US citizenship test practice: all 128 civics questions, and the interview itself

The 2025 civics test is an oral test of 20 questions drawn from USCIS's list of 128. You need 12 correct to pass, and the officer stops asking once you have 12 right or 9 wrong. It applies to anyone who filed Form N-400 on or after 20 October 2025. Earlier filers take the 2008 test: up to 10 questions from a list of 100, 6 correct to pass.

The list grew from 100 questions to 128, the officer asks 20 instead of 10, and the pass mark is 12 instead of 6, with the test ending at 12 right or 9 wrong. The subjects are the same three, and USCIS publishes all 128 questions with the answers it accepts. Which version you take depends on the date you filed your N-400, not on your interview date.

USCIS decides by the date it received your Form N-400. Before 20 October 2025: the 2008 test, up to 10 questions from 100, 6 to pass. On or after that date: the 2025 test, 20 questions from 128, 12 to pass. The receipt notice shows the date. The app holds both lists and asks which one you need.

A USCIS officer puts you under oath, goes through your N-400 with you, asks about your background and eligibility, and tests your English and civics in the same sitting: speaking through the conversation, one of three sentences read aloud, one of three written, and the oral civics questions. The officer's decision follows, on the day or later, and then the oath ceremony.

Three parts, none of them scored out of anything. Speaking: the officer judges your English from how you answer questions during the interview. Reading: you must read aloud one out of three sentences correctly. Writing: you must write one out of three sentences correctly. The sentences use words from USCIS's published reading and writing vocabulary lists, which the app drills with the microphone and the keyboard.

If you were 50 or older with 20 years as a permanent resident when you filed (50/20), or 55 with 15 years (55/15), you skip the English test and take the civics test in your own language through an interpreter. At 65 with 20 years (65/20) the civics test also shrinks to 10 of the 20 asterisked questions, 6 correct to pass. A medical exception needs Form N-648 from a doctor or clinical psychologist.

You get a second chance. USCIS reschedules you for the part you failed, English or civics, between 60 and 90 days after the first interview. If you fail that part again the officer must deny the application; you can then file a new N-400 with a new fee. Both tests are learnable from public lists, which is what the second interview is for.

Seven answers on the 2025 test depend on who is in office: your state's U.S. senators, your U.S. representative, the Speaker of the House, the President, the Vice President, the Chief Justice and your governor. USCIS does not print them; it tells you to answer with the official serving on your interview day and keeps a page of current answers at uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates. The app finds your senators, representative and governor from your ZIP code.

Free to download, and every one of the 128 questions is free to study in the flashcards, with hints, context and audio. Quiz, Listen Mode, Reading Practice and Writing Practice each give five free sessions. The voice interview with the interviewer on video needs the 3-day free trial or Premium, which is $2.99 a week after the trial or $24.99 a year.

No. It is an independent study aid from Vishwen Labs, listed on the App Store as US Citizenship Test 2026 App and called Citizen Pro inside. The questions, vocabulary and rules are USCIS's own published materials, free at uscis.gov; the interview practice, hints, cultural context and translations are the app's. The facts on these pages come from USCIS's study pages, its Policy Manual and its list of questions dated September 2025, and none of it is legal advice.