Reporting on naturalization, N-400 adjudications, derived citizenship, dual nationality, and post-citizenship rights and responsibilities.
A naturalization denial over unpaid taxes isn't the end. Here's how to win the N-336 hearing with IRS transcripts, full-payment proof, and good moral character evidence.
A 401(k) rollover form gave a green card holder two options: US citizen or not. The wrong box risks a false claim to citizenship, a permanent bar.
A false claim to U.S. citizenship bars you only when made for a purpose or benefit under law. A casual bar-stool 'yes,' with nothing sought, may not qualify.
A stalled N-600 and a spouse's overdue N-400 can go into a single federal suit. The 120-day rule and the APA are what move each one.
The N-400 has a 90-day state-and-district residency rule. A recent move or an out-of-state internship can force a green card holder to wait before filing.
No travel-ban country is barred from naturalizing. If you're a green card holder eligible for citizenship, file the N-400 now, because waiting only lengthens the line.
Asylum return travel can sink a naturalization case. A green card holder who flew back to Egypt three times was told to shelve the N-400 entirely.
N-400 tax compliance is proven with IRS transcripts. An unprocessed return can read as unfiled, as one applicant learned weeks before her interview.
A court remanded a stalled N-400 with a 90-day deadline. USCIS answered with a second, needless interview. What that re-interview really signals.
A divorce settlement that ended child support can derail naturalization. Why USCIS treats failing to support your kids as a good moral character problem.
USCIS is re-reviewing five years of naturalization files with AI, but denaturalization is legally narrow. Here is who is actually at risk.
Mailed shoplifting citations and a deferred prosecution deal can stall an N-400. Why USCIS treats a crime of deceit as a good moral character problem.
A routine speeding ticket with no DUI and no arrest generally does not need to be disclosed on a green card application or DS-160, and won't sink an extension or naturalization. What causes problems is ignoring it until a warrant issues.
A diversity visa winner who hid her children on the DS-260 now lists them on her N-400 — and naturalization is where USCIS rechecks how the green card was won.
Polygamy that begins after you naturalize does not undo your citizenship — denaturalization looks only at how you got it. The child-abroad question is separate.
A loan officer mislabeled a green-card holder as a U.S. citizen on the URLA. Under INA § 212(a)(6)(C)(ii) and Matter of Zhang, the false-claim ground requires an affirmative act by the noncitizen. A third-party clerical mistake is not the noncitizen's act — but USCIS's August 2025 policy update narrowed the defenses, so the bank record still needs to be corrected before N-400.