# Visa Revocation

### Not Subject to Court Review

****Holding****<span style="color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">: Revocation of an approved visa petition under</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>[8 U.S.C. § 1155](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2019-title8/pdf/USCODE-2019-title8-chap12-subchapII-partI-sec1155.pdf)<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">based on a sham-marriage determination by the Secretary of Homeland Security is the kind of discretionary decision that falls within the purview of</span><span style="color: rgb(35, 225, 162); white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>[<span style="color: rgb(35, 225, 162);">Section 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii)</span>](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2011-title8/pdf/USCODE-2011-title8-chap12-subchapII-partV-sec1252.pdf)<span style="color: rgb(35, 225, 162); white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">which strips federal courts of jurisdiction to review certain actions "in the discretion of" the agency.</span>

<span style="color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">Confirmed by SCOTUS in a 9-0 decision issued December 2024, Bouarfa v. Mayorkas (</span>[https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-583\_onjq.pdf](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-583_onjq.pdf)<span style="color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">)</span>