questions about the United Kingdom which they have to answer. The Life in the UK test consists of two parts - English, and Civics relating to the nation. Candidates appearing for the test need to get acquainted with the lifestyle in the United Kingdom and they should have an excellent command over the English language.
The aim of the UK test is to help the concerned candidate to understand about the country. Prior to becoming a citizen of the country, it is very essential that the candidate should have a good knowledge of the country. This will help the candidate to mingle with the people of the country and also help them to learn and become a part of their culture.
Facts about the UK Test
The Life in the UK test or the British Citizenship Test is a sample practice test to help aspiring candidates, who are willing to become citizens of the United Kingdom, get used to the pattern of the actual British Citizenship test. The candidate appearing for the test has to get 75% of the answers correct so that he or she can pass the test. The material for the UK citizenship test is accessible online. Otherwise, we can also get the material from the Home Office.
Here are the details about the Life in the UK Test:
  • The Life in the UK test consists of 24 questions
  • Out of the 24 questions, the candidate needs to answer 18 of them correctly
  • The appearing candidate needs to get a minimum score of 75% meaning that he or she has to answer 75% of the questions accurately.
  • The Life in the UK Practice test duration is 45 minutes.
  • The applicant must answer all the 24 questions in 45 minutes
  • The UK Citizenship Test is conducted in 65 centers across the UK. Candidates can choose the center closest to them and book their test there
  • The fee for attempting the UK test is £34.00.
  • Since 2009, 70.9% percent of candidates have passed the UK citizenship Test.
The actual process of citizenship starts after you have cleared the British citizenship test. The Life in UK test is just an elementary step which has to be cleared so that you can start your process of applying for the citizenship. There are various types of forms through which you can apply for the citizenship. You can get the British Citizenship Application form from the internet. Most of the applications which are filed fall under naturalisation, therefore you can go for AN Form.
For submitting your citizenship application form you can follow either of the two methods. One is, you can follow the traditional method by posting your application form; the second one is to send your application form to NCS. Nationality Check Service is the contemporary way of submitting your citizenship application.
There are two major advantages of sending your application to NCS.
Your application is checked properly and the confirmation of the documentation is acknowledged by the service.
The documents which are supposed to be attached along with the application are returned back after taking a photocopy of them. By this, instead of sending your documents along with the application you get them back immediately.
The NCS service is provided by local councils which are available across the country. There is a nominal charge for this service which comes up to £40.
For getting more information you can also avail Home Office guide in the internet which will give you lot of details as to how you can apply for the British Citizenship.

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