To become a U.S. citizen, you now have to take a citizenship test that’s twice as long as it was before, with more than half ...

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 has been targeting legal pathways to citizenship, including giving officials broader discretion to deny naturalization on vague grounds such as “anti-American” views and ...

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 ...

An American citizen attempts to pass the official US citizenship test from 2019.

The Trump administration has been routinely targeting legal pathways to citizenship, including giving officials broader discretion to deny naturalization on vague grounds such as “anti-American” views ...