Civics test answers for Puerto Rico

How do you answer these questions in Puerto Rico?

Puerto Rico doesn't elect U.S. senators. USCIS's official list says people who live in a territory should answer that their territory has no U.S. senators.

Puerto Rico sends one nonvoting member to the House, Pablo José Hernández, whose title is Resident Commissioner. USCIS accepts that name, or the answer that Puerto Rico has no voting representatives in Congress.

The governor of Puerto Rico is Jenniffer González-Colón. Governors change after elections, so name the person in office on the day of your interview.

The capital of Puerto Rico is San Juan.

The governor question is also on the shorter list for the 65/20 special consideration, which is for applicants who are 65 or older and have been permanent residents for 20 years or more when they file. They study 20 questions instead of 128.

How do these questions fit into the civics test?

On the 2025 civics test, the officer asks up to 20 questions from the list of 128, and you pass by answering 12 correctly. The four questions on this page are part of that list, so any of them may come up. If one does, answer for the place where you live at the time of your interview.

Officeholders can change at any time, after an election, a resignation, or an appointment. We update this page from official sources and show the date of the last check at the top.