Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025
Trinidad and Tobago: US Asylum Outcomes
18.1% asylum grant rate across 144 merits decisions for Trinidad and Tobago nationals - below the 48.2% national average.
Data updated 2026-06-21
- 18.1%
- Asylum grant rate
- 81.9%
- Asylum denial rate
- 144
- Asylum decisions
The verdict
Trinidad and Tobago nationals won asylum in 18.1% of their 144 merits decisions - below the 48.2% national rate.
- 18.1%
- Asylum grant rate
- 81.9%
- Asylum denial rate
- 144
- Merits decisions, FY2015–2025
Case Insights: Trinidad and Tobago Nationals in US Immigration Court
Trinidad and Tobago nationals had 144 asylum cases decided on the merits in the DOJ EOIR data between FY2015 and FY2025, representing a limited caseload within the national system. Of those merits decisions, 26 were granted (18.1%) and 118 were denied (81.9%). Asylum applications that were administratively closed, withdrawn, or otherwise not decided on the merits are excluded from this rate, so the grant and denial percentages here sum to 100% of merits decisions.
The gap between the grant rate and the denial rate is -63.8 percentage points, which places Trinidad and Tobago toward the lower end of the grant-rate distribution seen across EOIR data.
Why these figures describe patterns, not predictions
Because immigration outcomes are heavily case-, judge-, and court-specific, the nationwide figures shown here are useful for orientation and research rather than prediction. EOIR and TRAC Immigration both emphasize that country-level grant rates are descriptive summaries of past decisions, not forecasts for any individual proceeding. The court-by-court breakdown below and the sibling guides on this site explain how representation, relief type, and country-conditions evidence influence the final outcome in any single case.
Trinidad and Tobago vs. other top nationalities
Asylum grant rates for the highest-volume nationalities in US immigration court, ranked. Trinidad and Tobago is highlighted; the thin line marks the 48.2% national average.
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Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Immigration court outcomes by court and case type · 2025
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