What is the immigration court grant rate for Tonga nationals?

Tonga nationals sit in the lower third of tracked nationalities at 28.6% across 7 merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025).

How many immigration court cases involve Tonga nationals?

Tonga is a thin-corpus nationality with 7 asylum merits decisions FY2015–2025 (2 granted, 5 denied).

Do grant rates vary by immigration court for Tonga nationals?

Yes. Tonga's 28.6% 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. Tonga's 71.4% 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

Tonga: US Asylum Outcomes

Name: Tonga US Immigration Court Outcomes
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Published: 2025-09-30
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Signature read: Tonga runs -19.7 pp versus the 48.3% national average, the strongest gap stamp on this page. Grant rate sits in the lower third of tracked nationalities at 28.6% (below the 48.3% national average). Merits volume is thin-corpus at 7 decisions FY2015–2025.

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

28.6%
Asylum grant rate: 71.4%
Asylum denial rate: 7
Asylum decisions

Tonga in one line

Tonga's asylum grant rate is 28.6% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 7 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (thin-corpus volume).

28.6%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate: 7
Merits decisions · Thin-corpus volume: -19.7 pp
vs. national average: 71.4%
Asylum denial rate

Tonga nationals' merits outcome mix

7merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted2(29%)Denied5(71%)

Statistical data only. Tonga's 71.4% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Tonga 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)

28.6% 175th of 196 higher than 21 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Tonga grant-rate neighbors

Lower-third grant-rate neighbors for Tonga (28.6%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Bolivia

36.7%

Guatemala

36.4%

Philippines

35.2%

Honduras

35.1%

Jamaica

34.4%

El Salvador

34.2%

Mexico

32.5%

Brazil

32.0%

Spain

32.0%

Guyana

29.1%

Tonga

28.6%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

26.9%

Lower-third grant-rate nationality Tonga (28.6%) in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Tonga's 7-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Tonga nationals; gap vs national average -19.7 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is thin-corpus at 7 decisions FY2015–2025.

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