What is the immigration court grant rate for Bahamas nationals?

Bahamas nationals sit in the lower third of tracked nationalities at 25.8% across 93 merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025).

How many immigration court cases involve Bahamas nationals?

Bahamas nationals had 93 asylum cases decided on the merits (FY2015–2025) in the EOIR data, with 24 granted and 69 denied.

Do grant rates vary by immigration court for Bahamas nationals?

Yes. Bahamas's 25.8% national-row rate sits below the 48.3% overall average; court-level spreads can push individual venues higher or lower still.

Is this data predictive of individual case outcomes?

No. Bahamas's 74.2% denial-leaning aggregate still mixes courts, judges, country conditions, 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

Bahamas: US Asylum Outcomes

Name: Bahamas US Immigration Court Outcomes
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Published: 2025-09-30
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Signature read: Bahamas runs -22.5 pp versus the 48.3% national average, the strongest gap stamp on this page. Grant rate sits in the lower third of tracked nationalities at 25.8% (below the 48.3% national average). Merits volume is mid-band at 93 decisions FY2015–2025.

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

25.8%
Asylum grant rate: 74.2%
Asylum denial rate: 93
Asylum decisions

Bahamas in one line

Bahamas's asylum grant rate is 25.8% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 93 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

25.8%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate: 93
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume: -22.5 pp
vs. national average: 74.2%
Asylum denial rate

Bahamas nationals' merits outcome mix

93merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted24(26%)Denied69(74%)

Statistical data only. Bahamas's 74.2% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Bahamas 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)

25.8% 179th of 196 higher than 17 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Bahamas grant-rate neighbors

Lower-third grant-rate neighbors for Bahamas (25.8%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Guatemala

36.4%

Philippines

35.2%

Honduras

35.1%

Jamaica

34.4%

El Salvador

34.2%

Mexico

32.5%

Brazil

32.0%

Spain

32.0%

Guyana

29.1%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

26.9%

Bahamas

25.8%

Trinidad and Tobago

20.0%

Lower-third grant-rate nationality Bahamas (25.8%) in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Bahamas's 93-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Bahamas nationals; gap vs national average -22.5 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 93 decisions FY2015–2025.

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Bahamas 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. Bahamas'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.