Immigration Facts: How to Apply for Citizenship
In order to become a full citizen of the United States, an immigrant must pass a naturalization test. The test focuses on the basic concepts of American democracy. It includes the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens, and encourages new citizens to engage in patriotism and civic learning. Instead of simply being a history and policy test, the U.S. government redesigned the test so that it not only tests new citizens, but also motivates them to become active citizens.
On the uscis.gov, you can find complete study guides for the new questions, as well as vocab lists that ensure the test taker understands all of the questions. Hopefully, the test is pretty basic for Americans who have taken any sort of American history class. For instance, one question is “What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution,” with the answer being the Bill of Rights. The test has a civics portion and an English portion. The civics portion is available in multiple languages to accommodate people who have English as a second language.
