8 C.F.R. § 207.4
Approved application
Approval of a refugee application by USCIS outside the United States authorizes CBP to admit the applicant conditionally as a refugee upon arrival at the port within four months of the date the refugee application was approved. There is no appeal from a denial of refugee status under this chapter.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1985–2026 · leading case: Jane Doe 1 v. Nielsen, 357 F. Supp. 3d 972 (N.D. Cal. 2018).
Jane Doe 1 v. Nielsen, 357 F. Supp. 3d 972 (N.D. Cal. 2018). “See 8 C.F.R. § 207.4 ("There is no appeal from a denial of refugee status under this chapter.”
Singh v. Nelson, 623 F. Supp. 545 (S.D.N.Y. 1985). “§ 1157 (1982), for asylum and refugee status at United States embassies in India and Pakistan in order to gain admission to the United States were unsuccessful in such efforts, apparently because they did not have sufficiently close ties to the United States.”
Mohammed v. Sessions, 362 F. Supp. 3d 8 (D.C. Cir. 2019). “In this case, USCIS responded to the request for review in June 2015, upholding the denial because the request for review "did not contain any new information or an allegation of error in the adjudication of [Mohammed's] claim.”
Reznik v. U.S. Dep't of Just., Immigr. & Naturalization Serv., 901 F. Supp. 188 (E.D. Pa. 1995). “There are no procedures for administrative appeal within the INS for denials of refugee status, see 8 C.F.R. § 207.4 (1994), or for denials of waivers under § 1157(c).”
Ruhumuriza v. Jaddou (D.D.C. 2026). “” 8 C.F.R. § 207.4 . By regulation, “[t]here is no appeal from a denial of refugee status.”
Pacito v. Trump (9th Cir. 2026). “8 C.F.R. § 207.4 . PACITO V. TRUMP 25 Once an applicant has been conditionally approved by USCIS for refugee status, the refugee is assigned to an RSC to assist with the final steps of admission.”
Al Haddad v. Jones (D.D.C. 2019). “§ 1157 ; 8 C.F.R. § 207.4 (“There is no appeal from a denial of refugee status under this chapter”), USCIS considers informal requests for review of such denials in its discretion, see Defs.”
Mohammed v. Sessions (D.D.C. 2019). “§ 1157 ; 8 C.F.R. § 207.4 (“There is no appeal from a denial of refugee status under this chapter”), USCIS considers informal requests for review of such denials in its discretion, see Defs.”
Cmty. Refugee & Immigr. Servs. v. Petit (S.D. Ohio 2020). “See 8 C.F.R. § 207.4 . Approval of a refugee application authorizes Customs and Border Protection to admit an applicant as a refugee upon arrival to the United States.”
Azarmanesh v. Garland (N.D. Cal. 2025). “§ 1181 (c); 8 C.F.R. § 207.4 . A spouse of any refugee is generally 21 “entitled to the same admission status as such refugee if accompanying, or following to join, such 22 refugee” and if the spouse is admissible under the INA.”
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