Nationality

Asylum Grant Rate for Afghanistan Applicants

Published EOIR nationality subset, 2020–2026; grant-or-denial outcomes only.

38.7%
Afghanistan38.7%
All nationalities10.7%
2,286
granted
3,621
denied
5,907
decided
47
courts with 25+ decided

Across courts

Where Afghanistan cases are heard.

Across 17 courts, grant rates for Afghanistan applicants range from 9.1% to 65.8%.

EOIR decided outcomes 2020–2026 for this nationality; courts with at least 100 decided cases. A historical pattern — not a prediction for any case.

Courts

Courts deciding the most Afghanistan cases

Sacramento, CA439 granted · 398 denied52.4%Sterling, VA295 granted · 274 denied51.8%Seattle, WA66 granted · 233 denied22.1%Arlington West, VA123 granted · 168 denied42.3%Arlington, VA185 granted · 96 denied65.8%San Francisco, CA76 granted · 150 denied33.6%Buffalo, NY79 granted · 112 denied41.4%New York City, NY51 granted · 123 denied29.3%San Diego, CA37 granted · 123 denied23.1%Concord, CA36 granted · 121 denied22.9%Hyattsville, MD90 granted · 59 denied60.4%San Antonio, TX29 granted · 107 denied21.3%Jena, LA63 granted · 72 denied46.7%Houston South, TX12 granted · 120 denied9.1%Santa Ana, CA31 granted · 79 denied28.2%Cleveland, OH12 granted · 96 denied11.1%Dallas, TX35 granted · 73 denied32.4%Chicago, IL40 granted · 59 denied40.4%Denver, CO24 granted · 68 denied26.1%Oakdale, LA32 granted · 57 denied36.0%Imperial, CA14 granted · 69 denied16.9%Phoenix, AZ23 granted · 59 denied28.0%New York Broadway, NY62 granted · 19 denied76.5%Portland, OR46 granted · 24 denied65.7%Kansas City, MO7 granted · 56 denied11.1%
How to read these numbers

Grant rate = granted / (granted + denied) for this nationality. These totals aggregate 2020–2026 court-nationality rows that met the source publication threshold (at least five cases in a court-year), so they are not all-time counts. Court mix, judge assignment, legal representation, and case facts all shift individual outcomes — historical rates are not a prediction. Open a court page to see its judges, or use the AsylumTracker app for judge-level nationality breakdowns.

Data: official EOIR records, updated 2026-09-01. Not legal advice.

Open the focused nationality-and-court directory to compare 2 high-volume court sample(s) for Afghanistan applicants.