The eight 2025 civics answers you look up yourself

Eight of the 128 questions in the 2025 civics bank have no fixed answer. Six ask who holds an office now: your state's U.S. senators, your U.S. representative, the Speaker of the House, the President, the Vice President and the Chief Justice. Two depend on where you live: the governor of your state and the capital of your state. USCIS accepts only the name of the official serving at the time of your interview, so a memorized name can be wrong by the time you sit the test. The six practice tests in this category leave these eight out for that reason. This material is where they are covered.

The eight cards carry the USCIS question on the front, word for word. The back tells you where to check the answer: uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the President, the Vice President, the Speaker and the Chief Justice; senate.gov for your senators; house.gov, searched by ZIP code, for your representative; usa.gov/states-and-territories for your governor and your state. For the four national offices the card also gives the names the USCIS test-updates page listed when it was checked in September 2026, with the alternative forms it accepts. Treat those names as a starting point and check the page again shortly before your interview.

The twelve quiz questions practice the rules around these answers rather than the names themselves: that the day of the interview is what counts, which website covers which question, and which questions on the list can change or depend on your address.

If you live in the District of Columbia or a U.S. territory, some of these questions have special answers printed in the USCIS list. A D.C. resident answers that D.C. has no U.S. senators, has no governor, and is not a state and so has no state capital. A resident of a territory names the capital of the territory, and may name the territory's nonvoting Delegate or Resident Commissioner, or say the territory has no voting representative in Congress. The quiz covers each of these.

Make a note of your own answers the week before your interview and say them aloud a few times: a name you have only read is harder to produce under pressure than one you have spoken. On test day nothing is multiple choice and nothing is on a card: the officer reads the question aloud and you answer in your own words. Say each answer out loud while you study, because that is what you will do in the interview. This is independent practice; it is not produced or endorsed by USCIS, and no practice material can promise a result.

• Know which eight questions of the 2025 civics list have answers that change or depend on where you live
• Find each answer on the right site: uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates, senate.gov, house.gov or usa.gov/states-and-territories
• Apply the rule that only the official serving on the day of your interview is accepted
• Give the special answers for District of Columbia and U.S. territory residents
• Prepare your own answers shortly before the interview and practice saying them aloud

Practice material written by Zestly, based on the USCIS 2025 civics question list "128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version)", M-1778 (09/25); current office holders as listed on uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates, checked September 2026.