Naturalization

Did you know:

• That the Cleveland office of the B.C.I.S. has a standing policy of denying U.S. citizenship applications for bad moral character if you have a single, first-time DUI within five years before the date of your application?
• That you can appeal an initial denial of your naturalization application to a higher officer in the B.C.I.S.
• That even if that officer denies your application, you can get a new hearing on appeal in Federal Court?
• That if one of your parents or grandparents was an American citizen, you may already be one, depending on the circumstances, even if you were born overseas?

We are experienced litigants before the B.C.I.S. in cases of difficult, problematic or denied citizenship applications. We also have experience proving cases of derivative citizenship: cases where someone is a U.S. citizen by descent from one of their ancestors.