yay!

[winterbadger]

I tried the sample test from this site that markets guides to the 'Life in the UK' test and got an 83% (I like to think that if I had studied I would have given a correct answer to at least one of the two questions I missed).

It sounds as if the revised version of the test they are doing from this autumn onwards is slightly less full of ridiculous statistical trivia (if I were to fail, if and when I get to take this for real, and had to retake it, I shudder to think the obloquy which would be heaped on me...)

Of course, I was a sucker and bought the study materials for the old test, just for fun, back when it was announced. But I have no sorrow in knowing they will be obsolete.

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[silme.livejournal.com]

I was going to do it before it went up to £278 and prior to the test, but I postponed due to stupidity. Now, I'm paying the cost -- in more ways than one!

How many months are they estimating now for naturalisation?

[sioneva.livejournal.com]

I was checking yesterday and it said 2.66 on average, which is crap, because I applied right at the end of March and still haven't heard back, making it just over four months that it's taken so far to process my (very straightforward) application.

I suppose someday I'll hear back from them!

[silme.livejournal.com]

Eek! They're that behind?! They used to be much better and actually followed the timeline. :(

[sioneva.livejournal.com]

I'd blame Royal Mail except that one of the solicitors at my husband's place of employment who is also American and filed a few days before I did hasn't has his processed either.

It's extremely frustrating - we've paid a LOT to the blooming Home Office!

My husband's theory is that since we squeezed in just before the massive price increase of April 1, that they're prioritising applications received after April 1 because those people paid more and we just get to wait until they have some free time.