Judge Capistrano, Antonio

12.3%

Approval Rate

218

Granted

1,714

Denied

1,932

Total Decided

Judge Capistrano, Antonio serves at the Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 12.3%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

Community Discussion

DATA AsylumTracker Data 2026-05-22

Judge Capistrano (Philadelphia, PA) data snapshot: 2,653 cases over 8 years, 11.7% grant rate

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Capistrano, Antonio (IJ code AOC, Philadelphia, PA):

Overall track record

8 years on the bench (since 2019), 2,653 cases total, lifetime grant rate 11.7%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 2,603 cases, grant rate 11.7% — roughly in line with the Philadelphia court average (9.5%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Brazil                 374    0.3%
Guatemala              313    2.5%
Honduras               222    1.5%
Turkey                 176    8.7%
Mexico                 149    1.5%
Russia                 131   51.6%
Venezuela              130    6.0%
Cuba                   128   44.4%
Ecuador                109    0.0%
Colombia               102    6.7%
Dominican Republic      94    1.1%

Year-by-year

2023:  412 cases, 11.5% grant rate
2024:  671 cases, 11.4% grant rate
2025:  667 cases, 16.9% grant rate
2026:  853 cases, 8.2% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Capistrano, I'd love to hear:

1. What's your nationality, and when was your most recent hearing?

2. How did your attorney prepare for this judge specifically?

Source: EOIR (U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review) public statistics, May 2026 release, compiled by AsylumTracker. A judge's historical pattern does not predict the outcome of any individual case; this is shared to help set realistic expectations. Real-experience accounts from the community are welcome.

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How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Capistrano, Antonio is listed with the Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 12.3% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Brazil (314 decided, 0.6% grant rate), Guatemala (261 decided, 2.7% grant rate), and Honduras (181 decided, 1.7% grant rate). Compare these rows with the judge's overall rate because nationality mix can materially change how the headline number should be read.

Grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.

This page is based on public EOIR data last updated 2026-05-08. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.

Read the grant-rate methodology or learn how to read immigration judge statistics.

Approval Rate by Nationality

Nationality	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
Brazil	0.6%	2	312	314
Guatemala	2.7%	7	254	261
Honduras	1.7%	3	178	181
Turkey	8.9%	14	143	157
Russia	52.5%	63	57	120
Mexico	1.8%	2	108	110
Venezuela	6.5%	7	101	108
Ecuador	0.0%	0	86	86
Dominican Republic	1.3%	1	78	79
Colombia	8.0%	6	69	75
Haiti	1.5%	1	66	67
Uzbekistan	14.9%	7	40	47
El Salvador	33.3%	13	26	39
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	50.0%	15	15	30
Peru	0.0%	0	28	28
India	29.6%	8	19	27
Nicaragua	0.0%	0	27	27
Ghana	59.1%	13	9	22
Belarus	58.8%	10	7	17
Jamaica	18.8%	3	13	16
Turkmenistan	6.7%	1	14	15
Mauritania	10.0%	1	9	10
Azerbaijan	70.0%	7	3	10
Cuba	44.4%	4	5	9
Pakistan	88.9%	8	1	9
China	77.8%	7	2	9
Dominica	0.0%	0	7	7
Guinea	14.3%	1	6	7
Cameroon	50.0%	3	3	6
Georgia	33.3%	2	4	6
Indonesia	0.0%	0	6	6
Afghanistan	0.0%	0	5	5
Chile	0.0%	0	5	5
Bangladesh	100.0%	4	0	4
Iraq	100.0%	4	0	4
Tajikistan (Tadzhik)	0.0%	0	4	4
Costa Rica	0.0%	0	3	3
Vietnam	50.0%	1	1	2

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	9.2%	49	481	530
2025	16.9%	94	462	556
2024	11.4%	68	527	595
2023	11.5%	42	322	364
2022	25.0%	1	3	4
2021	40.0%	2	3	5