Can you take the citizenship test in Spanish?

Who can take the citizenship test in Spanish?

Under any of these you don’t take the English test, and you choose the language for civics. A medical waiver on Form N-648 is a separate route.

• 50 or older, with at least 20 years as a permanent resident, on the day you filed Form N-400 (50/20).
• 55 or older, with at least 15 years as a permanent resident, on that day (55/15).
• 65 or older, with at least 20 years as a permanent resident, on that day (65/20). You also get a shorter civics test.

Bringing an interpreter

USCIS doesn’t provide one. You bring and pay for your own, and the officer can turn them down. The rules:

• They must speak English and your language fluently.
• They translate word for word, without adding answers or opinions.
• They show a government-issued ID and sign an interpreter’s oath at the interview.
• USCIS wants someone with no stake in your case.

If the officer speaks your language fluently, they may give the test in that language.

Spanish study materials from USCIS

As of October 2026, USCIS’s 2025 Civics Test page lists two files, the 128 questions and the One Nation, One People study guide, and lists no Spanish version of either. The Spanish files on its study page are for the 2008 test, or don’t say which version they cover:

• The 100 civics questions and answers in Spanish, as a Word file, and with MP3 audio (2008 test)
• The 65/20 starred questions in Spanish (2008 test)
• Civics flash cards in Spanish
• Preparing for the Naturalization Test: A Pocket Study Guide, in Spanish
• A Spanish version of the online 2008 practice test

The citizenship test in Chinese, Vietnamese and other languages

The same exceptions let you take civics in any language you can bring an interpreter for. For study, USCIS has the 100 questions of the 2008 test in Arabic, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese, and the 65/20 starred questions in several of those.

If you filed on or after October 20, 2025, a translated 2008 list can help you understand a question, but the 2025 list numbers and words some questions differently. Check each answer against the list of 128.