Citizenship Resources

Overview

The Naturalization Interview and Test - information about the naturalization test

Naturalization Eligibility Tool - online tool with questions intended to help determine whether student may be eligible to submit the Application for Naturalization (N-400).

Easy Study Guide

Excellent citizenship study guide created by one of our ESOL Ambassadors, organized by question difficulty level (The free e-book is hosted by Apple, so if no access to an iPhone/iPad, the PDF is also available in our Questions and Resources online community)

Application

Application help is available from MIRA (Mass Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition) - an 8-slide PDF

USCIS - Application for naturalization and Instructions - Application materials and instructions from US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Verify registration - This link (https://www.sss.gov/verify/) provides an easy and fast way to verify registration, it also allows download of a Registration Acknowledgement Letter

USCIS - Information on Filing a Fee Waiver - Information on Filing a Fee Waiver

Free Legal Advice for immigration issues from the City of Boston Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement - one free immigration consultation with a volunteer lawyer

List of Pro Bono immigration legal aid services around Boston and surrounding areas

Citizenship interview preparation

Mock citizenship interview - A 9 minute youtube video example of the interview

Form for use in conducting a mock citizenship interview (PDF) - Produced by the Minnesota Literacy Council

Practice interview guide - Staging an Authentic Citizenship Interview, Lynne Weintraub, 2021

Sample interview to fill out with student so they can practice their complete-sentence answers

The Oath of Allegiance - lesson plan from USCIS

Supplemental material: History of the Oath of Allegiance from the USCIS website

Civics

EL Civics - EL Civics Government and History Lessons for ESL Students Learn EL Civics and ESL with pictures and easy words

USCIS Educational Products for Educators 

USCIS - Abbreviated 100 Civics questions and answers - Practice questions on civics

USCIS - 100 Civics questions with explanations - Practice questions with explanations

USCIS - 100 Civics questions in Spanish - Practice questions in Spanish

USCIS - Civics practice test - 2008 Practice test

Determine which Civics test you will take, the 2008 test or the 2020 test.

Geography and History Citizenship test prep - great slide deck from Johlesa

Famous Americans on the Civics test - USCIS posters, flash cards, and their related questions

Excellent citizenship study guide created by one of our ESOL Ambassadors, organized by question difficulty level (The free e-book is hosted by Apple, so if no access to an iPhone/iPad, the PDF is also available in our Questions and Resources online community)

English Reading and Writing

USCIS - Prepare students for the interview and test | Interview and speaking resources 

USCIS - Reading test vocabulary list - Vocabulary practice for the test

Tricky vocabulary in Part 12 of the N-400 application (PDF) - New Readers' Press

USCIS - Writing Vocabulary for the Naturalization Test

Sample written questions based on vocabulary list above