Latest / U.S. Citizenship Test 2026 / New Form N-400, Important Yes-No Questions & Top 60 Words for U.S. Citizenship Interview
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- 0:01Have you ever claimed to be AUS citizen in writing or any other?
- 0:04Way no. What is claimed to be AUS
- 0:13citizen mean to tell someone that you are AUS citizen?
- 0:25Have you ever registered to vote or voted in any federal, state,
- 0:29or local election in the United States?
- 0:35No. What does vote mean to elect a
- 0:43new leader? Do you currently owe any overdue
- 0:50federal, state, or local taxes in the United States?
- 0:57No. What does owe taxes mean to owe
- 1:05the government money? What does owe any overdue taxes?
- 1:13Mean didn't. Pay taxes on time Since you
- 1:23became a lawful permanent resident, have you called
- 1:26yourself a non resident alien on a federal, state, or local tax
- 1:30return? Or decided not to file a tax
- 1:32return because you considered yourself to be a non resident.
- 1:41No what? Is a non resident alien a person
- 1:52who has not passed the green card test?
- 1:59What does file a tax return mean?
- 2:05To send tax paperwork to the government.
- 2:13Have you ever been a member of, involved in, or in any way
- 2:18associated with any communist or totalitarian party anywhere in
- 2:22the world? Nope.
- 2:31Tell me what? The Communist Party.
- 2:33Is no. Freedom like Cuba or China?
- 2:43What is the totalitarian party? A political party in which all
- 2:51people have no power. Have you ever associated with
- 3:01any group anywhere in the world that advocated any of the
- 3:05establishment in the United States of a totalitarian
- 3:08dictatorship? Yeah.
- 3:18What is a totalitarian dictatorship?
- 3:24A political system in which all people have no power.
- 3:34Have you ever advocated, supported and promoted any of
- 3:38the overthrow by force or violence or other
- 3:40unconstitutional means of the government of the United States
- 3:43or all forms of law? No.
- 3:53Do you understand what unconstitutional means methods
- 4:00were not allowed by the Constitution?
- 4:08Have you ever advocated, supported and promoted any
- 4:12sabotage? Now.
- 4:20What is sabotage? The act of destroying something?
- 4:33Have you ever been a member of, involved in, or in any way
- 4:37associated with, or have you ever provided money, a thing of
- 4:40value, services or labor, or any other assistance or support to a
- 4:46group? That no.
- 4:55Used a weapon or explosive with intent to harm another person or
- 4:59cause damage to. Property what?
- 5:05Is a. Weapon An.
- 5:09Object such as a knife, gun or bomb.
- 5:19Have you ever been a member of, involved in, or in any way
- 5:23associated with, or have you ever provided money, a thing of
- 5:26value, services or labor, or any other assistance or support to a
- 5:32group that engaged or participated in kidnapping,
- 5:40assassination, or hijacking or sabotage of an airplane, ship,
- 5:45vehicle, or other mode of transportation?
- 5:52No. What does kidnapping mean?
- 6:01To take a person away illegally by force.
- 6:10What is assassination? The killing of someone famous or
- 6:18important? Have you ever been a member of,
- 6:26involved in, or in any way associated with, or have you
- 6:29ever provided money, a thing of value, services or labor, or any
- 6:35other assistance or support to a group that threatened,
- 6:43attempted, tried, conspired, planned with others, prepared,
- 6:47planned, advocated for, or incited others to commit any of
- 6:52the acts listed in item numbers 6A or 6B?
- 7:00No, you. Understand what threaten means
- 7:10to tell someone that you will kill or hurt them.
- 7:18What does incited? Mean to.
- 7:24Encourage somebody to do something illegal.
- 7:32Have you ever ordered, incited, called for, committed, assisted,
- 7:37helped with, or otherwise participated in torture?
- 7:44The. Do you understand the word
- 7:49torture? The act of causing great pain to
- 7:56someone? Have you ever ordered, incited,
- 8:04called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or otherwise
- 8:08participated in genocide? How do you define genocide?
- 8:22Killing a whole race? Have you ever participated in
- 8:30killing or trying to kill any? Person The.
- 8:39What does kill mean to cause someone to die?
- 8:51Have you ever participated in any kind of sexual contact or
- 8:55activity with any person who did not consent, did not agree or
- 8:59was unable to consent, could not agree, or was being forced or
- 9:03threatened by you or by someone else?
- 9:10No. What is sexual contact or
- 9:16activity touching private parts of someone Have you ever
- 9:29ordered, incited, called for, committed, assisted, helped
- 9:32with, or otherwise participated in not letting someone practice
- 9:37their. Religion now.
- 9:46What is religion, the belief in and worship of a God Have you
- 9:59ever participated in causing harm or suffering to any person
- 10:03because of their race, religion, national origin, membership in a
- 10:07particular social group, or political.
- 10:10Opinion No. What is suffering physical or
- 10:24mental pain of a person? Have you ever served in, been a
- 10:33member of, assisted, helped, or participated in any military or
- 10:37police unit? No what?
- 10:46Is a military unit the official army for a country?
- 10:58Have you ever sold, provided or transported weapons or assisted
- 11:03any person in selling, providing or transporting weapons which
- 11:07you knew or believed would be used against another person?
- 11:15No. Have you ever received any
- 11:22weapons training, paramilitary training, or other military
- 11:25type? Training, No.
- 11:34What is weapons? Training, Learning.
- 11:39How to use a gun? What is paramilitary training?
- 11:50Learning how to fight in combat. Have you ever recruited, asked,
- 12:00enlisted, signed up, conscripted, required to join,
- 12:04or used any person under 15 years of age to serve in or help
- 12:09an armed group, or attempted or worked with others to do?
