Challenging U.S. Passport and N-600 Denials under 8 U.S.C. § 1503

8 U.S.C. § 1503 provides pathways for individuals who were denied a right or privilege of nationality to challenge such denials in federal district court and obtain a declaratory judgment that they are indeed a citizen or national of the United States—by birth, naturalization, or derivative citizenship. These claims generally arise in the context of a passport denial or revocation, or a revocation or denial of a request for a certificate of citizenship (N-600). This practice advisory discusses t