Starting Oct. 20, 2025, applicants for US citizenship will face stricter requirements, including a more rigorous civics and history exam, as well as a more invasive assessment of applicants’ moral ...

New changes are coming to the U.S. citizenship test, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced on Wednesday. The government is reinstating a 2020 exam from President Trump's first ...

Naturalization applicants now must memorize 128 questions and hope to get 12 out of 20 correct under a new U.S. citizenship test that will replace one that required they score of six out of 10 ...

USCIS implements 2025 Naturalization Civics Test for N-400 filings on Oct. 20, 2025. Test expands question bank to 128 and raises pass mark to 12 correct answers. Applicants filing before Oct. 20 keep ...

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to make the U.S. citizenship test more challenging, potentially introducing an essay requirement. White House is reportedly planning to introduce an ...

The updated test is being administered to those who applied to become a U.S. citizen on or after Oct. 20 Kevin Dietsch/Getty; Getty The U.S. Citizenship test is now more difficult to complete due to ...

Johanne, a Haitian social worker, has lived in the United States for nearly 30 years, but as she prepares for her upcoming citizenship test, she says the process feels more daunting than ever. “I just ...

The Trump administration is making changes to the U.S. citizenship test and reimplementing updates made to the test during the president’s first term, but which the Biden administration scrapped. The ...