Support for Your Journey
Literacy & Learning Services offers free support for immigrants, refugees, and all community members. Find information, books, and resources about the citizenship process and immigration. Library staff are not lawyers and cannot give legal advice, but we can help you use trusted resources and connect with community organizations.
Free classes and workshops
Immigration Help and Information
Law and Legal Help Resources
Our featured SJPL program is Lawyers in the Library. Plus more web resources about law and legal help, selected for you by librarians.
Family Literacy Service
We provide parenting workshops, literacy materials, children’s books and more!
Social Work in the Library
San José Public Library offers support to all community members, especially people experiencing homelessness.
Browse our collections: Immigration & Citizenship
Available to borrow for free with your library card.
Citizenship Test Books
Citizenship Help and Practice
Citizenship Corners
Ten libraries have spaces with resources to aid in the naturalization process, citizenship test preparation, and English language learning.
Citizenship Classes
Learn about the naturalization process, study the 100 civics questions, and practice reading and writing in English.
Citizenship Classes - 65/20 Special Considerations
Study just 20 civics questions if you're 65+ years old and have been a Lawful Permanent Resident for 20+ years.
Citizenship Classes for Test Takers after October 2025
Learn about the naturalization process, study 128 civics questions, and practice reading/writing test. For LPRs: 5+ yrs or 3+ if married.
Clases de Ciudadanía
Estudia 100 preguntas cívicas en español. Para residentes mayores de 55 o 50 años con residencia permanente de 15+ o 20+ años.
Clase de Ciudadanía - 65/20 Consideraciones Especiales
Estudia solo 20 preguntas cívicas si tienes 65+ años y 20+ años como Residente Permanente.
City of San José Civics Master Class
Citizenship Master Class is a free, self-paced online course from the City of San José. Explore how local government works, how to participate in public meetings, and how to share your voice in policy making and civic life.
Learn about the San José Civics Masterclass on the City of San José website.
U.S. Immigration and Citizenship Forms
Learn online: Citizenship eResources
Adult Core Skills & Citizenship
Improve basic skills in reading, writing, math, and review civics questions for the US citizenship exam. From Learning Express Library.
Tutor.com: Adult Education and Career Center
Get help with test prep, job searching, and more. Includes GED and Citizenship exams & resume/cover letter review by trained professionals.
ProCitizen
Prepare for the US Naturalization Test through practice tests, exercises, and activities.
Browse our collections: Citizenship Practice Tests
Available to borrow for free with your library card.
Citizenship Test Books
Community Resources
Non-Profit Immigration Rights Groups & Education
- Services Immigrant Rights & Education Network (SIREN)
- Center for Employment Training's Immigration and Citizenship Program (ICP)
- Asian Immigrant Women Advocates (AIWA)
- National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
- ImmigrantInfo.org
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Settling in the U.S.
- Preparing for the Oath: U.S. History and Civics for Citizenship
- Immigration Law Help
- Citizenshipworks
- PARS Equality Center
- Immigration Advocates Network
- USA Learns
Free Local Legal Service Providers
- Amigos de Guadalupe: Center for Justice and Empowerment (ADG)
- Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County
- Santa Clara University School of Law Katherine and George Alexander Community Law Center
- Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)
- Centro Legal de la Raza
- Social Justice Collaborative
- International Rescue Committee
- Asian Law Alliance
- Vietnamese American Service Center