What is the immigration court grant rate for Soviet Union nationals?

Soviet Union nationals sit in the upper third of tracked nationalities at 89.4% across 1,569 merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025).

How many immigration court cases involve Soviet Union nationals?

Soviet Union is a heavy-corpus nationality with 1,569 asylum merits decisions FY2015–2025 (1,403 granted, 166 denied) - #44 of 196 by caseload.

Do grant rates vary by immigration court for Soviet Union nationals?

Yes. Soviet Union's 89.4% 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. Soviet Union's 89.4% 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.

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Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Soviet Union: US Asylum Outcomes

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Published: 2025-09-30
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Signature read: Soviet Union runs +41.1 pp above the 48.3% national average, the strongest gap stamp on this page. Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 1,569 decisions FY2015–2025 (#44 of 196).

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

89.4%
Asylum grant rate: 10.6%
Asylum denial rate: 1,569
Asylum decisions

Soviet Union in one line

Soviet Union's asylum grant rate is 89.4% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 1,569 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (heavy-corpus volume).

89.4%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate: 1,569
Merits decisions · Heavy-corpus volume: +41.1 pp
vs. national average: 10.6%
Asylum denial rate

Soviet Union nationals' merits outcome mix

1,569merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted1,403(89%)Denied166(11%)

Statistical data only. Soviet Union's 89.4% 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.

Soviet Union 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)

89.4% 10th of 196 higher than 186 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

Soviet Union grant-rate neighbors

Upper-third grant-rate neighbors for Soviet Union (89.4%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

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%

Afghanistan

76.1%

Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload

Heavy-corpus nationality peers by merits volume, orthogonal to the ABS(grant-rate) neighbors above.

Vietnam · 1,576 merits · 46.7% grant
Angola · 1,530 merits · 60.8% grant
Belarus · 1,519 merits · 88.4% grant
Bolivia · 1,514 merits · 36.7% grant

Heavy-corpus nationality Soviet Union: 1,569 FY2015–2025 merits in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Soviet Union's 1,569-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Soviet Union nationals; gap vs national average +41.1 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 1,569 decisions FY2015–2025 (#44 of 196).

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Soviet Union 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. Soviet Union'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.