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Thomas v. Pompeo

Facts

Matthew Thomas, a U.S. citizen, filed a visa petition for his fianc Akbar Masoumi, an Iranian citizen, in January 2017. After the petition was approved, Mr. Masoumi attended a visa interview in August 2017, but his application was marked as temporarily refused pending administrative processing. Despite multiple inquiries and a lengthy wait of over nineteen months, the plaintiffs received little to no meaningful response regarding the status of the application, prompting them to file this lawsuit.

Issue

The main legal issues were whether the court had jurisdiction to review the delay in adjudicating Mr. Masoumi's visa application and whether the doctrine of consular nonreviewability applied to this case.

Rule

The court applied the principle that while consular nonreviewability generally prevents judicial review of consular officers' decisions on visa applications, it does not bar review of claims regarding unreasonable delays in processing applications.

Analysis

The court found that the plaintiffs were not challenging a consular officer's decision to deny the visa application but were instead asserting that the defendants had failed to perform their mandatory duty to adjudicate the application in a timely manner. The court noted that the doctrine of consular nonreviewability does not apply until a decision has been made on a visa application, and thus, the court retained jurisdiction to address the plaintiffs' claims regarding the delay.

Conclusion

The court denied the defendants' motion to dismiss, allowing the plaintiffs' claims regarding the unreasonable delay in processing the visa application to proceed.

Who won?

The plaintiffs prevailed in the sense that the court denied the defendants' motion to dismiss, allowing their case to continue. The court's reasoning centered on the distinction between challenging a denial and addressing unreasonable delays in processing.

The plaintiffs prevailed in the sense that the court denied the defendants' motion to dismiss, allowing their case to continue.

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