Do you qualify for an exemption?

USCIS offers three age- and residency-based exemptions from the English-language and/or civics requirements. Eligibility is determined at the time of filing Form N-400.

50/20
Age 50+ · 20 years permanent residency
English exempt. Take the civics test in your native language. You must bring your own interpreter to the interview.
55/15
Age 55+ · 15 years permanent residency
English exempt. Take the civics test in your native language. You must bring your own interpreter to the interview.
65/20
Age 65+ · 20 years permanent residency
English exempt + simplified civics test. Study only the 20 starred questions, in your native language.

Which version do you need?

Your version depends on when you filed Form N-400. Choose below.

Required: select your native language for this exemption.
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Official study materials

Official USCIS study materials

All materials below are official USCIS documents — free and public domain.
2025 test (filed Oct 20, 2025 or later)
128 questions & answers
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128-question flashcards
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2008 test (filed before Oct 20, 2025)
100 questions & answers
PDF English Free
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100 questions & answers
PDF Vietnamese Free
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100 questions & answers
PDF Spanish Free
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100 questions & answers
PDF Chinese Free
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100 questions & answers
PDF Tagalog Free
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100 questions & answers
PDF Korean Free
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100 questions & answers
PDF Hindi CLINIC Free
Source: Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), USCIS-recognized nonprofit
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100 questions & answers
PDF Haitian Creole CLINIC Free
Source: Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), USCIS-recognized nonprofit
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100 questions & answers
PDF Thai CLINIC Free
Source: Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), USCIS-recognized nonprofit
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100 questions & answers
PDF Lao CLINIC Free
Source: Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), USCIS-recognized nonprofit
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100 questions & answers
PDF Hmong CLINIC Free
Source: Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), USCIS-recognized nonprofit
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100 questions & answers
PDF Burmese CLINIC Free
Source: Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), USCIS-recognized nonprofit
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100 questions & answers
PDF Portuguese CLINIC Free
Source: Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), USCIS-recognized nonprofit
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100 questions & answers
PDF Russian CLINIC Free
Source: Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), USCIS-recognized nonprofit
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65/20 Special Consideration
20 starred questions (multilingual)
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20 starred questions (Vietnamese)
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Form N-400
Form N-400 — Application for Naturalization
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Form to apply for naturalization — fill out online or print.
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Pre-interview preparation

How to prepare for your USCIS interview

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What to bring?

  • Appointment notice
  • Green Card
  • Passport and travel documents
  • Name-change documents (if any)
  • Interpreter (if you're 50/20, 55/15, or 65/20)
  • Last 5 years of tax documents (if requested)

Interview day

  • Arrive at least 15 minutes early
  • Dress respectfully
  • Turn off your phone before entering
  • The officer will ask you to swear to tell the truth before starting
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In the interview room

  • Answer clearly and briefly — don't say too much
  • If you don't hear well: "Could you please repeat the question?"
  • If you don't understand: "Could you please rephrase that?"
  • Don't guess — if you don't know, say "I don't know"
  • For 50+ applicants: your interpreter sits beside you and the officer knows you'll answer in your native language

Civics portion

  • Officer asks at random from the list
  • A short sentence is enough — no long explanations needed
  • If a question has multiple correct answers, just say one
  • The officer stops once you've reached pass or fail
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If you fail

  • You can retest within 60–90 days
  • You retake only the failed portion (civics or English)
  • Same question bank applies (2008 or 2025 based on filing date)

Useful links

Useful links — all on uscis.gov

Exemptions & Accommodations

This page is currently available in English only.

A disability does not stop you from becoming a U.S. citizen. U.S. law gives you three kinds of help: accommodations (a different way to take the test), exemptions based on your age, and exemptions based on a medical condition. This page explains each one in simple English.

Test accommodations — deaf, blind, and other disabilities

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or have another disability, USCIS can change the way you take the test. Examples:

  • A sign language interpreter at your interview
  • Extra time to answer questions
  • An interview at your home or another location, if you cannot travel to a USCIS office

An accommodation changes HOW you take the test. You still take the English and civics tests, unless you also qualify for an exemption below.

