What is the immigration court grant rate for Hong Kong nationals?

Hong Kong nationals sit in the upper third of tracked nationalities at 71.4% across 21 merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025).

How many immigration court cases involve Hong Kong nationals?

Hong Kong is a thin-corpus nationality with 21 asylum merits decisions FY2015–2025 (15 granted, 6 denied).

Do grant rates vary by immigration court for Hong Kong nationals?

Yes. Hong Kong's 71.4% 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. Hong Kong's 71.4% 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

Hong Kong: US Asylum Outcomes

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Published: 2025-09-30
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Signature read: Hong Kong runs +23.1 pp above the 48.3% national average, the strongest gap stamp on this page. Grant rate sits in the upper third of tracked nationalities at 71.4% (above the 48.3% national average).

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

71.4%
Asylum grant rate: 28.6%
Asylum denial rate: 21
Asylum decisions

Hong Kong in one line

Hong Kong's asylum grant rate is 71.4% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 21 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (thin-corpus volume).

71.4%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate: 21
Merits decisions · Thin-corpus volume: +23.1 pp
vs. national average: 28.6%
Asylum denial rate

Hong Kong nationals' merits outcome mix

21merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted15(71%)Denied6(29%)

Statistical data only. Hong Kong's 71.4% 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.

Hong Kong 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)

71.4% 50th of 196 higher than 146 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

Hong Kong grant-rate neighbors

Upper-third grant-rate neighbors for Hong Kong (71.4%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Egypt

73.4%

Burundi

72.4%

Indonesia

72.1%

Burkina Faso

71.9%

Libya

71.5%

Hong Kong

71.4%

Rwanda

71.2%

Kyrgyzstan

70.8%

Armenia

70.1%

Venezuela

69.9%

Mongolia

69.9%

Iran

69.4%

Data from the DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) via FOIA bulk case data for Hong Kong nationals. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Hong Kong's 21-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Hong Kong nationals; gap vs national average +23.1 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is thin-corpus at 21 decisions FY2015–2025.

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Hong Kong 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. Hong Kong'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.