What is the immigration court grant rate for Switzerland nationals?

Switzerland nationals sit in the lower third of tracked nationalities at 40.0% across 5 merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025).

How many immigration court cases involve Switzerland nationals?

Switzerland is a thin-corpus nationality with 5 asylum merits decisions FY2015–2025 (2 granted, 3 denied).

Do grant rates vary by immigration court for Switzerland nationals?

Yes. Switzerland's 40.0% national-row rate sits below the 48.3% overall average; court-level spreads can push individual venues higher or lower still.

Is this data predictive of individual case outcomes?

No. Switzerland's 60.0% denial-leaning aggregate still mixes courts, judges, country conditions, 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

Switzerland: US Asylum Outcomes

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Published: 2025-09-30
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Signature read: 5 merits decisions make Switzerland a thin-volume nationality code in the FOIA release. Grant rate sits in the lower third of tracked nationalities at 40.0% (below the 48.3% national average). Merits volume is thin-corpus at 5 decisions FY2015–2025.

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

40.0%
Asylum grant rate: 60.0%
Asylum denial rate: 5
Asylum decisions

Switzerland in one line

Switzerland's asylum grant rate is 40.0% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 5 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (thin-corpus volume).

40.0%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate: 5
Merits decisions · Thin-corpus volume: -8.3 pp
vs. national average: 60.0%
Asylum denial rate

Switzerland nationals' merits outcome mix

5merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted2(40%)Denied3(60%)

Statistical data only. Switzerland's 60.0% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Switzerland 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)

40% 150th of 196 higher than 46 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

Switzerland grant-rate neighbors

Lower-third grant-rate neighbors for Switzerland (40.0%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Somalia

42.3%

Senegal

42.2%

Thailand

41.5%

South Korea

40.9%

Germany

40.5%

Haiti

40.3%

South Africa

40.2%

Ecuador

40.0%

Switzerland

40.0%

Belize

39.0%

Liberia

38.6%

United Kingdom

38.6%

Lower-third grant-rate nationality Switzerland (40.0%) in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Switzerland's 5-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Switzerland nationals; merits-decision volume 5. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is thin-corpus at 5 decisions FY2015–2025.

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