After your hearing
What happens after an immigration court hearing
Nationwide EOIR hearing records for people who are not detained, through Sep 30, 2026. They show what happened in past cases, not what will happen in yours.
- 3,861,083
- hearings dated Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
- 51%
- of individual hearings were cancelled or moved by the court
- 6 mo
- median delay to the new hearing when the court moved an individual hearing
After a master calendar hearing
We sorted 3,195,361 master calendar hearings dated Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 by the reason the court recorded. The largest group: cancelled or moved by the court, 36%.
After an individual hearing
Of 665,722 individual hearings dated Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, 36% ended with the case closed (decided at the hearing or dismissed). The court cancelled or moved 51%, including 15% moved to another judge and 4% not finished that day.
If the court cancels or moves the hearing
To see what came next, we followed hearings dated Sep 2024 to Aug 2025 that the court cancelled or moved, each for at least a year. When the court moved a master hearing, 92% got a new hearing, a median of 8 months after the original date; for 82% of them the new date was already entered before the original date. When the court moved an individual hearing, 95% got a new hearing, a median of 6 months later; 86% of those were again an individual hearing and 14% went back to a master hearing.
All moved hearings
Of those with a new hearing
All moved hearings
Of those with a new hearing
When there is no next hearing
Sometimes EOIR shows no next hearing after a hearing date. We took hearings dated Sep 2024 to Aug 2025 that still had no new date two weeks after their date and counted how many got one within 1, 3, 6 and 12 months of the original date. Held, no date given: the hearing took place (including when it was postponed at the person's request or not finished that day), but no new date appeared. Cancelled: the court or the government cancelled or moved it.
- After a master hearing that was held with no date given, 35% had a new date within 3 months and 54% within 12 months; 9% still had none more than a year later.
- After a master hearing that was cancelled, 27% had a new date within 3 months and 54% within 12 months; 32% still had none more than a year later.
- After an individual hearing that was held with no date given, 51% had a new date within 3 months and 76% within 12 months; 10% still had none more than a year later.
- After an individual hearing that was cancelled, 34% had a new date within 3 months and 72% within 12 months; 17% still had none more than a year later.
Held, no date given
57,950 hearings
Still no date more than a year later: 9% · Case closed meanwhile: 31%
Once set, the new hearing was usually 5–20 months after the original date (median 11 mo)
Next: another master hearing 58% · straight to an individual hearing 42%
Cancelled
183,206 hearings
Still no date more than a year later: 32% · Case closed meanwhile: 6%
Once set, the new hearing was usually 9–23 months after the original date (median 15 mo)
Next: another master hearing 60% · straight to an individual hearing 40%
Held, no date given
10,299 hearings
Still no date more than a year later: 10% · Case closed meanwhile: 9%
Once set, the new hearing was usually 4–16 months after the original date (median 8 mo)
Next: an individual hearing again 81% · back to a master hearing 19%
Cancelled
25,179 hearings
Still no date more than a year later: 17% · Case closed meanwhile: 7%
Once set, the new hearing was usually 7–24 months after the original date (median 14 mo)
Next: an individual hearing again 52% · back to a master hearing 48%
When the judge changes
Three moments when a case can get a different judge, nationwide.
Your court and your judge
These are nationwide numbers. Courts, and judges at the same court, can differ a lot. In the AsylumTracker app, My Case → What happens next shows the same breakdown for your court and, when your judge has enough hearings, for your judge.
How we measured it
- Source: official EOIR immigration court hearing records, refreshed monthly, through Sep 30, 2026. Master calendar and individual hearings of people who are not detained, including the day each hearing was entered into the court's system.
- What happened at a hearing: every master and individual hearing dated Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, grouped by the adjournment reason the court recorded.
- What came next (moved hearings, no next hearing): hearings dated Sep 2024 to Aug 2025, so each one has at least a year of follow-up.
- No next hearing: hearings that still had no new date two weeks after their date.
- Months: days ÷ 30.44, rounded, as in the AsylumTracker app. Percentages are rounded to whole numbers.
- Nationwide numbers only on this page.
These are past patterns, not the court's schedule and not a prediction for your case. A hearing can move for reasons the records do not show. Cases of people in detention are not included. This is general information, not legal advice; talk to an attorney about your case.