I’m currently at N3. I know they don’t request a certificate or anything of that sort, but that they do judge you on how well you speak Japanese when deciding whether to grant you citizenship.
You’ll have to interview in Japanese. That’s how you’ll be judged.
Since you’ll be filling out the applications and talking with your case worker, that’s basically the “test” of your Japanese. If you can have a normal daily conversation and answer questions about your past/present/etc then you’ll have no problem passing.
Enough to have a basic conversation. So N3 should do it.
I think the official guidance is some year of school, say like a local 8-year-old.
If you can hold a conversation with a child, you should be about fine.
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You’ll have to interview in Japanese. That’s how you’ll be judged.
Since you’ll be filling out the applications and talking with your case worker, that’s basically the “test” of your Japanese. If you can have a normal daily conversation and answer questions about your past/present/etc then you’ll have no problem passing.
Enough to have a basic conversation. So N3 should do it.
I think the official guidance is some year of school, say like a local 8-year-old.
If you can hold a conversation with a child, you should be about fine.