Decision date: 2024-02-13

Holding that USCIS's adjudication of an I-130 marriage-based visa petition was not arbitrary and capricious where the agency, using  its proper investigatory powers, denied the petition based on the "marriage fraud bar" and the applicant's previous fraudulent marriage.

Publication Status: Published

Case judge: King, Thacker, Wilkinson

Decision: Mestanek v. Jaddou, 93 F.4th 164 (4th Cir. 2024)