For those who desire to become a citizen of the United States, the Missouri Multicultural Network, through funding from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) offers a free, online citizenship-preparation course that prepares non-U.S. citizens for the actual naturalization process through Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS).
The course, which may be taken at any time and at any pace, offers lessons in American history and government, a sample self-test using questions found on the actual INS naturalization test. You'll also find links to information on who is eligible to become a citizen, requirements for naturalization, fingerprinting, paperwork, sample questions and written sentences used during the interview to test your knowledge of the English Language. Links also include waivers, exceptions and special cases honored.
We offer you a study guide to American history and government to help you prepare for our self-test. You may take the course and self-test as many times as you wish. The questions will be randomized, so there will be a different set of questions each time you take it. To retake the test, you must notify us so we can set it up for you to repeat the test. Below you'll find INS information on who is eligible for citizenship, INS forms and fees, fingerprinting, and interviewing. Then, when you're ready to begin the citizenship-preparation course, click here to fill out our enrollment form. Once we receive it, we will send you your user name and password. Once you have your user name and password, come back to this page and click on "Begin Citizenship-Preparation Course" here or at the bottom of this page to log in to the program. When you've completed the course, please come back and give us some feedback by clicking on the "Feedback" link. Let us know what you thought of the course and what improvements we need to make. Check out comments made by students who became citizens after successfully completing our course.
Information from Immigration and Naturalization Services:
Begin Citizenship-Preparation Course
Note: Since the actual Immigration and Naturalization process is based on knowledge of written and spoken English language, this course will be offered only in English.How did we do? Leave comments and suggestions and other feedback here.
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