The Isle of Wight Council’s library service has launched an online tool to help people preparing to take a citizenship test.
Anyone who moves to the UK and wants to become a citizen must pass the ‘Life in the UK’ test or the British citizenship test.
The library service is using a tool called GoCitizen, which provides a range of information and resources to help people study ahead of their test and which can be used in the library, at home or on the move.
It includes official materials licensed by the Home Office as well as hundreds of practice test questions in the same format as the official test and additional interactive learning materials and teaching aids.
To access the tool, people need to have a valid Isle of Wight Council library card and log on to iow.gocitizen.co.uk. They will need their library card number when registering their details on the site. Library cards are free and are available at any library on the Island including the mobile library.
Should the person successfully pass their citizenship test and have their application for British citizenship accepted, they are then invited to a citizenship ceremony, which is usually held at County Hall in Newport.
Every applicant is required to swear or affirm an oath of allegiance to the Crown and make a promise to uphold the values and laws of the UK. Each citizen is welcomed by the chairman or deputy chairman of the council.
The Isle of Wight Council library service website is available at www.iwight.com/thelibrary and also on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/iwlibraries and on Twitter atwww.twitter.com/iwlibraries.
