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New form N-400: 37 yes or no questions and 90 word definitions. The word definitions are very short with easy explanations. It helps you memorize easily. Do you understand the full oath of allegiance to the United States?
Complete guide to the 2025 N-400 form's 37 yes/no questions and 90 vocabulary words for the US citizenship interview.
Key Takeaways
- The video thoroughly prepares viewers for the yes/no questions on the 2025 N-400 citizenship form.
- Simple vocabulary explanations help applicants understand complex legal and civic terms.
- Applicants must demonstrate understanding and willingness to uphold US laws and government.
- The video covers sensitive topics like allegiance, military service, and associations with prohibited groups.
- Clear definitions and examples improve memorization and confidence for the citizenship interview.
What the video covers
- Explains the 37 yes/no questions on the new 2025 N-400 form for US citizenship.
- Provides 90 short, easy-to-understand word definitions to aid memorization.
- Covers key topics like the oath of allegiance, Constitution, and US government form.
- Details willingness to bear arms, perform non-combatant services, and work of national importance.
- Clarifies terms such as civilian, claim, vote, owe, non-resident alien, and more.
- Discusses membership or support of groups opposing US government or involved in illegal activities.
- Includes explanations of terms like sabotage, assassination, kidnapping, hijacking, and advocacy.
- Addresses questions about voting, taxes, Selective Service registration, and immigration-related issues.
- Helps applicants understand legal and civic responsibilities required for naturalization.
- Provides timestamped chapters for easy navigation through topics.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction to N-400 Yes/No Questions and Vocabulary
- 02:13Support for Constitution and US Government
- 04:18Form of Government: Republic
- 06:21Willingness to Bear Arms
- 08:35Non-Combatant Services in Armed Forces
- 10:18Work of National Importance under Civilian Direction
- 12:11Understanding Civilian and Related Terms
- 13:58Physical or Mental Disability and Oath of Allegiance
- 16:04Claims of US Citizenship and Voting History
- 20:38Tax Obligations and Non-Resident Alien Status
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Do you understand the full oath of allegiance to the United States? Yes.
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Can you explain what the oath of allegiance is? A promise to be loyal to the United States.
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A promise to be loyal to the United States.
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Do you support the Constitution and form of government of the United States?
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Do you support the Constitution and form of government of the United States? Yes.
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What is the Constitution? It is the supreme law of the land.
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It is the supreme law of the land.
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What is the form of government of the United States? Republic.
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Republic.
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Are you willing to take the full oath of allegiance to the United States?
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Are you willing to take the full oath of allegiance to the United States? Yes.
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If the law requires it, are you willing to bear arms on behalf of the United States?
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If the law requires it, are you willing to bear arms on behalf of the United States? Yes.
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Do you understand what bear arms means? To own or use a gun.
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To own or use a gun.
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If the law requires it, are you willing to perform non-combatant services in the U.S. Armed Forces?
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If the law requires it, are you willing to perform non-combatant services in the U.S. Armed Forces? Yes.
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What are non-combatant services? Services that do not involve combat.
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Services that do not involve combat.
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If the law requires it, are you willing to perform work of national importance under civilian direction?
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If the law requires it, are you willing to perform work of national importance under civilian direction? Yes.
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What is work of national importance? Tasks that are important to a nation.
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Tasks that are important to a nation.
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Do you know what civilian means? A person who is not in the military.
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A person who is not in the military.
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Can you define civilian direction? A direction from a person who is not in the military.
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A direction from a person who is not in the military.
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Are you unable to take the oath of allegiance because of a physical or developmental disability or mental impairment?
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Are you unable to take the oath of allegiance because of a physical or developmental disability or mental impairment? No.
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Have you ever claimed to be a U.S. citizen in writing or any other way?
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Have you ever claimed to be a U.S. citizen in writing or any other way? No.
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Can you explain what claim means? To say something is true.
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To say something is true.
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Do you know what claim to be a U.S. citizen is? To state you are a U.S. citizen.
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To state you are a U.S. citizen.
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Have you ever registered to vote or voted in any federal, state, or local election in the United States?
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Have you ever registered to vote or voted in any federal, state, or local election in the United States? No.
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Can you explain what vote means? To elect new leaders.
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To elect new leaders.
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What does it mean to register? To sign up.
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To sign up.
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Do you currently owe any overdue federal, state, or local taxes in the United States?
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Do you currently owe any overdue federal, state, or local taxes in the United States? No.
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Do you know what owe means? To have a debt.
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To have a debt.
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What is overdue? Past a deadline.
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Past a deadline.
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Do you understand what owe taxes is? To owe the government money.
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To owe the government money.
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Since you became a lawful permanent resident, have you called yourself a non-resident alien on a federal, state, or local tax return or decided not to file a tax return because you consider yourself to be a non-resident?
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Since you became a lawful permanent resident, have you called yourself a non-resident alien on a federal, state, or local tax return or decided not to file a tax return because you consider yourself to be a non-resident? No.
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Do you know what non-resident alien is? A person who has not passed the green card test.
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A person who has not passed the green card test.
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Have you ever advocated, supported, and promoted any of the following or been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with any group anywhere in the world that advocated any of the following: opposition to all organized government, world communism, the establishment in the United States of a totalitarian dictatorship, the overthrow by force or violence or other unconstitutional means of the government of the United States or all forms of law, the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers of the government of the United States or any other organized government because of their official character, the unlawful damage, injury, or destruction of property or sabotage?
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Have you ever advocated, supported, and promoted any of the following or been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with any group anywhere in the world that advocated any of the following: opposition to all organized government, world communism, the establishment in the United States of a totalitarian dictatorship, the overthrow by force or violence or other unconstitutional means of the government of the United States or all forms of law, the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers of the government of the United States or any other organized government because of their official character, the unlawful damage, injury, or destruction of property or sabotage? No.
