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| One Nation, One People (2025 Version) |
After a long wait, the 2025 Naturalization Civics Test has arrived! Here is a summary of Federal Register Notice: Implementation of the 2025 Naturalization Civics Test (9/18/2025 source) plus more resources for the new civics test.
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USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) will start using the 2025 Naturalization Civics Test.
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This test is based on the 2020 version of the civics test, but with one small change.
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The English test (reading, writing, speaking) does not change.
Key Points about the Civics Test:
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Applicants must show knowledge of U.S. history and government.
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The 2020 test had:
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128 questions in the study bank (instead of 100 in 2008).
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Applicants were asked 20 questions in the interview.
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Applicants needed 12 correct answers to pass.
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The 2025 test will keep this format.
Small Change in 2025 Test:
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In 2020, officers had to ask all 20 questions even if the applicant already passed.
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In 2025, officers will stop once:
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The applicant answers 12 questions correctly (pass), OR
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The applicant answers 9 questions incorrectly (fail).
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Who takes which test?
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If you applied before or within 30 days of this notice → You take the 2008 test.
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If you apply 30 days or more after this notice → You take the 2025 test.
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Special rule for people 65 or older with 20+ years as permanent residents:
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They take only 10 questions from a smaller set of 20.
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They need 6 correct answers to pass.
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Other USCIS Information:
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Study materials with the 128 questions and answers will be updated on the USCIS 2025 Civics Test page.
- Bill Bliss: Comparing 2008 with 2025
- Bill Bliss: Comparing 2025 with 2008
- Bill Bliss: "Considering the New 2025 U.S. Civics Exam" (added 10/01/2025)
- Bill Bliss: The New U.S. Civics Test: Changes and Challenges (11/12/2025, iecho webinar pptx)
- Bill Bliss / Voices of Freedom supplement: bit.ly/4pI7PKH
- Bill Bliss / Voices of Freedom Basic Civics supplement bit.ly/3IkGygO
- Bill Bliss / Voices of Freedom course info: https://lnkd.in/eCauepAQ
- Boundless: U.S. Citizenship Test Questions and Answers (with very simple explanations; added 11/07/2025)
- Ellii.com: US Citizenship & Naturalization Collection | videos (subscription req'd; updated 11/07/2025)
- Gilder Lehrman: The Citizenship Test (added10/23/2025)
- Liberty Lab: 2025 USCIS Civics Test Study Tool - 128 Official Questions (added 9/28/2025)
- Lynn Weintraub: Help! How do I teach the new test? (added 9/23/2025)
- Lynn Weintraub / Citizenship Passing the Test: Civics and Literacy student book free supplement. (A new edition will be released in January 2026). (added 10/2/2025)
- Lynn Weintraub: Tricks for teaching the 2025 civics test (11/12/2025, iecho webinar pptx)
- Patricia Hernandez: 2025 Civics Test 65 and Older plus 20 Years LPR (added 10-24-2025)
- Patricia Hernandez: El Examen de Ciudadanía 2025 para los que tienen un mínimo de 65 años de edad y un mínimo de 20 años como residentes permanentes (added 10-24-2025)
- Shawn Chakrabarti: 2025 Civics Test Curriculum Themes (added 9/26/2025)
- Song Hong (CATESOL President): USCIS Civics Test Comparison 2008 vs 2025 (added 9/22/2025)
- TESOL.org: Login and go to My TESOL. Look for ESL Civics and Naturalization Education PLN and join the group. (added 9/17/2025)
- USA Hello: Translations of the 128 Civics Questions (more than 15 languages)
- NYTimes Opinion: Trump Made the Citizenship Test Harder. What if Every American Had to Take It? (11/18/025)
- Time: How Trump Is Changing the U.S. Citizenship Test (10/21/2025)
- Washington Post: Can you pass the new U.S. citizenship test? (10/23/2025)
- Washington Post: Our readers tried the new U.S. civics test. They have some objections. Quiz-takers questioned the government’s takes on women’s suffrage, the Persian Gulf War and American innovation, among others. (10-27-2025)
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