[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2010]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR336.1]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 336_HEARINGS ON DENIALS OF APPLICATIONS FOR NATURALIZATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 336.1  Denial after section 335 examination.

Sec.
336.1 Denial after section 335 examination.
336.2 Hearing before an immigration officer.
336.3-336.8 [Reserved]
336.9 Judicial review of denial determinations on applications for 
          naturalization.

    Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1443, 1447, 1448.

    Source: 56 FR 50499, Oct. 7, 1991, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) After completing all examination procedures contained in part 
335 of this chapter and determining to deny an application for 
naturalization, the Service shall serve a written notice of denial upon 
an applicant for naturalization no later than 120 days after the date of 
the applicant's first examination on the application.
    (b) A notice of denial shall be prepared in a written, narrative 
format, and shall recite, in clear concise language, the pertinent facts 
upon which the determination was based, the specific legal section or 
sections applicable to the finding of ineligibility, and the conclusions 
of law reached by the examining officer in rendering the decision. Such 
notice of denial shall also contain a specific statement of the 
applicant's right either to accept the determination of the examining 
officer, or request a hearing before an immigration officer.
    (c) Service of the notice of denial may be made in person or by 
certified

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mail to the applicant's last known address, or upon the attorney or 
representative of record as provided in part 292 of this chapter.