Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Dominica: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: 34 merits decisions make Dominica a thin-volume nationality code in the FOIA release. Grant rate sits in the lower third of tracked nationalities at 44.1% (below the 48.3% national average). Merits volume is thin-corpus at 34 decisions FY2015–2025.

Data updated 2026-09-05

44.1%
Asylum grant rate
55.9%
Asylum denial rate
34
Asylum decisions

Dominica in one line

Dominica's asylum grant rate is 44.1% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 34 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (thin-corpus volume).

44.1%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate
34
Merits decisions · Thin-corpus volume
-4.2 pp
vs. national average
55.9%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. Dominica's 55.9% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Dominica 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)

44.1% 133rd of 196 higher than 63 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Dominica grant-rate neighbors

Lower-third grant-rate neighbors for Dominica (44.1%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Colombia
47.3%
Vietnam
46.7%
Benin
46.7%
Costa Rica
46.1%
Argentina
45.2%
Tanzania
44.6%
Dominica
44.1%
Peru
43.0%
Hungary
42.7%
Somalia
42.3%
Senegal
42.2%
Thailand
41.5%

Lower-third grant-rate nationality Dominica (44.1%) in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Dominica nationals; merits-decision volume 34. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is thin-corpus at 34 decisions FY2015–2025.

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Dominica asylum merits outcomes FY2015–2025 · 2025

Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. Dominica'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.