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To: Our clients preparing for their naturalization interview

From: Bernhardt & Wichmer, P.C.

In order to assist you as you prepare for your naturalization interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, we have compiled this brief study guide. In contains a copy of the oath of allegiance to the United States, examples of the types of sentences the USCIS examiner may ask you to write, and sample history and government questions you will be expected to know. All of this information is compiled from government source materials. If you have any questions about naturalization or any other immigration matter, please call Tim Wichmer at (314) 863-3838.

Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America

"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the armed forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God."

SAMPLE SENTENCES FOR WRITTEN ENGLISH TESTING

To be eligible for naturalization, you must be able to read, write, and speak basic English. The sentences on this page are examples of the types of sentences an INS officer may ask you to read aloud or write during your interview. They are not an exhaustive list. The INS officer who interviews you may ask you to read or write other sentences.

CIVICS/HISTORY EVERYDAY LIFE
A Senator is elected for 6 years.
________ is the Vice President of the United States.
All people want to be free.
America is the land of freedom.
All United States citizens have the right to vote.
America is the home of the brave.
America is the land of the free.
_________ is the President of the United States.
Citizens have the right to vote.
Congress is part of the American government.
Congress meets in Washington, D.C.
Congress passes laws in the United States.
George Washington was the first president.
I want to be a citizen of the United States.
I want to be an American citizen.
I want to become an American so I can vote.
It is important for all citizens to vote.
Many people come to America for freedom.
Many people have died for freedom.
Martha Washington was the first first lady.
Only Congress can declare war.
Our Government is divided into three branches.
People in America have the right to freedom.
People vote for the President in November.
The American flag has stars and stripes.
The American flag has 13 stripes.
The capital of the United States is Washington, D.C.
The colors of the flag are red, white, and blue.
The Constitution is the supreme law of our land.
The flag of the United States has 50 stars.
The House and Senate are parts of Congress.
The people have a voice in Government.
The people in the class took a citizenship test.
The President enforces the laws.
The President has the power of veto.
The President is elected every 4 years.
The President lives in the White House.
The President lives in Washington, D.C.
The President must be an American citizen.
The President must be born in the United States.
The President signs bills into law.
The stars of the American flag are white.
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France.
The stripes of the American flag are red and white.
The White House is in Washington, D.C.
The United States flag is red, white, and blue.
The United States of America has 50 states.
There are 50 states in the Union.		 There are three branches of Government.
He came to live with his brother.
He has a very big dog.
He knows how to ride a bike.
He wanted to find a job.
He wanted to talk to his boss.
He went to the post office.
His wife is at work right now.
His wife worked in the house.
I am too busy to talk today.
I bought a blue car today.
I came to _______ (city) today for my interview.
I count the cars as they pass by the office.
I drive a blue car to work.
I go to work everyday.
I have three children.
I know how to speak English.
I live in the State of ____________.
I want to be a United States citizen.
It is a good job to start with.
My car does not work.
She can speak English very well.
She cooks for her friends.
She is my daughter, and he is my son.
She needs to buy some new clothes.
She wanted to live near her brother.
She was happy with her house.
The boy threw a ball.
The children bought a newspaper.
The children play at school.
The children wanted a television.
The man wanted to get a job.
The teacher was proud of her class.
The white house has a big tree.
They are a very happy family.
They are very happy with their car.
They buy many things at the store.
They came to live in the United States.
They go to the grocery store.
They have horses on their farm.
They live together in a big house.
They work well together.
Today I am going to the store.
Today is a sunny day.
Warm clothing was on sale in the store.
We are very smart to learn this.
We have a very clean house.
You cook very well.
You drink too much coffee.
You work very hard at your job.

