Washington New Americans

FIND HELP NEAR YOU

Get free virtual help with your citizenship application. Our next virtual Citizenship Clinic will be on Saturday June 5th, 2021. This clinic will be focused on Arabic-speakers, Muslims, and people from the Middle East/North Africa!
If you would like to make to an appointment, call or text (206) 926-3924. Citizenship Clinics are FREE, day-long workshops where volunteer immigration attorneys, and interpreters help with citizenship applications. Due to COVID-19, we have suspended our in-person events and will serve you remotely using the online citizenship application tool, CitizenshipWorks. CitizenshipWorks is a safe, free online tool that helps you begin filling out the application for citizenship yourself. Click here to learn how to create your account.

Visit CitizenshipWorks to get started on your application. 

USCIS – NATURALIZATION TEST

On Feb 22, USCIS announced that it was going back to the 2008 version of the civics test for applicants with a filing date on or after March 1, 2021.

If you filed for naturalization between December 1st, 2020, and before March 1, 2021, and your initial interview was scheduled to occur before April 19, 2021– you will be given the choice between the and the 2008 original 100 civics questions, or the 2020 civics questions 

If your interview is scheduled for after April 19, 2021 – you will take the original 2008 civics test with 100 questions.

To help determine if you are required to take the 2008 civics test, or if you can choose between the 2008 and 2020 test, first, find your filing date also known as a received date on your N-400 Notice.

Visit the USCIS website for more updates.