{"id":98367,"date":"2020-12-04T08:02:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T02:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/new-us-citizenship-test-adds-questions-complexity\/"},"modified":"2020-12-04T20:06:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T14:06:28","slug":"new-us-citizenship-test-adds-questions-complexity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/new-us-citizenship-test-adds-questions-complexity\/","title":{"rendered":"New US Citizenship Test Adds Questions, Complexity"},"content":{"rendered":"
U.S. legal permanent residents on the path to naturalization will now be required to take a longer and more complex citizenship test. <\/p>\n
The new civics test is drawn from 128 questions test takers must be prepared to answer about American history and government, up from 100 questions previously. Anyone who applies for U.S. naturalization after December 1, 2020, must take the new version. <\/p>\n
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a federal agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that administers the country's naturalization and immigration system, announced in 2019 it was improving the naturalization civics test for the first time since 2008. It made the move official last week. <\/p>\n
\u201cUpdating, maintaining, and improving a test that is current and relevant is our responsibility as an agency in order to help potential new citizens fully understand the meaning of U.S. citizenship and the values that unite all Americans,\u201d Ken Cuccinelli, who was then serving as USCIS acting director, said in a statement. <\/p>\n