Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Vietnam: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: gap versus national average (-1.6 pp) is the standout comparison stamp on Vietnam's row. Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 1,576 decisions FY2015–2025 (#43 of 196).

Data updated 2026-09-05

46.7%
Asylum grant rate
53.3%
Asylum denial rate
1,576
Asylum decisions

Vietnam in one line

Vietnam's asylum grant rate is 46.7% (mid-band grant rate, roughly in line with the 48.3% national average) across 1,576 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (heavy-corpus volume).

46.7%
Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate
1,576
Merits decisions · Heavy-corpus volume
-1.6 pp
vs. national average
53.3%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. These are aggregate historical rates, not predictions for individual cases. Outcomes vary significantly by court, judge, case type, and legal representation. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Vietnam 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)

46.7% 127th of 196 higher than 69 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Vietnam grant-rate neighbors

Asylum grant rates for nationalities whose FY2015–2025 merits rate is closest to Vietnam (ABS gap), not the same top-volume strip on every page. Vietnam is highlighted; the thin line marks the 48.3% national average.

Kenya
50.4%
Italy
49.7%
Chile
49.0%
Morocco
49.0%
Cuba
47.9%
Colombia
47.3%
Benin
46.7%
Vietnam
46.7%
Costa Rica
46.1%
Argentina
45.2%
Tanzania
44.6%

Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload

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

  • Soviet Union · 1,569 merits · 89.4% 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 Vietnam: 1,576 FY2015–2025 merits in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Vietnam nationals; gap vs national average -1.6 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 1,576 decisions FY2015–2025 (#43 of 196).

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Vietnam asylum merits outcomes FY2015–2025 · 2025

Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. Vietnam'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.