🔺 r/greencarduOk_Artist_5902·23 days ago
If USCIS received your N-400 before October 20, 2025, you take the old 100-question civics test — and most study material online has switched to the new 128
Which civics test you take is decided by the date USCIS received your N-400, not by your interview date: Received before October 20, 2025 → the 2008 test : 100 questions (USCIS M-638), the officer asks up to 10 out loud, 6 correct to pass. Received on or after that date → the 2025 test : 128 questions (M-1778), up to 20 asked, 12 correct to pass. Why it is worth checking: almost everything published in the last year teaches the 128 list. If you are still on the 2008 test, that material covers most of what you need — but not all of it. I compared the two lists question by question: 38 are identical, 53 are reworded versions of the same fact, and 9 have no counterpart in the 128 at all. The nine the newer material never teaches you: In what month do we vote for President? (November) What are the two major political parties? (Democratic and Republican) When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms? (April 15) Name one of the two longest rivers. (Missouri, Mississippi) What ocean is on the West Coast? (Pacific) — and on the East Coast? (Atlantic) Name one U.S. territory. (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam) Name one state th…