How to request it: answer the accommodation questions on your Form N-400, or call USCIS at 800-375-5283 (TTY: 800-767-1833). Requesting an accommodation is free and does not hurt your application.

English test exemptions by age — the "50/20" and "55/15" rules

  • 50/20: If you are age 50 or older AND have lived in the U.S. as a permanent resident (green card holder) for 20 years or more, you do not take the English test.
  • 55/15: If you are age 55 or older AND have been a permanent resident for 15 years or more, you do not take the English test.

You must still take the civics test, but you may take it in your own language. You will need to bring an interpreter to your interview.

The "65/20" rule — a shorter civics test

If you are age 65 or older AND have been a permanent resident for 20 years or more:

  • You study only 20 questions — the ones marked with a star (*) — instead of all 128.
  • The officer asks you 10 of those 20 questions. You pass by answering 6 correctly.
  • You may answer in your own language, with an interpreter.

Medical exemption — Form N-648

If a physical or developmental disability, or a mental impairment, makes you unable to learn English or civics, you may not have to take one test — or both tests — at all.

  • A licensed medical doctor, doctor of osteopathy, or licensed clinical psychologist must examine you and complete Form N-648, Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions.
  • The disability must have lasted, or be expected to last, at least 12 months.
  • File Form N-648 together with your Form N-400. The doctor must certify the form no more than 180 days before you file.
  • Illiteracy or advanced age alone is not enough — there must be a medical condition.

Oath of Allegiance waiver

If a disability prevents you from understanding the meaning of the Oath of Allegiance, USCIS may waive the oath. A legal guardian or a designated family member can help complete this part of the process.

Important

Every applicant must still meet the other requirements of Form N-400. An exemption from a test is not an exemption from the rest of the naturalization process.

Disclaimer

This page is general information based on official USCIS sources. It is not legal advice. Rules can change at any time — always check the official USCIS pages below, or talk to an accredited representative or immigration attorney.

Official links

About

About this project

formN400.org is a free non-profit community project to help immigrants prepare for the U.S. citizenship test — entirely free, no ads, no personal data collection.

Built because everyone deserves access to quality test-prep materials, regardless of financial circumstances or language.

Why is it free?

All civics questions are public-domain materials published by USCIS under 17 U.S.C. § 105. We do not own this content — we just make it easier to access.

formN400.org has no sponsors, no advertising, and will never charge users.

Disclaimer

formN400.org is an independent educational resource. We are NOT affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by USCIS, DHS, or any U.S. government agency.

This is not legal advice. For immigration counsel, contact a licensed immigration attorney or an accredited representative.

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Contact

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Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 25, 2026

Overview

formN400.org is a free, non-commercial civic education resource. We are committed to your privacy. This policy explains what data we do and do not collect.

Operator

FormN400.org is operated by Huu Long Nguyen, an individual (sole proprietor) based in the State of Hawaii, United States, who is the liable operating entity for this website. Contact: long@formn400.org.

Data we DO NOT collect

We do not collect, store, transmit, or share:

  • Your name, date of birth, or personal information
  • Your quiz answers or test results
  • Your location or IP address (beyond standard server logs)
  • Browser cookies for tracking
  • Any information you type into the interview practice form

All information you enter stays in your browser's memory only and is permanently deleted when you close or refresh the page.

The single exception is the optional Case Status Helper (described below), which contacts our backend only to perform a case lookup you request.

Mobile app (iOS)

The iOS app N-400 Citizenship Test is covered by this same policy and collects no personal data. Two features of the app deserve their own explanation:

  • Read aloud (audio). When you tap to hear a question or answer, the audio is generated on your device by the system speech engine using the voices already installed on it. No audio, and no text, is transmitted anywhere.
  • Study reminders. The optional daily reminder is a local notification scheduled on your device only. There is no push service, no push token, no account, and no server involved. Turning the reminder off cancels it on the device.

The app makes no network requests of its own. All question data is bundled inside the app, so it works with no connection at all; the only time the network is used is when you tap a link, which opens in your own browser.

