America’s Path to Citizenship Has an Updated Exam

Becoming a U.S. citizen just became harder: How the new civics test questions differ from the old ones

The Trump administration is deliberately pulling up the welcome mat for people seeking legal status in the United States.   This Monday, the federal government rolled out a new civics test for green card holders applying for U.S. citizenship—an exam that critics have said is needlessly more complex than its predecessor. Applicants who filed for naturalization prior to October 20 will continue to take the 2008 version of exam. However, those subm…

Can you pass the new U.S. citizenship test? Give it a try

Would you be able to pass a U.S. citizenship test on America’s government and history? This week, it got harder.

Trump administration tightens U.S. citizenship test requirements

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On October 20 the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) started implementing new changes introduced by President Trump’s administration to the oral portion of the U.S. naturalization test. Under the revised rules for the civics test, which measures green card holders’ knowledge of U.S. history, government and policies, applicants will now be required to answer 12 questions correctly out of 20, instead of the previo…

America’s path to citizenship has an updated exam

Civics teachers have long included questions from the U.S. citizenship test in classroom lessons to spur conversation among students. Now, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has updated the exam for those who hope to become American citizens, expanding the possible questions to 128, and in some cases, asking for more detail on the test. The updated test is being administered to applicants who filed for naturalization on or before Oct.…

America introduces new test for Ghanaians and other nationals who want to become U.S. citizens

The US has introduced a new test for persons from all countries who apply to be citizens of the country. This comes as it introduced a new citizenship test.