In October 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) made changes to the civics exam.

The new test is longer and includes an updated list of questions.

An immigrant studies to take a U.S. citizenship exam in Connecticut on March 29, 2025. Credit - John Moore—Getty Images Becoming an American may have just become more difficult. U.S. green card ...

Could you pass America's new citizenship test? The rules just changed and it's tougher than ever. In an executive order, President Donald Trump declared that the privilege of United States citizenship ...

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 immigration ...

Nearly 120,000 residents of the New York metropolitan area became U.S. citizens in 2024. Those who want to follow in their footsteps will face a higher hurdle next year: a revised citizenship test ...

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 ...

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 ...