Case Status Helper

The site offers an optional Case Status Helper that lets you check the status of a USCIS case. When you use it, you type a USCIS receipt number. Here is exactly how that number is handled:

  • The receipt number is sent inside the request body — never in the page address (URL) or a query string on this site — to our backend service at api.formn400.org.
  • Our backend exists only to relay (proxy) the request to the official USCIS Case Status API and return the result to you. We keep credentials on the server so they are never exposed to your browser.
  • To perform the lookup, your receipt number is transmitted onward to the official USCIS Case Status API, which is operated by USCIS under its own privacy practices.
  • The receipt number is never logged, stored, cached, or retained by us. It exists in memory only for the brief moment needed to complete that one lookup, and is then discarded.
  • We do not associate the receipt number with any identity, and we keep no record that a lookup occurred — no history, no database, no analytics.

The Case Status Helper is provided for convenience only. It is not affiliated with, authorized, endorsed, or approved by USCIS or DHS. For official case information, always rely on your USCIS account at my.uscis.gov.

No sale or sharing of data

We do not sell user data for profit or for any other monetary transaction. We do not share de-identified, anonymized, or pseudonymized data with third parties for any reason without your active consent. Because we do not collect personal data in the first place, there is no user data available to sell, rent, trade, or share.

Data retention and deletion

We retain no user-entered data. Quiz answers, selections, and interview-practice input exist only in the browser session and are permanently gone when you close or refresh the page. Any receipt number you submit through the Case Status Helper exists only in transient server memory for that single request and is gone as soon as the lookup completes. Because nothing is stored, there is nothing for you to request the deletion of — there is no profile, account, or record to delete.

The one form of data that does exist is the standard server access log generated by our hosting and delivery provider, Cloudflare, when any website is served. These are ordinary content-delivery-network (CDN) logs that typically include items such as an IP address, a timestamp, the requested path, the response status, and a browser user-agent string. They are generated and managed by Cloudflare as part of operating the service, are retained under Cloudflare's own standard log-retention practices, and are not linked by us to your identity or to any case lookup. We do not maintain our own separate application logs of user content, and we do not use these CDN logs for analytics, advertising, profiling, or tracking.

Web Speech API (microphone)

The "Speak Practice" feature uses your browser's built-in Web Speech API. When you use this feature:

  • Your voice is processed by your browser (Chrome: Google servers)
  • We never receive, store, or have access to your audio
  • You can decline microphone permission at any time
  • The app works fully without microphone access (multiple choice mode)

Third-party services

This site uses:

  • Google Fonts (fonts.googleapis.com) — for typography. Google's privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy
  • Cloudflare (hosting/CDN) — hosts the website and runs the Case Status Helper backend; standard server access logs apply. Cloudflare's privacy policy: cloudflare.com/privacypolicy
  • Web Speech API — your browser's built-in speech feature powers Speak Practice and read-aloud (see the Web Speech API section above). We never receive or store your audio.
  • USCIS Case Status API — receives only a receipt number you submit through the Case Status Helper, and only when you use that feature. Not affiliated with or endorsed by USCIS or DHS.
  • No analytics, no advertising networks, no tracking pixels

California residents (CCPA)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California residents have the right to know what personal information is collected. formN400.org does not collect personal information as defined by CCPA.

Data breach notification

Because we do not collect or store personal data, there is no personal-data store that could be breached, and no collected records that could be exposed. If a security incident affects the service in any way, we will post a clear notice on this site. We hold no email addresses, phone numbers, or other contact details for users, so we cannot send individual notifications — site notice is the means available to us, and we will use it promptly.

Transfer of ownership

If ownership of this site is transferred, or if the project is discontinued, there is no collected user data to transfer, because none is collected or stored. Any successor operator would be required to honor a privacy policy at least as protective of users as this one.