- 12:13So no. What does recruit mean to ask
- 12:27someone to join the armed forces?
- 12:35Have you ever committed, agreed to commit, ask someone else to
- 12:39commit, helped commit or tried to commit a crime or offence for
- 12:45which you were not arrested? No.
- 12:54What does commit mean to do something wrong or?
- 13:00Illegal what? Is a.
- 13:05Crime An. Action that breaks the law.
- 13:15What is an offence? A minor crime.
- 13:25What does to be arrested mean? To be handcuffed by the police?
- 13:38Have you ever been arrested, cited, detained or confined by
- 13:42any law enforcement officer, military official for the US or
- 13:46elsewhere, or immigration official for any reason, or been
- 13:49charged with a crime or offence? No.
- 14:00What does to be cited mean given a ticket by police?
- 14:12What does to be detained mean held in custody by police?
- 14:24What is to be confined mean to be kept in a place?
- 14:37Have you ever engaged in prostitution, attempted to
- 14:40procure or import prostitutes or persons for the purpose of
- 14:42prostitution, or received any proceeds or money from
- 14:45prostitution? No.
- 14:54Do you know what procure? Means to.
- 14:59Find a prostitute for. Somebody please.
- 15:06Tell me what a prostitute is. Someone who has sex for money.
- 15:19Have you ever manufactured, cultivated, produced,
- 15:22distributed, dispensed, sold or smuggled, trafficked any
- 15:26controlled substances, illegal drugs, narcotics or drug
- 15:30paraphernalia in violation of any law or regulation of AUS
- 15:33state, the United States, or a foreign?
- 15:36Country No. What does smuggle mean to take
- 15:50things to a country illegally? What are illegal drugs or
- 15:57narcotics like heroin or cocaine?
- 16:07Have you ever married someone in order to obtain an immigration
- 16:11benefit? No.
- 16:18What is an immigration benefit? Things like a visa, green
- 16:26Carter, citizenship? Have you ever helped anyone to
- 16:34enter or try to enter the United States illegally?
- 16:40No. What does illegally mean?
- 16:48Not allowed by the law? Have you ever gambled illegally
- 16:57or received income from illegal gambling?
- 17:03No tell. Me what illegal gambling means
- 17:13to play a game for money that is against the law.
- 17:22Have you ever made any misrepresentation to obtain any
- 17:25public benefit in the United States?
- 17:30No. How do you define
- 17:35misrepresentation? The act of giving false
- 17:42information? What is public benefit welfare
- 17:53like food stamps, housing or healthcare?
- 18:01Have you ever given any U.S. government officials any
- 18:05information or documentation that was false, fraudulent or
- 18:09misleading? No.
- 18:17What is fraudulent intended to deceive somebody?
- 18:28What is misleading, giving somebody the wrong idea?
- 18:40Have you ever lied to any U.S. government officials to gain
- 18:45entry or admission into the United States or to gain
- 18:49immigration benefits while in the United States?
- 18:57No what? Does lie mean to say something
- 19:05that is not true? Have you ever been placed in
- 19:14removal, rescission or deportation proceedings?
- 19:21No. Do you understand what
- 19:25rescission is to take back a decision?
- 19:35What is deportation proceeding? Legal process for removing a
- 19:43person? Have you ever been removed or
- 19:51deported from the United States? No.
- 20:00What is to be deported mean to be forced to leave the US?
- 20:13Have you ever left the United States to avoid being drafted in
- 20:16the US armed? Forces No.
- 20:25Do you know what US armed forces are?
- 20:31U.S. military, Navy, Air Force, Space Force?
- 20:39Have you ever applied for any kind of exemption from military
- 20:44service in the US armed forces? Have you ever served in the US
- 20:51armed? Forces No.
- 21:00Do you now have, or did you ever have a hereditary title or an
- 21:06order of nobility in any foreign?
- 21:08Country No. What is a hereditary title?
- 21:23A royal title, such as a Prince or Princess.
- 21:30Do you know what an order of nobility is?
- 21:36A position given by a king or. Queen do.
- 21:43You support the constitution and form of government of the
- 21:47United. States yes.
- 21:56What is the Constitution? It's the supreme law of the
- 22:03land. What is the form of Government
- 22:10of the United? States Republic.
- 22:20Do you understand the full oath of allegiance to the United
- 22:23States? Are you willing to take the full
- 22:29oath of allegiance to the United?
- 22:31States yes. What is the oath of allegiance
- 22:41to the United States? A promise to be loyal to the
- 22:47United States. Are you unable to take the oath
- 22:56of allegiance because of a physical or developmental
- 22:59disability or mental impairment? No.
- 23:09What is developmental disability?
- 23:15Trouble growing, learning, or behaving?
- 23:21What is mental impairment Trouble thinking or remembering?
- 23:33If the law requires it, are you willing to bear arms on behalf
- 23:37of the United? States yes.
- 23:46What does bear arms mean? To.
- 23:51Own or use a gun to fight if the law requires it.
- 24:00Are you willing to perform non combatant services in the US
- 24:05armed? Forces, yes.
- 24:15What are? Non combatant services.
- 24:20Services that do not involve combat or hiding.
- 24:29If the law requires it, are you willing to perform work of
- 24:33national importance under civilian direction?
- 24:41Yes, but. His work of national.
- 24:47Importance Tasks. That are important to a nation
- 24:53during a crisis. What is a civilian?
- 25:00Direction A. Direction from a person who is
- 25:06not in the military.