I am still hoping that someone has a recent N-600 denial that they will share.
N600 would be denied if one was not able to prove eligibility for NC. There are several subsections under which one is deemed eligible or not eligible to claim citizenship.
Anyone not meeting statutory minimum requirements would be denied.
In some cases, applicant could be asked for more evidence than what INA requires (Ex1: USC deported by USCIS and later denied N600 due to order of deportation and illegal re-entry. Overruled by appeals court, found USC by virtue of being a child of USC.
Ex2: Woman born in Mexico denied N600. Claimed that her mother was born in US in 1901. USCIS requested BC of mother. Applicant couldn't produce BC, instead produced Baptism record [with DOB 1900] and other testimony/records available. USCIS denied for lack of BC. During appeals immigration decision overruled, sited law in effect at the time of mothers' birth and preponderance of evidence pointing to eligibility.)
Did you try Nexis-Lexis? You should try to use databases that are used by immigration attorneys. It's relatively simple and not too costly to subscribe.
The N-565 instructions have been changed and include a new blurb as follows:
NOTE: USCIS has no legal basis to change a name absent a legal document such as a marriage certificate, divorce decree, or a court ordered name change. In addition, USCIS is prohibited from making any changes to an incorrect date of birth if one has completed the naturalization/citizenship process and sworn to the facts, including the wrong date of birth.
USCIS is not authorized to change the name of person (therefore, those who get Oath ceremony performed by USCIS must wait until after judicial name change).
As to second part, not only USCIS is prohibited from making any changes to date of birth
if one has completed the naturalization/citizenship process and sworn to the facts, including the wrong date of birth, but having sworn to incorrect date of birth can serve as a basis of revocation of Citizenship under the strict statutes of providing false testimony to USCIS under the oath.
Of course, this excludes the cases where the applicant was unaware of his accurate DOB , like the Hyderabad, India born applicant whose court case you posted a link to. Such cases can, and rightfully so, be decided by the courts that have jurisdiction over the matter.
As things now stand, any change in a DOB, besides a typo in certificate preparation, OR a legal name change must be pursued in the District Court under 8 CFR 334.16(b).
§ 334.16 Amendment of petition for naturalization.
(b) After final action on petition. Whenever an application is made to the court to amend a petition for naturalization after final action thereon has been taken by the court, a copy of the application shall be served upon the district director having administrative jurisdiction over the territory in which the court is located, in the manner and within the time provided by the rules of court in which application is made. No objection shall be made to the amendment of a petition for naturalization after the petitioner for naturalization has been admitted to citizenship if the motion or application is to correct a clerical error arising from oversight or omission. A representative of the Service may appear at the hearing upon such application and be heard in favor of or in opposition thereto. When the court orders the petition amended, the clerk of court shall transmit a copy of the order to the district director for inclusion in the Service file.
See above.
