The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it will reintroduce a stricter version of the U.S. naturalization civics test, expanding the number of questions and raising the bar for passing. The change, published in the Federal Register, revives a test first introduced in 2020 and later rolled back under President Biden.
Under the new rules, applicants must study 128 potential questions on U.S. history and government and correctly answer 12 of 20 during the interview. By contrast, the current test, in place since 2008, requires answering 6 of 10 correctly from a pool of 100. Applicants over 65 who have been permanent residents for at least 20 years remain eligible for a simplified version.