Changes to this policy

If we make a material change to this policy, we will tell you. Because the site has no user accounts and we hold no contact information, we provide that notice prominently on the site itself at the point of change — for example, a visible notice on this page and on the app's start screen — rather than by email. Each material change will be accompanied by a short, plain-language summary of what changed and why. The "Last updated" date above will reflect the new revision, and older versions remain available in the public repository history. We ask for your active agreement to material changes; simply continuing to use the site is not treated as acceptance of a changed policy.

Contact

Questions about this privacy policy? Email: long@formn400.org

Full policy (English): formn400.org/privacy.html

Tóm tắt bằng tiếng Việt: formN400.org KHÔNG thu thập, KHÔNG bán, và KHÔNG chia sẻ dữ liệu cá nhân. Không có tài khoản, đăng nhập, quảng cáo, phân tích hay theo dõi. Câu trả lời luyện tập, lựa chọn ngôn ngữ/tiểu bang, và mọi thông tin bạn nhập chỉ tồn tại trong bộ nhớ trình duyệt trong phiên làm việc và sẽ mất khi bạn đóng hoặc tải lại trang.

Công cụ Tra cứu Tình trạng Hồ sơ (Case Status Helper): đây là tính năng tùy chọn và hiện đã hoạt động. Khi bạn dùng, bạn sẽ nhập số biên nhận (receipt number); số đó sẽ được gửi trong phần thân yêu cầu (không bao giờ nằm trong địa chỉ URL trên trang này) tới máy chủ của chúng tôi tại api.formn400.org, chỉ để chuyển tiếp tới API chính thức của USCIS rồi trả kết quả về cho bạn. Số biên nhận KHÔNG bao giờ được ghi log, lưu trữ, lưu đệm hay giữ lại — nó chỉ tồn tại tạm thời cho đúng một lần tra cứu rồi bị loại bỏ; chúng tôi không gắn nó với danh tính nào và không lưu lịch sử tra cứu.

Lưu giữ & xóa dữ liệu: chúng tôi không lưu giữ dữ liệu bạn nhập, nên không có gì để bạn yêu cầu xóa. Dữ liệu duy nhất tồn tại là nhật ký truy cập máy chủ tiêu chuẩn do Cloudflare tạo ra; đó là log CDN thông thường, không được chúng tôi liên kết với danh tính bạn.

Sự cố bảo mật & thay đổi chính sách: vì không lưu dữ liệu cá nhân nên không có kho dữ liệu để bị xâm phạm; nếu có sự cố, chúng tôi sẽ đăng thông báo rõ ràng ngay trên trang. Nếu có thay đổi quan trọng về chính sách, chúng tôi sẽ thông báo nổi bật kèm bản tóm tắt dễ hiểu và xin sự đồng ý chủ động của bạn — việc tiếp tục sử dụng trang KHÔNG được coi là chấp nhận chính sách mới.

⚠️ Important Notice

Last updated: May 21, 2026

According to USCIS policy information, some immigration or naturalization applications for nationals of certain countries may be paused or subject to additional review.

formN400.org is a study tool only. This website does not process applications, does not represent USCIS, and does not provide legal advice.

You can still continue studying and preparing.

What to do next

N-400 Case Status Helper

Enter your USCIS receipt number to look up the current status of your case. The status text shown comes directly from USCIS.

A USCIS receipt number usually has 3 letters followed by 10 numbers, such as IOE1234567890.

Your receipt number is sent only to USCIS through our proxy and is never stored. How we handle it

Learn how to check your case status

Where to find your receipt number

Look for the receipt number on your USCIS receipt notice, such as Form I-797C, Notice of Action.

What this helper does

  • Looks up your case status from the official USCIS Case Status API.
  • Helps you open the official USCIS case status page.
  • Shows the status text exactly as USCIS returns it, with nothing added.

What this helper does NOT do

  • Does not interpret your status or tell you what to do next.
  • Does not replace your USCIS online account.
  • Does not provide legal advice.
  • Does not store your receipt number.

Your receipt number is sent only to USCIS through our proxy and is never stored. It is used once to perform the lookup you asked for, then discarded — we keep no record that a lookup happened.

Official resources

This is an independent study and navigation tool. It is not affiliated with USCIS or any government agency and does not provide legal advice.