New 2025 U.S. Citizenship Test - Everything that has changed and new questions

If you are preparing for U.S. citizenship, please note: USCIS’s new Civics Test 2025 will take effect on October 20, 2025.

👉 Official link to study all 128 questions and answers:

📘 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version) (USCIS PDF)

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Key changes – New vs. Old

📊 Total number of questions for study
- Before (2008 Test): 100
- Now (2025 Test): 128
🎤 Questions asked in the interview
- Before: up to 10
- Now: up to 20
✅ How many correct answers to pass
- Before: 6 (out of 10)
- Now: 12 (out of 20)
❌ Allowed Errors
- Before: failed with 5 errors
- Now: fails with 9 errors
⏸ Stop Rule
- Before: stopped when the candidate got 6 correct or 5 incorrect
- Now: stops when they get 12 correct or 9 incorrect
👵 Exception 65/20 (65 years+ 20 years of legal permanent residence)
- Stays the same:
  - Study only the 20 questions marked with an asterisk (*)
  - The officer asks 10 of these questions
  - You need to answer 6 correctly to pass

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Contents of the new test (2025)

The questions are still divided into three main sections:

American Government
American History
Symbols & Holidays

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Differences in details – What has changed in practice

More questions: 128 instead of 100.
More demanding: you need to get 12 right, not just 6.
More tolerance for error: you can get up to 9 wrong.
Updated content: more focus on recent history, social movements, and American culture.

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New questions added to the 2025 test

Compared to the previous test (2008), approximately 28 new questions were included, many related to recent history, culture, and innovations. Here are some examples of new additions:

🇺🇸 Government and the Constitution
- What does “We the People” mean? (self-government, popular sovereignty, social contract)
- Why do representatives have shorter terms than senators? (to more closely follow public opinion)
- Why can the president only serve two terms? (22nd Amendment)
📜 Recent History
- Why did the US enter the Gulf War? (to expel the Iraqi army from Kuwait)
- What happened on September 11, 2001? (terrorist attacks in the US)
- Name a US military conflict after 9/11. (War in Afghanistan, War in Iraq, War on Terror)
🌎 American Culture and Innovations
- Give an example of American innovation. (airplane, automobile, moon landing, integrated circuit)
- What was the nation’s first motto, “E Pluribus Unum”? (Out of many, one)
🎉 Symbols and Holidays
- Inclusion of Juneteenth as a national holiday.

These questions did not exist in the 2008 test and were added to modernize the content and reflect current American society.

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Who will take the new test?

Those who submit their N-400 on or after October 20, 2025 → will take the new test (2025).
Those who apply before that date → will take the old test (2008), even if the interview takes place later.

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Final Summary

📘 Before: 100 questions / 10 in the interview / need 6 correct answers
📘 Now: 128 questions / 20 in the interview / need 12 correct answers
❌ Allowed errors increased (5 ➝ 9)
👵 Rule 65/20 remains the same
🆕 New questions on recent history, culture, and innovations

👉 The new format is more demanding, but also fairer, as it allows for more mistakes and still passing.
📘 Study directly from the official material:

➡️ 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version) (USCIS PDF)

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