N-336 and N-400 Naturalization Approved After Previous Denial Based On Former F-1 Student’s Past Enrollment With Neo-America Language School and Walter Jay MD Institute. (September 2025)

In September 2025, the USCIS Field Office in Santa Ana, California reversed its prior denial and

approved our client’s Form N-400 application for naturalization in just ONE day. Our client has

been scheduled for naturalization ceremony.

Our client’s original denial was based on allegations that our client was barred from

Naturalization due to past enrollment with the fraudulent schools Neo-America Language

School (“Neo”) and Walter Jay MD Institute (“WJI.”) between 2012 and 2014. USCIS also

alleged that our client gave false testimony during the Naturalization process, citing minor

inconsistencies in their recollection of events that occurred more than a decade ago.

Attorney Nguyen D. Luu and our legal team assisted the client in filing their Form N-336,

Request for a Hearing on a Decision in Naturalization Proceedings. We submitted a detailed

legal memorandum, supporting evidence, and prepared our client well before their N-336

hearing.

We also raised the arguments that any discrepancies in our client’s testimony were due solely

to the passage of time and did not rise to the level of false testimony under INA § 101(f)(6). Our

client had no knowledge of the institutions’ fraudulent activities and reasonably relied on their

SEVP certification, which indicated federal compliance at the time of their enrollment.

At the hearing, the reviewing USCIS officer interviewed our client extensively, but our client was

well prepared and was able to respond to the officer’s questions.



We are pleased to learn that just ONE day after our client’s N-336 hearing, USCIS reversed its

previous N-400 denial, and scheduled our client for a naturalization ceremony.