I wanted to say something here because this is mis-leading.
The requirement that you need to know English to become a US Citizen gets waived after a legal resident has been here, legally working and paying taxes, for 10 years.
My ex-wifes parents are perfect examples. They are old. They came here in the early 90's legally. They've been working. Their kids know English (my ex) and she passed her citizenship test when she was younger. She signs for everything as far as legal paperwork goes.
Her parents do not speak very much English. I would help them practice for their citizenship test (in English) and after several years of failing the test, when they hit 10 years residency (all legal), they were allowed to have a translator at their citizenship test interview. They still had to pass the test, they were just allowed to answer in Chinese. I support this. Her parents are hard working (now retired) and they completely deserve their citizenship.
The ballots in other languages are for the legal US citizens who naturalized but don't speak the language, typically the older generation of legal immigrants.
They moved here in the 90's when they knew China was going to take over Hong Kong again. They had already fled China to Hong Kong when they wanted to have more children, so when Hong Kong was being passed back to the Chinese they bailed pretty quickly. It was either the US or Canada and at the time Canada required a large cash payment to accept them.
I wanted to say something here because this is mis-leading.
The requirement that you need to know English to become a US Citizen gets waived after a legal resident has been here, legally working and paying taxes, for 10 years.
My ex-wifes parents are perfect examples. They are old. They came here in the early 90's legally. They've been working. Their kids know English (my ex) and she passed her citizenship test when she was younger. She signs for everything as far as legal paperwork goes.
Her parents do not speak very much English. I would help them practice for their citizenship test (in English) and after several years of failing the test, when they hit 10 years residency (all legal), they were allowed to have a translator at their citizenship test interview. They still had to pass the test, they were just allowed to answer in Chinese. I support this. Her parents are hard working (now retired) and they completely deserve their citizenship.
The ballots in other languages are for the legal US citizens who naturalized but don't speak the language, typically the older generation of legal immigrants.