USCIS Announces Changes to Civics Test in Overhaul of Naturalization Standards
On September 18, 2025, USCIS published changes to the 2025 Naturalization Civics Test in the Federal Register. Specifically, USCIS will reinstate the 2020 Naturalization Civics Test utilized during the first Trump administration. This heightened civics test was repealed by the Biden administration in favor of the 2008 version of the civics test currently in use. Here are the key changes: Study guide materials will now include a bank of 128 questions. Previously, applicants studied a bank of 100 questions, During