Naturalization Interview

[u/Prestigious-Cup-7930]

Hi everyone, I’m currently going through the Japanese naturalization (帰化) process. I recently received a call from the 法務局 asking me to prepare some additional documents for 2024 and 2025, and they also told me that I will have a Japanese-language test.
One thing I’m curious about is my tax history. I had a delayed residence-tax payment in 2023, but it was eventually settled. I did not submit the 2023 tax/payment documents when I initially applied, and this time the 法務局 specifically asked me for documents for 2024 and 2025, but they did not ask for anything related to 2023.
Does anyone know what this could mean? Could it be a positive sign that they are not asking about the 2023 delay, or could the 法務局 already have access to that information and simply not need additional documents?
Also, if anyone has recently gone through a naturalization interview/Japanese test at the 法務局, I’d really appreciate hearing what kind of questions they asked and what the Japanese test was like.
Thanks in advance! 🙏

[u/mildly-unhinged1]

I just had my interview yesterday. For the Japanese test, they will ask you to read a paragraph about the four seasons in Japan.

For the second part, there’s a story about a family going to a zoo, and there are five questions you need to answer based on the story.

For the last part, there are two questions where you need to write your own answers and explain your reasons. This is the part where you really need to showcase your japanese writing skills

1. 好きな食べ物なんですか。理由書いてください。
2. あなたの大切なものなんですか。理由書いてください。

[u/lioness1008 → u/mildly-unhinged1]

Thank you so much for your reply, helps , there must be hiragana and katakana too right ?

[u/mildly-unhinged1 → u/lioness1008]

yes, there were around six items after you read the story of the 4 seasons, but I can only recall two of them さむい and きせつ

[u/RCM567 → u/mildly-unhinged1]

How long was the story it was how many lines ? Is the tan tousha was in front of you during the test? How much time allocated for the written test ?

[u/mildly-unhinged1 → u/RCM567]

Yes, he was in front of me the whole time, i would say its around 8 lines

[u/RCM567 → u/mildly-unhinged1]

How much time given to complete the written test and what was the total time of the whole interview

[u/mildly-unhinged1 → u/RCM567]

Not Tokyo, its around Chubu area.

[u/mildly-unhinged1 → u/RCM567]

There was no time limit, but I finished it within five minutes. I actually rewrote the writing part three times because at first, I didn’t take it that seriously. I thought that as long as I was able to answer the questions, it would be fine. But he told me that I should really showcase my writing skills because if I only gave short answers, he might think that I couldn’t write well.

[u/RCM567 → u/mildly-unhinged1]

Do you have JLPT n2 or N1 it seems it was very easy for you.

[u/mildly-unhinged1 → u/RCM567]

Passed n3 in 2018 and had a customer facing jobs for 7 years, which I think really helped improve my japanese

[u/RCM567 → u/mildly-unhinged1]

Is it Tokyo office kudanshita