What is the immigration court grant rate for Estonia nationals?

Estonia nationals sit in the lower third of tracked nationalities at 45.0% across 20 merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025).

How many immigration court cases involve Estonia nationals?

Estonia is a thin-corpus nationality with 20 asylum merits decisions FY2015–2025 (9 granted, 11 denied).

Do grant rates vary by immigration court for Estonia nationals?

Yes. Grant rates for Estonia nationals can differ substantially across courts due to differences in judges, case types, and local conditions.

Is this data predictive of individual case outcomes?

No. Estonia's 55.0% 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

Estonia: US Asylum Outcomes

Name: Estonia US Immigration Court Outcomes
Creator: PlainImmigration
Published: 2025-09-30
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Signature read: 20 merits decisions make Estonia a thin-volume nationality code in the FOIA release. Grant rate sits in the lower third of tracked nationalities at 45.0% (below the 48.3% national average). Merits volume is thin-corpus at 20 decisions FY2015–2025.

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

45.0%
Asylum grant rate: 55.0%
Asylum denial rate: 20
Asylum decisions

Estonia in one line

Estonia's asylum grant rate is 45.0% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 20 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (thin-corpus volume).

45.0%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate: 20
Merits decisions · Thin-corpus volume: -3.3 pp
vs. national average: 55.0%
Asylum denial rate

Estonia nationals' merits outcome mix

20merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted9(45%)Denied11(55%)

Statistical data only. Estonia's 55.0% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Estonia 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)

45% 131st of 196 higher than 65 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

Estonia grant-rate neighbors

Lower-third grant-rate neighbors for Estonia (45.0%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Cuba

47.9%

Colombia

47.3%

Vietnam

46.7%

Benin

46.7%

Costa Rica

46.1%

Argentina

45.2%

Estonia

45.0%

Tanzania

44.6%

Peru

43.0%

Hungary

42.7%

Somalia

42.3%

Senegal

42.2%

Lower-third grant-rate nationality Estonia (45.0%) in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Estonia's 20-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Estonia nationals; merits-decision volume 20. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is thin-corpus at 20 decisions FY2015–2025.

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