Practice Alert: Protecting the Materiality Requirement in False Citizenship Claim Cases Outside the Eleventh Circuit
This Practice Alert addresses Patel ’s second holding: that false claims to U.S. citizenship render noncitizens removable even if the claim had no possible impact on the decision or application at issue—that is, even if the false citizenship claim is immaterial.
Why it matters
Useful as a practitioner-oriented overview from National Immigration Project on Naturalization; review the source material for the most current authority and procedure.
Topics
Naturalization
Workflows
BIA, PFR, and federal court
Naturalization and adjustment
Forums
Court of appeals
Jurisdictions
11th Circuit