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 ...

Last year approximately 818,500 people in the United States were granted U.S. citizenship, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Every year, thousands of Coloradans prepare for the ...

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 ...

The Trump administration is making it harder to pass the oral exam required for immigrants seeking naturalization as U.S. citizens. The new test is also longer. Green card holders who file for ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officer Michael Hixenbaugh instructs an immigrant from the Philippines ahead of her naturalization exam on August 9, 2023 in Utqiagvik, Alaska.

Nearly 120,000 residents of the New York metropolitan area became U.S. citizens in 2024. Those who want to follow in their footsteps will face a higher hurdle next year: a revised citizenship test ...

Donald Trump's director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) says the citizenship test is "too easy," and reportedly plans to overhaul the exam. Joseph Edlow, USCIS head, complained ...