26 judges · VA
The Arlington West, VA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 26.7% across 108,360 decided cases. The court has 26 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Arlington West, VA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 26.7% in the current AsylumTracker dataset. Court-level statistics aggregate judges and cases assigned to that court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Iskra, Wayne (17,613 total cases), Churchill, Joan V. (16,782 total cases), and Daniel, Roy J. (15,759 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (6,477 decided, 15.0% grant rate), El Salvador (6,426 decided, 30.5% grant rate), and Guatemala (5,183 decided, 8.8% grant rate).
Asylum grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Procedural outcomes are separated so users can distinguish merits decisions from docket-management outcomes.
This page uses public EOIR records last updated 2026-07-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Arlington West, VA Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 307 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iskra, Wayne | 33.2% | 4,340 | 8,722 | 13,062 |
| Churchill, Joan V. | 40.7% | 3,165 | 4,615 | 7,780 |
| Daniel, Roy J. | 25.3% | 2,557 | 7,533 | 10,090 |
| Hladylowycz, Roxanne C. | 15.7% | 1,936 | 10,424 | 12,360 |
| Schmidt, Paul W. | 26.7% | 2,326 | 6,387 | 8,713 |
| Snow, Thomas G. | 26.6% | 1,902 | 5,237 | 7,139 |
| Bernardis, Craig De | 35.2% | 1,538 | 2,834 | 4,372 |
| Grant, M. Christopher | 28.3% | 1,290 | 3,272 | 4,562 |
| Nejelski, Paul A. | 34.2% | 1,353 | 2,607 | 3,960 |
| Malphrus, Garry D. | 21.9% | 587 | 2,091 | 2,678 |
| O'Leary, Brian M. | 32.8% | 512 | 1,049 | 1,561 |
| Soper, Emmett D. | 32.1% | 544 | 1,150 | 1,694 |
| Kelly, Wynne P. | 17.4% | 289 | 1,371 | 1,660 |
| Jimenez, Christina | 13.7% | 185 | 1,161 | 1,346 |
| Spath, Vance H. | 17.0% | 224 | 1,095 | 1,319 |
| Perlman, Helaine R. | 21.0% | 202 | 760 | 962 |
| Former Immigration Judge | 22.9% | 119 | 401 | 520 |
| Herndon, Megan B. | 36.2% | 144 | 254 | 398 |
| Monsky, Megan Foote | 9.7% | 3 | 28 | 31 |
| Liebmann, Beth | 51.4% | 19 | 18 | 37 |
| O'Connor, Blair | 45.5% | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Greer, Anne J. | 62.5% | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Saenz, Andrea A. | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Price, Abigail M. | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Kelly, Edward F. | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Short, Tracy | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 15.0% | 970 | 5,507 | 6,477 |
| El Salvador | 30.5% | 1,957 | 4,469 | 6,426 |
| Guatemala | 8.8% | 456 | 4,727 | 5,183 |
| Mexico | 15.9% | 207 | 1,098 | 1,305 |
| Nicaragua | 16.2% | 129 | 669 | 798 |
| Peru | 12.1% | 91 | 662 | 753 |
| Bolivia | 11.9% | 83 | 612 | 695 |
| Venezuela | 31.8% | 110 | 236 | 346 |
| Ethiopia | 84.0% | 273 | 52 | 325 |
| Colombia | 10.2% | 30 | 265 | 295 |
| Afghanistan | 42.3% | 123 | 168 | 291 |
| Turkey | 39.4% | 93 | 143 | 236 |
| China | 76.0% | 165 | 52 | 217 |
| Russia | 71.5% | 93 | 37 | 130 |
| Mauritania | 39.5% | 49 | 75 | 124 |
| Ghana | 51.4% | 56 | 53 | 109 |
| Brazil | 3.7% | 4 | 104 | 108 |
| Cameroon | 84.3% | 91 | 17 | 108 |
| Pakistan | 53.6% | 52 | 45 | 97 |
| Bangladesh | 54.8% | 51 | 42 | 93 |
| India | 25.8% | 24 | 69 | 93 |
| Sudan | 59.5% | 47 | 32 | 79 |
| Cuba | 55.7% | 39 | 31 | 70 |
| Iraq | 59.7% | 40 | 27 | 67 |
| Egypt | 78.1% | 50 | 14 | 64 |
| Eritrea | 71.2% | 42 | 17 | 59 |
| Haiti | 8.5% | 5 | 54 | 59 |
| Ecuador | 13.8% | 8 | 50 | 58 |
| Jamaica | 44.4% | 24 | 30 | 54 |
| Dominican Republic | 11.4% | 5 | 39 | 44 |
| Nepal | 62.8% | 27 | 16 | 43 |
| Somalia | 51.3% | 20 | 19 | 39 |
| Sierra Leone | 66.7% | 24 | 12 | 36 |
| Nigeria | 48.6% | 17 | 18 | 35 |
| Syria | 84.8% | 28 | 5 | 33 |
| Vietnam | 46.9% | 15 | 17 | 32 |
| Iran | 54.8% | 17 | 14 | 31 |
| Burkina Faso | 6.5% | 2 | 29 | 31 |
| South Korea | 50.0% | 13 | 13 | 26 |
| Philippines | 33.3% | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| Romania | 13.6% | 3 | 19 | 22 |
| Azerbaijan | 42.9% | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| Ukraine | 75.0% | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| Morocco | 13.3% | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| Yemen | 85.7% | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| Jordan | 46.2% | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 53.8% | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Turkmenistan | 69.2% | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Costa Rica | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Argentina | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Mongolia | 41.7% | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Senegal | 16.7% | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Kazakhstan | 90.0% | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Lebanon | 100.0% | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Kenya | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Guyana | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Georgia | 71.4% | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Canada | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Thailand | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Belarus | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Panama | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Uzbekistan | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Israel | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Liberia | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Unknown Country | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |