Nationality

Asylum Grant Rate for Nigeria Applicants

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

34.6%
Nigeria34.6%
All nationalities10.7%
2,754
granted
5,216
denied
7,970
decided
45
courts with 25+ decided

Across courts

Where Nigeria cases are heard.

Across 18 courts, grant rates for Nigeria applicants range from 11.3% to 61.5%.

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 Nigeria cases

Dallas, TX168 granted · 656 denied20.4%Chicago, IL427 granted · 372 denied53.4%Houston South, TX62 granted · 486 denied11.3%Hyattsville, MD156 granted · 375 denied29.4%Newark, NJ323 granted · 202 denied61.5%Baltimore, MD192 granted · 298 denied39.2%Indianapolis, IN82 granted · 350 denied19.0%New York City, NY259 granted · 167 denied60.8%Houston, TX117 granted · 283 denied29.2%Philadelphia, PA133 granted · 106 denied55.6%New York Broadway, NY98 granted · 86 denied53.3%Atlanta, GA27 granted · 153 denied15.0%West Los Angeles, CA50 granted · 128 denied28.1%Houston Greenspoint, TX20 granted · 131 denied13.2%Bloomington, MN46 granted · 97 denied32.2%Cleveland, OH26 granted · 114 denied18.6%Elizabeth, NJ30 granted · 92 denied24.6%Boston, MA56 granted · 55 denied50.5%San Francisco, CA70 granted · 22 denied76.1%Detroit, MI32 granted · 55 denied36.8%Conroe, TX6 granted · 80 denied7.0%Stewart, GA8 granted · 68 denied10.5%El Paso, TX23 granted · 39 denied37.1%Santa Ana, CA20 granted · 42 denied32.3%Charlotte, NC18 granted · 43 denied29.5%
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 3 high-volume court sample(s) for Nigeria applicants.