What is the immigration court grant rate for China nationals?

China nationals sit in the upper third of tracked nationalities at 77.9% across 49,211 merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025).

How many immigration court cases involve China nationals?

China is a heavy-corpus nationality with 49,211 asylum merits decisions FY2015–2025 (38,348 granted, 10,863 denied) - #5 of 196 by caseload.

Do grant rates vary by immigration court for China nationals?

Yes. China's 77.9% 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. China's 77.9% 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

China: US Asylum Outcomes

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Signature read: China runs +29.6 pp above the 48.3% national average, the strongest gap stamp on this page. Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 49,211 decisions FY2015–2025 (#5 of 196).

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

77.9%
Asylum grant rate: 22.1%
Asylum denial rate: 49,211
Asylum decisions

China in one line

China's asylum grant rate is 77.9% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 49,211 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (heavy-corpus volume).

77.9%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate: 49,211
Merits decisions · Heavy-corpus volume: +29.6 pp
vs. national average: 22.1%
Asylum denial rate

China nationals' merits outcome mix

49,211merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted38,348(78%)Denied10,863(22%)

Statistical data only. China's 77.9% 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.

China 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)

77.9% 24th of 196 higher than 172 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more nationalities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

China grant-rate neighbors

Upper-third grant-rate neighbors for China (77.9%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Uganda

80.4%

Russia

79.9%

Syria

79.6%

Djibouti

79.1%

Ukraine

78.9%

Yugoslavia

78.5%

China

77.9%

Kosovo

77.7%

Albania

77.3%

Afghanistan

76.1%

Ethiopia

75.4%

Iraq

74.6%

Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload

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

Venezuela · 42,981 merits · 69.9% grant
Colombia · 32,337 merits · 47.3% grant
India · 32,151 merits · 62.5% grant
Ecuador · 29,307 merits · 40.0% grant

Heavy-corpus nationality China: 49,211 FY2015–2025 merits in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how China's 49,211-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for China nationals; gap vs national average +29.6 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 49,211 decisions FY2015–2025 (#5 of 196).

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