Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Nepal: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: Nepal runs +26.2 pp above the 48.3% national average, the strongest gap stamp on this page. Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 6,669 decisions FY2015–2025 (#18 of 196).

Data updated 2026-09-05

74.5%
Asylum grant rate
25.5%
Asylum denial rate
6,669
Asylum decisions

Nepal in one line

Nepal's asylum grant rate is 74.5% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 6,669 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (heavy-corpus volume).

74.5%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate
6,669
Merits decisions · Heavy-corpus volume
+26.2 pp
vs. national average
25.5%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. Nepal's 74.5% 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.

Nepal 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)

74.5% 35th of 196 higher than 161 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

Nepal grant-rate neighbors

Upper-third grant-rate neighbors for Nepal (74.5%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Afghanistan
76.1%
Ethiopia
75.4%
Iraq
74.6%
Turkmenistan
74.6%
Nepal
74.5%
Saudi Arabia
74.4%
Moldova
74.0%
Azerbaijan
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.

  • Bangladesh · 7,355 merits · 64.0% grant
  • Cameroon · 7,591 merits · 68.0% grant
  • Nigeria · 5,094 merits · 60.4% grant
  • Turkey · 4,892 merits · 68.8% grant

Heavy-corpus nationality Nepal: 6,669 FY2015–2025 merits in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Nepal nationals; gap vs national average +26.2 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 6,669 decisions FY2015–2025 (#18 of 196).

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