100 Typical Questions

  1. WHAT ARE THE COLORS OF OUR FLAG?
  2. HOW MANY STARS ARE THERE IN OUR FLAG?
  3. WHAT COLOR ARE THE STARS ON OUR FLAG?
  4. WHAT DO THE STARS ON THE FLAG MEAN?
  5. HOW MANY STRIPES ARE THERE IN THE FLAG?
  6. WHAT COLOR ARE THE STRIPES?
  7. WHAT DO THE STRIPES ON THE FLAG MEAN?
  8. HOW MANY STATES ARE THERE IN THE UNION?
  9. WHAT IS THE 4TH OF JULY?
  10. WHAT IS THE DATE, OF INDEPENDENCE DAY?
  11. INDEPENDENCE FROM WHOM?
  12. WHAT COUNTRY DID WE FIGHT DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR?
  13. WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?
  14. WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TODAY?
  15. WHO IS THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TODAY?
  16. WHO ELECTS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?
  17. WHO BECOMES PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IF THE PRESIDENT SHOULD DIE?
  18. FOR HOW LONG DO WE ELECT THE PRESIDENT?
  19. WHAT IS THE CONSTITUTION?
  20. CAN THE CONSTITUTION BE CHANGED?
  21. WHAT DO WE CALL A CHANGE TO THE CONSTITUTION?
  22. HOW MANY CHANGES OR AMENDMENTS ARE THERE TO THE CONSTITUTION?
  23. HOW MANY BRANCHES ARE THERE IN OUR GOVERNMENT?
  24. WHAT ARE THE THREE BRANCHES OF OUR GOVERNMENT?
  25. WHAT IS THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF OUR GOVERNMENT?
  26. WHO MAKES THE LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES?
  27. WHAT IS CONGRESS?
  28. WHAT ARE THE DUTIES OF CONGRESS?
  29. WHO ELECTS CONGRESS?
  30. HOW MANY SENATORS ARE THERE IN CONGRESS?
  31. CAN YOU NAME THE TWO SENATORS FROM YOUR STATE?
  32. FOR HOW LONG DO WE ELECT EACH SENATOR?
  33. HOW MANY REPRESENTATIVES ARE THERE IN CONGRESS?
  34. FOR HOW LONG DO WE ELECT THE REPRESENTATIVES?
  35. WHAT IS THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF OUR GOVERNMENT?
  36. WHAT IS THE JUDICIARY BRANCH OF OUR GOVERNMENT?
  37. WHAT ARE THE DUTIES OF THE SUPREME COURT?
  38. WHAT IS THE SUPREME LAW OF THE UNITED STATES?
  39. WHAT IS THE BILL OF RIGHTS?
  40. WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF YOUR STATE?
  41. WHO IS THE CURRENT GOVERNOR OF YOUR STATE?
  42. WHO BECOMES PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A. IF THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE-PRESIDENT SHOULD DIE?
  43. WHO IS THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT?
  44. CAN YOU NAME THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES?
  45. WHO SAID, "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH"?
  46. WHICH COUNTRIES WERE OUR ENEMIES DURING WORLD WAR II?
  47. WHAT ARE THE 49TH AND 50TH STATES OF THE UNION?
  48. HOW MANY TERMS CAN A PRESIDENT SERVE?
  49. WHO WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.?
  50. WHO IS THE HEAD OF YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT?
  51. ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION, A PERSON MUST MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BECOME PRESIDENT. NAME ONE OF THESE REQUIREMENTS.
  52. WHY ARE THERE 100 SENATORS IN THE SENATE?
  53. WHO SELECTS THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES?
  54. HOW MANY SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ARE THERE?
