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Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Portugal: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: gap versus national average (-3.2 pp) is the standout comparison stamp on Portugal's row. Grant rate sits mid-corpus at 45.1% (below the 48.3% national average).

Data updated 2026-09-05

45.1%
Asylum grant rate
54.9%
Asylum denial rate
82
Asylum decisions

Portugal in one line

Portugal's asylum grant rate is 45.1% (mid-band grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 82 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

45.1%
Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate
82
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
-3.2 pp
vs. national average
54.9%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. These are aggregate historical rates, not predictions for individual cases. Outcomes vary significantly by court, judge, case type, and legal representation. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Portugal 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)

45.1% 130th of 196 higher than 66 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Portugal grant-rate neighbors

Asylum grant rates for nationalities whose FY2015–2025 merits rate is closest to Portugal (ABS gap), not the same top-volume strip on every page. Portugal is highlighted; the thin line marks the 48.3% national average.

Cuba
47.9%
Colombia
47.3%
Vietnam
46.7%
Benin
46.7%
Costa Rica
46.1%
Argentina
45.2%
Portugal
45.1%
Tanzania
44.6%
Peru
43.0%
Hungary
42.7%
Somalia
42.3%
Senegal
42.2%

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

Read our methodology - how Portugal's 82-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Portugal nationals; gap vs national average -3.2 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 82 decisions FY2015–2025.

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