In order to obtain U.S. citizenship through naturalization, applicants must take a Naturalization Test during an interview with a federal employee. Video above: Man shares journey to becoming U.S.

SAN ANTONIO – Beginning Monday, anyone applying for naturalized citizenship in the United States will need to study a new version of the naturalization civics test, more commonly referred to as the ...

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The Trump administration is planning to make the test applicants take for U.S. citizenship more difficult, with a higher bar for passing and potentially an essay requirement. Speaking at an event ...

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 ...

Related video: Trump promises to end birthright citizenship. What is it and could he do it? (NEXSTAR) – America is starting a “multi-step overhaul” of the naturalization process, which will include ...

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Starting October 20, 2025, all applicants filing Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, will need to take the newly updated 2025 citizenship test instead of the older 2008 civics test version.

Thousands of people will become American citizens around Independence Day. But first they had to pass a citizenship test. Could you do the same? With your American citizenship on the line, could you ...