Bouarfa v. Mayorkas, 604 U.S. 6 (2024), is a United States Supreme Court case about whether an individual can obtain judicial review regarding a revoked visa petition based on non-discretionary criteria.

The US Supreme Court ruled that visa revocations are left to the discretion of the Homeland Security Department.

[1] In 2014, plaintiff Bouarfa, a U.S. citizen, filed a visa application for permanent legal residence (Green Card) for her husband, Hamayel.

The Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed the revocation of the visa application for permanent legal residence.

[3] The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, stating that "revocation of an approved visa petition under §1155 based on a sham-marriage determination by the Secretary of Homeland Security is the kind of discretionary decision that falls within the purview of 8 U.S.C.