The Department of Homeland Security is set to overhaul the naturalization civics requirement. Prepare yourself for new test dynamics and crucial deadlines.

First, very few of the students I met, of any age, could pass the new citizenship test. Second, very few of the schools I visited would even administer it. The requirement to commit dates, names and ...

Matthew Tragesser, a spokesperson for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said in a September statement that with ...

An immigrant studies to take a U.S. citizenship exam in Connecticut on March 29, 2025. Credit - John Moore—Getty Images Becoming an American may have just become more difficult. U.S. green card ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. citizenship test is being updated, and some immigrants and advocates worry the changes will hurt test-takers with lower levels of English proficiency. The ...

The Trump administration has been routinely targeting legal pathways to citizenship, including giving officials broader discretion to deny naturalization on vague grounds such as “anti-American” views ...

US Citizenship and Immigration Services, which administers the test, will run a trial for a five-month period in 2023 with about 1,500 participants enrolled in citizenship class who have volunteered ...

Immigrants on the verge of becoming naturalized citizens are getting surprise home visits from federal agents who want to ...

The policy guidance clarifies that these applicants may not have to repeat an immigration medical examination and submit Form I-693. Jessica Cardenasirn, a nurse at the Afghan evacuee male clinic at ...

Medical examinations and vaccination records properly completed and signed by a civil surgeon after Nov. 1, 2023, can be used indefinitely, USCIS has announced. There is no longer any expiration date.