What is the immigration court grant rate for Iraq nationals?

Iraq nationals sit in the upper third of tracked nationalities at 74.6% across 2,162 merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025).

How many immigration court cases involve Iraq nationals?

Iraq is a heavy-corpus nationality with 2,162 asylum merits decisions FY2015–2025 (1,612 granted, 550 denied) - #37 of 196 by caseload.

Do grant rates vary by immigration court for Iraq nationals?

Yes. Iraq's 74.6% 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. Iraq's 74.6% 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

Iraq: US Asylum Outcomes

Name: Iraq US Immigration Court Outcomes
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Published: 2025-09-30
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Signature read: Iraq runs +26.3 pp above the 48.3% national average, the strongest gap stamp on this page. Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 2,162 decisions FY2015–2025 (#37 of 196).

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

74.6%
Asylum grant rate: 25.4%
Asylum denial rate: 2,162
Asylum decisions

Iraq in one line

Iraq's asylum grant rate is 74.6% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 2,162 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (heavy-corpus volume).

74.6%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate: 2,162
Merits decisions · Heavy-corpus volume: +26.3 pp
vs. national average: 25.4%
Asylum denial rate

Iraq nationals' merits outcome mix

2,162merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted1,612(75%)Denied550(25%)

Statistical data only. Iraq's 74.6% 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.

Iraq 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)

74.6% 34th of 196 higher than 162 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Iraq grant-rate neighbors

Upper-third grant-rate neighbors for Iraq (74.6%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Afghanistan

76.1%

Ethiopia

75.4%

Turkmenistan

74.6%

Iraq

74.6%

Nepal

74.5%

Saudi Arabia

74.4%

Moldova

74.0%

Azerbaijan

74.0%

Serbia and Montenegro

74.0%

Stateless

73.8%

Kazakhstan

73.6%

Egypt

73.4%

Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload

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

Jamaica · 2,143 merits · 34.4% grant
Georgia · 2,256 merits · 64.0% grant
Albania · 2,053 merits · 77.3% grant
Ukraine · 2,339 merits · 78.9% grant

Heavy-corpus nationality Iraq: 2,162 FY2015–2025 merits in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Iraq's 2,162-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Iraq nationals; gap vs national average +26.3 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 2,162 decisions FY2015–2025 (#37 of 196).

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