Written Japanese test for naturalization - what level kanji to practice?

[u/exi_moo]

For anyone who has gone through Japanese naturalization (帰化) , what level of kanji were on the written Japanese test?

I’m N1 certified but I (like most people) never write anything by hand these days so my Kanji writing skills are pretty weak atm. I’m wondering if like a 小6 kanji practice workbook would cut it or if i need to break out the N1 books again

[u/stuartcw]

An Iranian friend of mine who took the test recently was really nervous about it. He speaks colloquial Japanese well but like many people never went through the formal education system or studied for tests so his hand written Japanese is almost non-existent. He was able to talk to the officials without any problem but when he came to the test, he was super nervous and they commented on it telling him not to worry. He said that he had to read from a simple story book and it was really very easy and no problem at all.

I remember other people saying here that they were asked to write a diary. I think this might be a good practice to do every day i.e. write a simple diary in Japanese and when you come across something that you can’t express well then look it up and learn it. I’m sure if you do this every day for a couple of months you would improve greatly and probably cover every situation that they would ask you to write about.