The Secretary of Homeland Security may, at any time, for what he deems to be good and sufficient cause, revoke the approval of any petition approved by him under [section 1154 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1154&num=0&edition=prelim). Such revocation shall be effective as of the date of approval of any such petition.
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The Secretary of Homeland Security may, at any time, for what he deems to be good and sufficient cause, revoke the approval of any petition approved by him under [section 1154 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1154&num=0&edition=prelim). Such revocation shall be effective as of the date of approval of any such petition.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
§ 1155. Revocation of approval of petitions; effec-
tive date
The Secretary of Homeland Security may, at
any time, for what he deems to be good and suf-
ficient cause, revoke the approval of any peti-
tion approved by him under section 1154 of this
title. Such revocation shall be effective as of the
date of approval of any such petition.
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 1, § 205, 66 Stat.
180; Pub. L. 86–363, § 5(a), (b), Sept. 22, 1959, 73
Stat. 644, 645; Pub. L. 87–301, §§ 3, 10, Sept. 26,
1961, 75 Stat. 650, 654; Pub. L. 89–236, § 5, Oct. 3,
1965, 79 Stat. 916; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III,
§ 308(g)(3)(A), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–622;
Pub. L. 108–458, title V, § 5304(c), Dec. 17, 2004, 118
Stat. 3736.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2004—Pub. L. 108–458 substituted ‘‘Secretary of Home-
land Security’’ for ‘‘Attorney General’’ and struck out
at end ‘‘In no case, however, shall such revocation have
effect unless there is mailed to the petitioner’s last
known address a notice of the revocation and unless no-
tice of the revocation is communicated through the
Secretary of State to the beneficiary of the petition be-
fore such beneficiary commences his journey to the
United States. If notice of revocation is not so given,
and the beneficiary applies for admission to the United
States, his admissibility shall be determined in the
manner provided for by sections 1225 and 1229a of this
title.’’
1996—Pub. L. 104–208 substituted ‘‘1229a’’ for ‘‘1226’’.
1965—Pub. L. 89–236 struck out entire section which
had set out, in subsecs. (a) to (d), the procedure for
granting nonquota status or preference by reason of re-
lationship and inserted in its place, with minor
changes, provisions formerly contained in section 1156
of this title autho