Starting October 20, 2025, USCIS will administer the 2025 Naturalization Civics Test to applicants who file Form N-400 (Application for Naturalization) on or after that date.
What to expect:
Oral test of 20 questions drawn from a list of 128 civics questions
You pass by answering at least 12 correctly

If you’re considering filing soon, timing matters—this update applies only to N-400s filed on or after Oct 20, 2025.

On September 19, 2025, the President issued a Proclamation, Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers, to address systemic abuse of H-1B nonimmigrant visas. Pursuant to sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), the entry into the United States of aliens as nonimmigrants to perform services in a specialty occupation under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), is restricted, except for those aliens whose petitions are accompanied or supplemented by a payment of $100,000. This guidance applies to H-1B employment-based petitions filed after 12:01 AM ET on September 21, 2025. This proclamation only applies prospectively to petitions that have not yet been filed. The proclamation does not apply to aliens who: are the beneficiaries of petitions that were filed prior to the effective date of the proclamation, are the beneficiaries of currently approved petitions, or are in possession of validly issued H-1B non-immigrant visas.