What is the immigration court grant rate for Timor-Leste nationals?

Timor-Leste nationals sit in the upper third of tracked nationalities at 100.0% across 4 merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025).

How many immigration court cases involve Timor-Leste nationals?

Timor-Leste is a thin-corpus nationality with 4 asylum merits decisions FY2015–2025 (4 granted, 0 denied).

Do grant rates vary by immigration court for Timor-Leste nationals?

Yes. Timor-Leste's 100.0% 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. Timor-Leste's 100.0% 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

Timor-Leste: US Asylum Outcomes

Name: Timor-Leste US Immigration Court Outcomes
Creator: PlainImmigration
Published: 2025-09-30
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Signature read: Timor-Leste's 100.0% grant rate is among the highest in the tracked nationality corpus. Grant rate sits in the upper third of tracked nationalities at 100.0% (above the 48.3% national average).

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

100.0%
Asylum grant rate: 0.0%
Asylum denial rate: 4
Asylum decisions

Timor-Leste in one line

Timor-Leste's asylum grant rate is 100.0% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 4 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (thin-corpus volume).

100.0%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate: 4
Merits decisions · Thin-corpus volume: +51.7 pp
vs. national average: 0.0%
Asylum denial rate

Timor-Leste nationals' merits outcome mix

4merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted4(100%)Denied0(0%)

Statistical data only. Timor-Leste's 100.0% 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.

Timor-Leste 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)

100% 6th of 196 higher than 190 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

Timor-Leste grant-rate neighbors

Upper-third grant-rate neighbors for Timor-Leste (100.0%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Timor-Leste

100.0%

Soviet Union

89.4%

Belarus

88.4%

Uganda

80.4%

Russia

79.9%

Syria

79.6%

Djibouti

79.1%

Ukraine

78.9%

Yugoslavia

78.5%

China

77.9%

Kosovo

77.7%

Albania

77.3%

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

Read our methodology - how Timor-Leste's 4-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Timor-Leste nationals; asylum grant rate 100.0%. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is thin-corpus at 4 decisions FY2015–2025.

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Timor-Leste 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. Timor-Leste'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.