Green card holders face a revamped civics test and added hurdles. Critics warn that the process is now more demanding than ever. The Trump administration is deliberately pulling up the welcome mat for ...

The Biden administration this week rolled back a Trump-era citizenship test and reinstated an earlier version that was administered in 2008 after concerns about the "limited time for study and ...

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 ...

Select applicants for U.S. citizenship will be able to take the 2008 citizenship exam as opposed to the updated 2020 version. Both tests require a 60 percent passing ...

Starting October 20, 2025, all applicants filing Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, will need to take the newly updated 2025 citizenship test instead of the older 2008 civics test version.