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What does it mean to advocate? To support.
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To support.
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Do you know what overthrow is? To remove a government from power.
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To remove a government from power.
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Have you ever been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with any communist or totalitarian party anywhere in the world?
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Have you ever been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with any communist or totalitarian party anywhere in the world? No.
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What is a totalitarian party? Government controls everything and people have no power.
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Government controls everything and people have no power.
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Do you understand what a communist party is like? China, North Korea.
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Like China, North Korea.
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Have you ever been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with, or have you ever provided money, a thing of value, services or labor, or any other assistance or support to a group that used a weapon or explosive with intent to harm another person or cause damage to property?
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Have you ever been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with, or have you ever provided money, a thing of value, services or labor, or any other assistance or support to a group that used a weapon or explosive with intent to harm another person or cause damage to property? No.
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Have you ever been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with, or have you ever provided money, a thing of value, services or labor, or any other assistance or support to a group that engaged or participated in kidnapping, assassination, or hijacking, or sabotage of an airplane, ship, vehicle, or other mode of transportation?
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Have you ever been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with, or have you ever provided money, a thing of value, services or labor, or any other assistance or support to a group that engaged or participated in kidnapping, assassination, or hijacking, or sabotage of an airplane, ship, vehicle, or other mode of transportation? No.
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Do you know what sabotage is? To destroy something.
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To destroy something.
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Do you know what assassination is? An action of killing someone.
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An action of killing someone.
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Can you explain what kidnap means? To take someone away illegally.
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To take someone away illegally.
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What does hijack mean? To stop and steal a moving airplane.
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To stop and steal a moving airplane.
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Have you ever been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with, or have you ever provided money, a thing of value, services or labor, or any other assistance or support to a group that threatened, attempted, conspired, prepared, planned, advocated for, or incited others to commit kidnapping, assassination, hijacking, sabotage, or use a weapon or explosive with intent to harm another person or cause damage to property?
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Have you ever been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with, or have you ever provided money, a thing of value, services or...
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country no what is cultivate to grow plants to grow plants what does dispense mean to supply something to supply something what does manufacture mean to make something to make something do you understand what distrib means to supply something to supply
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something what does produce mean to make something to make something do you know what illegal drugs or narcotics means like heroin or cocaine like heroin or cocaine can you define Controlled Substances you can buy it with a prescription but with
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restrictions you can buy it with a prescription but with restrictions can you explain what smuggle is to take things to a country illegally to take things to a country illegally do you know what drug paraphernalia is equipment to make illegal
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drugs equip to make illegal drugs have you ever been married to more than one person at the same time have you ever been married to more than one person at the same time no have you ever helped anyone to enter
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or tried to enter the United States illegally have you ever helped anyone to enter or tried to enter the United States illegally no have you ever gambled illegally or received income from illegal gambling have you ever gambled illegally
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or received income from illegal gambling no can you explain what gamble is to play a game for money to play a game for money have you ever failed to support your dependence or to pay alimony have you ever failed to support
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your dependence or to pay alimony no do you know what dependent is someone who relies on another person someone who relies on another person can you explain what pay alimony is to pay money to ex-spouse after a divorce to pay money to ex spouse after
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a divorce have you ever made any misrepresentation to obtain any public benefit in the United States have you ever made any misrepresentation to obtain any any public benefit in the United States no do you know how to explain public
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benefit welfare like food stamps welfare like food stamps what is misrepresentation to lie or give wrong information to lie or give wrong information have you ever lied to any US government officials to gain entry or admission into the United States or to
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gain immigration benefits while in the United States have you ever lied to any us government officials to gain entry or admission into the United States or to gain immigration benefits while in the United States no what is admission into the United
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States the right to enter the United States the right to enter the United States can you explain what lie means to say something that is not true to say something that is not true have you ever given any US
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government officials any information or documentation that was false fraudulent or misleading have you ever given any US government officials any information or documentation that was false fraudulent or misleading no what does false mean not true not true do you know what misleading is
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giving the wrong idea giving the wrong idea what is fraudulent to claim something that is not true to claim something that is not true have you ever been placed in removal re decision or deportation proceedings have you ever been placed in
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removal recision or deportation proceedings no can you explain what recision is to take back a decision to take back a decision what are deportation proceedings process of removing a person process of removing a person are you a person born as a male
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who lived in the United States at any time between your 18th and 26th birthdays are you a person born as a male who lived in the United States at any time between your 18th and 26th birthdays no have you ever been removed or
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deported from the United States have you ever been removed or deported from the United States no do you know what Deport is to force a person to leave a country to force a person to leave a country did you register for the
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Selective Service did you register for the Selective Service no what is selective service services in Armed Forces under Law Services in Armed Forces under law have you ever left the United States to avoid being drafted in the US armed
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forces have you ever left the United States to avoid being drafted in the US Armed Forces no what does drafted mean being selected as a soldier being selected as a soldier what does it mean to avoid being drafted to prevent being selected as a
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soldier to prevent being selected as a soldier have you ever applied for any kind of exemption from military service in the US armed forces have you ever applied for any kind of exemption from military service in the US Armed
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Forces no have you ever served in the US armed forces have you ever served in the US Armed Forces no do you know what US armed forces are US military Navy Air Force US military Navy Air Force do you now have or did you ever
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have a hereditary title or an order of nobility in any foreign country do you now have or did you ever have a hereditary title or an order of nobility in any foreign country no what is hereditary title a royal title like Prince or
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princess a royal title like Prince or princess do you know what order of nobility means like king or queen like king or queen
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