Changes to U.S. citizenship test raise questions about difficulty of naturalization process

In October 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) made changes to the civics exam.
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US will ‘overhaul’ the citizenship test: Here’s what’s new

The new test is longer and includes an updated list of questions.
NBC 7 San Diego

USCIS announces first changes to naturalization test. Here's what to know

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) posted a Federal Register notice announcing that 28 more questions were added to the naturalization test. "One of many steps in an ongoing effort ...
AZ Central

US citizenship test to get longer and more difficult under Trump administration

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 ...
WWAY TV

U.S. adding more questions to citizenship test

(CBS NEWS) — The U.S. government is adding more questions to the civics test that applicants need to pass to become American citizens, the latest step by the Trump administration to tighten the legal ...
The Fresno Bee

Central Valley immigrants rushed to apply for citizenship to avoid new civics test

noviembre 18, 2025 2:29 p. m. A surge of Central Valley immigrants filed naturalization applications this fall so they could meet a deadline to avoid taking a new, tougher civics test that now has ...