I have decided to apply for naturalization, but am just a little apprehensive about the Portuguese test!  Anyone care to share their experiences regarding this test, what form did it take, verbal written, a combination of both, what proficiency was required, any tips on preparation, when is the test taken on application or at a later date?

Any advice and information would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.

Originally posted by sven You are right to be aprehensive! This is a very complext test! 1) You need to be able to literally copy at least two sentences of a text; There is almost no way not to pass.

Just two sentences?!  Man, I had to do two entire paragraphs!  Yet once I'd made it through the the first paragraph, the PF guy handed me the text, and told me to copy it verbatim! 

I concur w/Sven, it would be difficult not to pass.

Originally posted by spongebob haha, I can't wait to take mine. What's funny is that I talk to those guys in Portuguese, but I guess it's just a formality.

Hm... how come you are waiting for your name to be published in DOU if you have not submitted the documents yet???

The test is NOT a formality. It will be seen by the MJ people who have never met you end will evaluate your portuguese on the basis of what you have written.

Edited by Telleuno - 21 August 2012 at 01:42

Originally posted by sven Originally posted by Telleuno ??? The test is NOT a formality. It will be seen by the MJ people who have never met you end will evaluate your portuguese on the basis of what you have written. Of course it is a formality. A person with CELPEBRAS on the advanced level has to take it. I was in my 8th semester of law school and I had to take it. All I had to do was literally copy two lines of text, and read two lines aloud. The reading aloud part won't make it to Brasilia, and I can assure you that my mom who doesn't speak a word of Portuguese could have copied both lines without error.

I dont know what you are talking about. I was never asked to read aloud anything and copy any lines. I had to answer 3 questions related to the text I read (which I assume is standard) and write half a page on why I want to become a brazilian citizen.

People who will evaluate it in Brasilia will know nothing of your CELPE BRAS (this one is useless indeed) and will judge based on what they see only.

I personally saw 2 people who failed the test even at PF.

Originally posted by 3casas Perhaps, as with all PF stuff, it varies by place. Telleuno, where did this happen to you?

SP Capital. The form was pre-printed with space for answers and half a page free for essay on citizenship. And as I said while I was waiting there 2 out of 4 people in front of me failed the test - one Chinese and one Argentinean.





Edited by Telleuno - 21 August 2012 at 12:07