  55. WHY DID THE PILGRIMS COME TO AMERICA?
  56. WHAT IS THE HEAD EXECUTIVE OF A STATE GOVERNMENT CALLED?
  57. WHAT IS THE HEAD EXECUTIVE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT CALLED?
  58. WHAT HOLIDAY WAS CELEBRATED FOR THE FIRST TIME BY THE AMERICAN COLONISTS?
  59. WHO WAS THE MAIN WRITER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
  60. WHEN WAS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ADOPTED?
  61. WHAT IS THE BASIC BELIEF OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
  62. WHAT IS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE UNITED STATES?
  63. WHO WROTE THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER?
  64. WHERE DOES FREEDOM OF SPEECH COME FROM?
  65. WHAT IS THE MINIMUM VOTING AGE IN THE UNITED STATES?
  66. WHO SIGNS BILLS INTO LAW?
  67. WHAT IS THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE UNTIED STATES?
  68. WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT DURING THE CIVIL WAR?
  69. WHAT DID THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION DO?
  70. WHAT SPECIAL GROUP ADVISES THE PRESIDENT?
  71. WHICH PRESIDENT IS CALLED THE "FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY"?
  72. WHAT IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE FORM IS USED TO APPLY TO BECOME A NATURALIZED CITIZEN?
  73. WHO HELPED THE PILGRIMS IN AMERICA?
  74. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SHIP THAT BROUGHT THE PILGRIMS TO AMERICA?
  75. WHAT WERE THE 13 ORIGINAL STATES OF THE UNITED STATES CALLED?
  76. NAME 3 RIGHTS OR FREEDOMS GUARANTEED BY THE BILL OF RIGHTS?
  77. WHO HAS THE POWER TO DECLARE WAR?
  78. WHAT KIND OF GOVERNMENT DOES THE UNITED STATES HAVE?
  79. WHICH PRESIDENT FREED THE SLAVES?
  80. IN WHAT YEAR WAS THE CONSTITUTION WRITTEN?
  81. WHAT ARE THE FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION CALLED?
  82. NAME ONE PURPOSE OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
  83. WHERE DOES CONGRESS MEET?
  84. WHOSE RIGHTS ARE GUARANTEED BY THE CONSTITUTION AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS?
  85. WHAT IS THE INTRODUCTION TO THE CONSTITUTION CALLED?
  86. NAME ONE BENEFIT OF BEING A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.
  87. WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT RIGHT GRANTED TO U.S. CITIZENS?
  88. WHAT IS THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL?
  89. WHAT IS THE WHITE HOUSE?
  90. WHERE IS THE WHITE HOUSE LOCATED?
  91. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICIAL HOME?
  92. NAME ONE RIGHT GUARANTEED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
  93. WHO IS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE U.S. MILITARY?
  94. WHICH PRESIDENT WAS THE FIRST COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE U.S. MILITARY?
  95. IN WHAT MONTH DO WE VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT?
  96. IN WHAT MONTH IS THE NEW PRESIDENT INAUGURATED?
  97. HOW MANY TIMES MAY A SENATOR BE RE-ELECTED?
  98. HOW MANY TIMES MAY A CONGRESSMAN BE RE-ELECTED?
  99. WHAT ARE THE 2 MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE U.S. TODAY?
  100. HOW MANY STATES ARE THERE IN THE UNITED STATES?

