What is the immigration court grant rate for Afghanistan nationals?

Afghanistan nationals sit in the upper third of tracked nationalities at 76.1% across 2,565 merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025).

How many immigration court cases involve Afghanistan nationals?

Afghanistan is a heavy-corpus nationality with 2,565 asylum merits decisions FY2015–2025 (1,951 granted, 614 denied) - #33 of 196 by caseload.

Do grant rates vary by immigration court for Afghanistan nationals?

Yes. Afghanistan's 76.1% national-row rate already sits well above the 48.3% overall average; court-level spreads can widen that further depending on judge mix and case type.

Is this data predictive of individual case outcomes?

No. Afghanistan's 76.1% upper-third aggregate still mixes courts, judges, relief types, and counsel rates, it is not a forecast for any one merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

By Nationality

Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Afghanistan: US Asylum Outcomes

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Published: 2025-09-30
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Signature read: Afghanistan runs +27.8 pp above the 48.3% national average, the strongest gap stamp on this page. Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 2,565 decisions FY2015–2025 (#33 of 196).

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

76.1%
Asylum grant rate: 23.9%
Asylum denial rate: 2,565
Asylum decisions

Afghanistan in one line

Afghanistan's asylum grant rate is 76.1% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 2,565 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (heavy-corpus volume).

76.1%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate: 2,565
Merits decisions · Heavy-corpus volume: +27.8 pp
vs. national average: 23.9%
Asylum denial rate

Afghanistan nationals' merits outcome mix

2,565merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted1,951(76%)Denied614(24%)

Statistical data only. Afghanistan's 76.1% upper-third grant history still mixes courts, case types, and counsel rates, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Afghanistan vs all nationalities by asylum grant rate

Where this nationality's FY2015–2025 asylum grant rate sits among every tracked nationality (a case-outcome measure, not a quality ranking)

76.1% 29th of 196 higher than 167 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Afghanistan grant-rate neighbors

Upper-third grant-rate neighbors for Afghanistan (76.1%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

China

77.9%

Kosovo

77.7%

Albania

77.3%

Afghanistan

76.1%

Ethiopia

75.4%

Iraq

74.6%

Turkmenistan

74.6%

Nepal

74.5%

Saudi Arabia

74.4%

Moldova

74.0%

Azerbaijan

74.0%

Serbia and Montenegro

74.0%

Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload

Heavy-corpus nationality peers by merits volume, orthogonal to the ABS(grant-rate) neighbors above.

Ghana · 2,553 merits · 51.4% grant
Armenia · 2,626 merits · 70.1% grant
Somalia · 2,647 merits · 42.3% grant
Ukraine · 2,339 merits · 78.9% grant

Heavy-corpus nationality Afghanistan: 2,565 FY2015–2025 merits in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Afghanistan's 2,565-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Afghanistan nationals; gap vs national average +27.8 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 2,565 decisions FY2015–2025 (#33 of 196).

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Afghanistan asylum merits outcomes FY2015–2025 · 2025 Accessed 2026-09-05

Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. Afghanistan's grant-rate and caseload figures are recomputed live from the EOIR case-level extract on every request, never hand-typed. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-05.