The examination

The Basic Civic Integration Examination Abroad consists of three tests:

1. de toets Kennis van de Nederlandse Samenleving (Knowledge of Dutch Society; KNS),
2. de Toets Gesproken Nederlands (Spoken Dutch; TGN),
3. de toets Geletterdheid en Begrijpend Lezen (Reading and Comprehension Skills test; GBL).

You must take the examination at the Dutch embassy or consulate general in your country of origin, or that in which you are lawfully residing. You will use a telephone link with a computer. You hear the questions through a headset, and must speak your answers into the attached microphone. You cannot ask the computer questions. If you have any questions, you must ask the person conducting the examination (a member of the embassy staff) before the examination begins. You will not be permitted to ask questions once the examination is under way. Your answers to the test questions will be automatically evaluated by the computer.

The examination does NOT require you to write anything.