2025 Civics Test: 65/20 Special Consideration Questions

This page contains the 20 questions designated for 65/20 special consideration on the 2025 civics test. The 2025 list applies only when USCIS received Form N-400 on or after October 20, 2025. If USCIS received the N-400 before that date, use the different 20-question subset in the official 2008 test materials. The filing date—not the interview date—selects the version.

Study the 2025 questions below until the answers come easily. If your N-400 was filed before October 20, 2025, do not use this list; open the official 2008 question bank instead. Confirm time-sensitive answers before your interview.

1. 2. What is the supreme law of the land?

   Answer: (U.S.) Constitution

2. 7. How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?

   Answer: Twenty-seven (27)

3. 12. What is the economic system of the United States?

   Answer: Capitalism; Free market economy

4. 20. Name one power of the U.S. Congress.

   Answer: Writes laws; Declares war; Makes the federal budget

5. 30. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?

   Answer: Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the current name.

   This answer changes over time. Confirm the current officials before your interview.

6. 36. The President of the United States is elected for how many years?

   Answer: Four (4) years

7. 38. What is the name of the President of the United States now?

   Answer: Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the current name.

   This answer changes over time. Confirm the current officials before your interview.

8. 39. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?

   Answer: Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the current name.

   This answer changes over time. Confirm the current officials before your interview.

9. 44. Who vetoes bills?

   Answer: The President (of the United States)

10. 52. What is the highest court in the United States?

    Answer: Supreme Court

11. 61. Who is the governor of your state now?

    Answer: Answers will vary. District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. does not have a governor.

    This answer changes over time. Confirm the current officials before your interview.

12. 66. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

    Answer: The United States; The flag

13. 74. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

    Answer: American Indians; Native Americans

14. 78. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

    Answer: (Thomas) Jefferson

15. 86. George Washington is famous for many things. Name one.

    Answer: "Father of Our Country"; First president of the United States; General of the Continental Army; President of the Constitutional Convention

16. 94. Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.

    Answer: Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation); Saved (or preserved) the Union; Led the United States during the Civil War; 16th president of the United States; Delivered the Gettysburg Address

17. 113. Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name one.

    Answer: Fought for civil rights; Worked for equality for all Americans; Worked to ensure that people would "not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character"

18. 115. What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?

    Answer: Terrorists attacked the United States; Terrorists took over two planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City; Terrorists took over a plane and crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia; Terrorists took over a plane originally aimed at Washington, D.C., and crashed in a field in Pennsylvania

19. 121. Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

    Answer: (Because there were) 13 original colonies; (Because the stripes) represent the original colonies

20. 126. Name three national U.S. holidays.

    Answer: New Year's Day; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; Presidents Day (Washington's Birthday); Memorial Day; Juneteenth; Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; Veterans Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day

Frequently Asked Questions

Who qualifies for the 65/20 reduced civics list? Applicants who are at least 65 years old and have been lawful permanent residents for at least 20 years at the time they file Form N-400 receive 65/20 special consideration.

Can I take the civics test in my own language? An applicant who meets the 65/20 requirements may take the civics test in the language of their choice with a qualified interpreter.

How many civics questions do I study for the 65/20 exemption? Study the 20 questions designated for 65/20 special consideration in the applicable test version. The officer asks up to 10, and 6 correct answers are required to pass.

Does the 2008 test use the same 65/20 questions? No. Use the version selected by the N-400 filing date: the 2008 materials for a filing before October 20, 2025, or the 2025 materials for a filing on or after that date.