Elderly Individuals Seeking Nationality Mostly Fail in the BM Test

Many elderly individuals applying for Malaysian citizenship struggle to pass the Malay language proficiency test, according to Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution. The passing score is set at ‘8,’ while a failing score is as low as ‘1.’ Sometimes, individuals scoring just ‘2’ are granted citizenship. Nasution attributed this issue to most older applicants being fluent only in their mother tongue.

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He highlighted that some other countries have citizenship requirements that demand proficiency in the official language of the nation sought after. These remarks were made in response to Tanjung Piai MP Wee Jeck Seng’s query about the prolonged approval process for senior citizens’ citizenship applications.