{"id":85411,"date":"2026-04-21T16:35:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/new-update-on-indian-origin-man-who-changed-name-to-live-in-us-judge-cancels-gurdev-singh-sohals-citizenship\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:36:24","slug":"new-update-on-indian-origin-man-who-changed-name-to-live-in-us-judge-cancels-gurdev-singh-sohals-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/new-update-on-indian-origin-man-who-changed-name-to-live-in-us-judge-cancels-gurdev-singh-sohals-citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"New update on Indian-origin man who changed name to live in US: Judge cancels Gurdev Singh Sohal&#8217;s citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\">An Indian man changed his identity to become a US citizen in 2005 but was caught through fingerprints in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; decoding=&#8221;async&#8221; fetchpriority=&#8221;high&#8221;\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"An Indian man became a US citizen in 2005, changing his identity but got caught in 2020 through fingerprints.\"><\/p>\n<p>An Indian man became a US citizen by changing his identity in 2005 but was caught through fingerprints in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Justice Department had filed a civil denaturalization complaint against an Indian-origin man who changed his identity to obtain US citizenship. A federal judge has ruled in favor of the DOJ and ordered him to revoke the citizenship of a man he said committed immigration and identity fraud.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Gurdev Singh Sohal, also known as Dev Singh and Buta Singh Sundu, became a naturalized US citizen in 2005. After living in the US continuously for 3-5 years on a Green Card, a person becomes a naturalized citizen of the US.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>But Sohal was ordered deported in 1994 when he was known by his first name, Dev Singh. Instead of leaving America, he took on a new identity, new date of birth, new date of entry into the United States, and became Sohal with an entirely new background. <!-- -->Sohal was naturalized under a new and assumed identity. Sohal concealed his prior immigration history under the Dev Singh identity in any of his immigration applications or proceedings under the new identity.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>It was confirmed by fingerprint analysts in 2020 that the two were the same person.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>On April 13, the court found that Sohal obtained his US citizenship illegally because his unlawful acts by concealing his prior identity made him unable to show that he had inherently good moral character.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>\u201cThis case demonstrates the strength and commitment of this Administration to ensure the sanctity of American citizenship,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Justice Department&#8217;s Civil Division. \u201cThe collaboration between the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security reflects a strong partnership to protect the country from immigration and identity fraud.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Sohal&#8217;s case was the ninth denaturalization action since January 20, 2025, when the department filed it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Indian man changed his identity to become a US citizen in 2005 but was caught through fingerprints in 2020. &#8221; decoding=&#8221;async&#8221; fetchpriority=&#8221;high&#8221;\/> An Indian man became a US citizen by changing his identity in 2005 but was caught through fingerprints in 2020. 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