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False Claim to U.S. Citizenship

Agency updatePublished Aug 20, 2025Changes requirements

A policy alert is USCIS guidance to its own officers, not a regulation. It governs how USCIS adjudicates, and it can be revised or withdrawn without rulemaking.

What the document says

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is revising policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the false claim to U.S. citizenship ground of inadmissibility.

Who the document names

The document does not name specific countries or visa categories in its scope language. Read the original to confirm whether it applies to a particular case.

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About this record

Source
USCIS Policy Manual, checked Aug 2, 2026
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  • The updates page does not publish an effective date. Where the guidance states one, it is in the linked document. This event does not assert an effective date it cannot cite.
  • Affected Policy Manual sections, as listed by USCIS: 8 USCIS-PM K.2; 8 USCIS-PM K.4 (Admissibility).

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