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 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 (PDF 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