How to book the US citizenship test: part of the N-400 interview

Short answer: The US citizenship test is part of your naturalization interview: the USCIS officer who interviews you about your Form N-400 application also gives the English and civics tests, unless you qualify for an exception ^[1]. On the 2025 civics test the officer asks 20 questions from the list of 128, and 12 correct answers pass ^[1].

Which civics test you take

The version depends on when you filed Form N-400: before October 20, 2025 means the 2008 test, and on or after that date means the 2025 test ^[1].

How many questions and what it takes to pass

• 2025 civics test: 20 oral questions from the list of 128; 12 correct answers pass and 9 wrong answers fail ^[1].
• 2008 civics test: up to 10 oral questions from the list of 100; 6 correct answers pass and 5 wrong answers fail ^[1].
• You get two attempts: a part you fail at the first interview (English or civics) is retested 60 to 90 days after that interview ^[1].

Oral or written

The civics test is an oral test: the officer asks the questions and you answer them out loud ^[1].

The English test has a reading and a writing part: you read aloud one of three sentences correctly and write one of three sentences correctly, and the officer judges your spoken English during the interview ^[1].

Practicing the civics questions before the interview

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Oath Prep: US Citizenship Test — Official questions and answers, spaced review.

• Flashcards with spaced review: a question you miss comes back sooner; scratch-to-reveal if you like
• Interview simulation with the 2025 rules: 20 questions, pass at 12 correct, stop at 9 wrong
• Type your answer before you see it: it is shown next to the official answers and spelling slips are pointed out
• Answers for your state; pick your representative from the official list
• If USCIS updates an officeholder answer, you get a notification and the card returns for review
• Read aloud by your phone's offline US English voice, card by card or hands-free (each card up to 3 times, in order or shuffled); answer out loud with on-device speech recognition, nothing recorded
• Reading and writing practice with the USCIS word lists, a 65/20 mode and a home-screen widget
• USCIS's 10 Steps to Naturalization as a checklist, and a PDF study guide with your state's answers

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Sources

1. The Naturalization Interview and Test (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) — https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learn-about-citizenship/the-naturalization-interview-and-test (accessed 2026-10-27)

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