What is the immigration court grant rate for North Korea nationals?

North Korea nationals sit in the upper third of tracked nationalities at 69.2% across 13 merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025).

How many immigration court cases involve North Korea nationals?

North Korea is a thin-corpus nationality with 13 asylum merits decisions FY2015–2025 (9 granted, 4 denied).

Do grant rates vary by immigration court for North Korea nationals?

Yes. North Korea's 69.2% 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. North Korea's 69.2% 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

North Korea: US Asylum Outcomes

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Published: 2025-09-30
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Signature read: North Korea runs +20.9 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 69.2% (above the 48.3% national average).

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

69.2%
Asylum grant rate: 30.8%
Asylum denial rate: 13
Asylum decisions

North Korea in one line

North Korea's asylum grant rate is 69.2% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 13 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (thin-corpus volume).

69.2%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate: 13
Merits decisions · Thin-corpus volume: +20.9 pp
vs. national average: 30.8%
Asylum denial rate

North Korea nationals' merits outcome mix

13merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted9(69%)Denied4(31%)

Statistical data only. North Korea's 69.2% 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.

North Korea 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)

69.2% 61st of 196 higher than 135 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

North Korea grant-rate neighbors

Upper-third grant-rate neighbors for North Korea (69.2%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Burkina Faso

71.9%

Libya

71.5%

Rwanda

71.2%

Kyrgyzstan

70.8%

Armenia

70.1%

Venezuela

69.9%

Mongolia

69.9%

Iran

69.4%

North Korea

69.2%

Turkey

68.8%

Cameroon

68.0%

Eritrea

66.6%

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

Read our methodology - how North Korea's 13-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for North Korea nationals; gap vs national average +20.9 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is thin-corpus at 13 decisions FY2015–2025.

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics North Korea 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. North Korea'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.