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New US Citizenship Test Adds Questions, Complexity

Aline Barros

   WASHINGTON - U.S. legal permanent residents on the path to
   naturalization will now be required to take a longer and more complex
   citizenship test.

   The new civics testis drawn from128 questionstest takers must be
   prepared to answerabout American history and government, up from100
   questionspreviously. Anyone who appliesfor U.S. naturalization after
   December1, 2020, must take [1]the new version.

   U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS),a federal agency
   under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)that administers
   the country's naturalization and immigration system, announced in 2019
   it was improving the naturalization civics test for the first time
   since 2008.It made the move official last week.

   "Updating, maintaining, and improving a test that is current and
   relevant is our responsibility as an agency in order to help potential
   new citizens fully understand the meaning of U.S. citizenship and the
   values that unite all Americans," Ken Cuccinelli, who was then serving
   as USCIS acting director, said in a statement.

References

   1. https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship-resource-center/the-2020-version-of-the-civics-test/128-civics-questions-and-answers-2020-version

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