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US citizenship test guides
Every guide answers one question people type about the naturalization test, with the rules quoted from USCIS's study pages and Policy Manual and the question numbers from the September 2025 list. No sign-up, no email wall.
The test
The 2025 change, 20 of 128, which version you take, and the answers that change
What USCIS changed on 20 October 2025 and what it kept, the numbers for both tests and the 65/20 version, the filing-date rule with how to check it, and the seven questions whose answers depend on the day and the place.
What changed in the 2025 US citizenship testUSCIS's 2025 civics test: 128 questions instead of 100, 20 asked instead of 10, 12 to pass, ending at 12 right or 9 wrong. Who takes it, and what stayed.Read the guide →
How many questions are on the US citizenship test, and how many do you need to pass?20 questions from 128, 12 correct to pass, on the 2025 test; up to 10 from 100, 6 to pass, on the 2008 test. Plus the English test's three sentences.Read the guide →
Which citizenship test do I take, the 2008 or the 2025 version?Your N-400 filing date decides: before 20 October 2025, the 2008 test (10 of 100, 6 to pass); on or after, the 2025 test (20 of 128, 12). How to check it.Read the guide →
The citizenship test questions about current officials, and how to answer themSeven 2025 civics answers change with elections: your senators, representative and governor, the Speaker, President, Vice President and Chief Justice.Read the guide →
The interview
What happens in the room, the English test, and the second chance
The oath, the N-400 review and the decision, step by step; the speaking, reading and writing parts with USCIS's vocabulary; and the 60-to-90-day retest and what a second failure means.
What happens at the USCIS naturalization interviewStep by step: the oath, your N-400 reviewed question by question, the speaking, reading and writing test, the civics questions, and the decision.Read the guide →
The English test for US citizenship: what the speaking, reading and writing parts askSpeaking is judged through the interview; reading is one of three sentences read aloud; writing is one of three written, from USCIS's vocabulary lists.Read the guide →
What happens if you fail the citizenship testA second interview 60 to 90 days later for the part you failed, English or civics. Fail it again and the N-400 is denied; you can refile. USCIS's rules.Read the guide →
Preparing
A plan for the interview, and the exceptions by age and health
A step-by-step plan from the list of 128 to the week before, and the 50/20, 55/15 and 65/20 rules and Form N-648, quoted from USCIS.
How to practice for the US citizenship interviewA plan: learn the 128 questions by topic, drill the reading and writing sentences, answer out loud to an interviewer, fix the officials for your ZIP.Read the guide →
The 65/20 exemption, the 50/20 and 55/15 rules, and medical exceptions to the citizenship test50/20 and 55/15: no English test, civics in your language. 65/20: 10 of 20 marked questions, 6 correct. Medical exceptions with Form N-648. USCIS's rules.Read the guide →
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