ANSWERS

  1. RED, WHITE, AND BLUE
  2. 50
  3. WHITE
  4. ONE FOR EACH STATE IN THE UNION
  5. 13
  6. RED AND WHITE
  7. THEY REPRESENT THE ORIGINAL 13 STATES
  8. 50
  9. INDEPENDENCE DAY
  10. JULY 4TH
  11. ENGLAND
  12. ENGLAND
  13. GEORGE WASHINGTON
  14. GEORGE W. BUSH
  15. DICK CHENEY
  16. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
  17. VICE PRESIDENT
  18. FOUR YEARS
  19. THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND
  20. YES
  21. AMENDMENTS
  22. 27
  23. 3
  24. LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE, AND JUDICIARY
  25. CONGRESS
  26. CONGRESS
  27. THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  28. TO MAKE LAWS
  29. THE PEOPLE
  30. 100
  31. (INSERT LOCAL INFORMATION)
  32. 6 YEARS
  33. 435
  34. 2 YEARS
  35. THE PRESIDENT, CABINET, AND DEPARTMENTS UNDER THE CABINET MEMBERS
  36. THE SUPREME COURT
  37. TO INTERPRET LAWS
  38. THE CONSTITUTION
  39. THE FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTION
  40. (INSERT LOCAL INFORMATION)
  41. (INSERT LOCAL INFORMATION)
  42. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  43. WILLIAM REHNQUIST
  44. CONNECTICUT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, MASSACHUSETTS,
    PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE, VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, RHODE ISLAND, AND MARYLAND
  45. PATRICK HENRY
  46. GERMANY, ITALY, AND JAPAN
  47. HAWAII AND ALASKA
  48. 2
  49. A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER
  50. (INSERT LOCAL INFORMATION)
  51. MUST BE A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES;
    MUST BE AT LEAST 35 YEARS OLD BY THE TIME HE/SHE WILL SERVE; MUST HAVE LIVED IN THE UNITED STATES FOR AT LEAST 14 YEARS
  52. TWO (2) FROM EACH STATE
  53. APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT
  54. NINE (9)
  55. FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
  56. GOVERNOR
  57. MAYOR
  58. THANKSGIVING
  59. THOMAS JEFFERSON
  60. JULY 4, 1776
  61. THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL
  62. THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
  63. FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
  64. THE BILL OF RIGHTS
  65. EIGHTEEN (18)
  66. THE PRESIDENT
  67. THE SUPREME COURT
  68. ABRAHAM LINCOLN
  69. FREED MANY SLAVES
  70. THE CABINET
  71. GEORGE WASHINGTON
  72. FORM N-400, "APPLICATION TO FILE PETITION FOR NATURALIZATION"
  73. THE AMERICAN INDIANS (NATIVE AMERICANS)
  74. THE MAYFLOWER
  75. COLONIES
  76. (A) THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH, PRESS, RELIGION, PEACEABLE ASSEMBLY AND REQUESTING CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT.
    (B) THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS (THE RIGHT TO HAVE WEAPONS OR OWN A GUN, THOUGH SUBJECT TO CERTAIN REGULATIONS).
    (C) THE GOVERNMENT MAY NOT QUARTER, OR HOUSE, SOLDIERS IN THE PEOPLE'S HOMES DURING PEACETIME WITHOUT THE PEOPLE'S CONSENT.
    (D) THE GOVERNMENT MAY NOT SEARCH OR TAKE A PERSON'S PROPERTY WITHOUT A WARRANT.
    (E) A PERSON MAY NOT BE TRIED TWICE FOR THE SAME CRIME AND DOES NOT HAVE TO TESTIFY AGAINST HIMSELF.
    (F) A PERSON CHARGED WITH A CRIME STILL HAS SOME RIGHTS, SUCH AS THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL AND TO HAVE A LAWYER.
    (G) THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN MOST CASES.
    (H) PROTECTS PEOPLE AGAINST EXCESSIVE OR UNREASONABLE FINES OR CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT.
    (L) THE PEOPLE HAVE RIGHTS OTHER THAN THOSE MENTIONED IN THE CONSTITUTION. ANY POWER NOT GIVEN TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY THE CONSTITUTION IS A POWER OF EITHER THE STATE OR THE PEOPLE.
  77. THE CONGRESS
  78. REPUBLICAN
  79. ABRAHAM LINCOLN
  80. 1787
  81. THE BILL OF RIGHTS
  82. FOR COUNTRIES TO DISCUSS AND TRY TO RESOLVE WORLD PROBLEMS; TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC AID TO MANY COUNTRIES.
  83. IN THE CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
  84. EVERYONE (CITIZENS AND NON-CITIZENS LIVING IN THE U.S.)
  85. THE PREAMBLE
  86. OBTAIN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT JOBS; TRAVEL WITH A U.S. PASSPORT; PETITION FOR CLOSE RELATIVES TO COME TO THE U.S. TO LIVE
  87. THE RIGHT TO VOTE
  88. THE PLACE WHERE CONGRESS MEETS
  89. THE PRESIDENTS OFFICIAL HOME
  90. WASHINGTON, D.C. (1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW)
  91. THE WHITE HOUSE
  92. FREEDOM OF: SPEECH, PRESS, RELIGION, PEACEABLE ASSEMBLY, AND REQUESTING CHANGE OF THE GOVERNMENT
  93. THE PRESIDENT
  94. GEORGE WASHINGTON
  95. NOVEMBER
  96. JANUARY
  97. THERE IS NO LIMIT
  98. THERE IS NO LIMIT
  99. DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN
  100. (50)
 

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