Native English speakers who have been approved -Please Reply

[mdeleo01]

Quick question for Americans or Australians (or any other English speaking national):

I have already sent my application in and included a simple statement regarding English profiency. I said something like "As a citizen and resident of the U.S., all of my education has been in English, and thus it is my native language...blah blah blah.

Obviously, the HO should know that American applicants are English profient. However, I am second guessing whether I was supposed to include some other "proof" of my Enlish language skills.

Are there any other American/native English speakers out there who did not supply this requirement but got a positive response?

Thanks!

[Chess]

NO need to prove english proficiency for US nationals

[John]

Chess, sorry, the source of your information? It appears pretty clear that all applicants for naturalisation need to deal with the language aspect. No current nationality is exempt.

Much more at :-

Language requirement, further information - The need to prove sufficient knowledge of the English language

Nothing on that page to exempt any particular nationality. But a lot about how a native English speaker goes about proving that. Just read Section 1 and Section 2.

Just after the language requirement was added last summer IND were returning applications which simply ignored the language requirement, and indeed returning them very promptly. I am not sure if they are still doing that.

Incidentally, what about all the Hispanic speakers in the States? These days can we just assume that absolutely every USA citizen has a good command of the English language?

So mdeleo01, I suspect that your "simple statement" will be insufficient to pass the test.

[homeistheuk]

I got approved and I didn't include a statement about my english language proficiency. I think they just assumed since both my bachelor's and law degree was from US schools.

Just to be safe, your statement should be fine. Your US passport copy will also be a good indication.

[John]

homeistheuk, it looks as if you are covered by Section 1 of the document I provided a link to.