Judge Ranasinghe, Arya S.

Immigration Judge at Newark, NJ

20.0%

Approval Rate

426

Granted

1,556

Denied

1,982

Total Decided

Judge Ranasinghe, Arya S. serves at the Newark, NJ Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 20.0%, 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 Ranasinghe (Newark, NJ) data snapshot: 3,682 cases over 29 years, 18.9% grant rate

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Ranasinghe, Arya S. (IJ code ASR, Newark, NJ):

Overall track record

29 years on the bench (since 1998), 3,682 cases total, lifetime grant rate 18.9%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 2,319 cases, grant rate 17.9% — 6.4pp above the Newark court average (11.6%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Guatemala              314    9.5%
Ecuador                307   20.7%
Mexico                 215   56.3%
Honduras               208    7.4%
Brazil                 187    6.8%
Peru                   145    5.7%
Colombia               124    2.1%
El Salvador            116   14.3%
Cuba                    85    0.0%
Dominican Republic      80   11.9%
Venezuela               66    0.0%

Year-by-year

2023:  589 cases, 12.7% grant rate
2024:  417 cases, 33.5% grant rate
2025:  775 cases, 21.8% grant rate
2026:  538 cases, 6.1% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Ranasinghe, 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

Ranasinghe, Arya S. is listed with the Newark, NJ Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 20.0% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Guatemala (338 decided, 8.9% grant rate), Mexico (258 decided, 53.5% grant rate), and Ecuador (241 decided, 25.3% 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
Guatemala	8.9%	30	308	338
Mexico	53.5%	138	120	258
Ecuador	25.3%	61	180	241
Honduras	8.6%	19	201	220
Brazil	8.4%	14	152	166
El Salvador	14.3%	20	120	140
Peru	9.3%	11	107	118
Colombia	4.0%	4	95	99
Dominican Republic	26.7%	16	44	60
Nigeria	73.9%	34	12	46
Haiti	2.3%	1	43	44
Nicaragua	0.0%	0	40	40
India	34.3%	12	23	35
Venezuela	0.0%	0	34	34
Turkey	22.6%	7	24	31
Costa Rica	68.8%	11	5	16
China	62.5%	10	6	16
Jamaica	20.0%	3	12	15
Ukraine	91.7%	11	1	12
Egypt	85.7%	6	1	7
Russia	85.7%	6	1	7
Bolivia	0.0%	0	5	5
Trinidad And Tobago	25.0%	1	3	4
Ghana	25.0%	1	3	4
Philippines	0.0%	0	3	3
South Korea	66.7%	2	1	3
Kenya	100.0%	3	0	3
Chile	0.0%	0	3	3
Uzbekistan	0.0%	0	3	3
Poland	66.7%	2	1	3
Cuba	0.0%	0	2	2
Georgia	100.0%	2	0	2
Belarus	50.0%	1	1	2
Pakistan	0.0%	0	1	1
Senegal	0.0%	0	1	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	2.7%	4	146	150
2025	21.8%	130	467	597
2024	33.5%	111	220	331
2023	12.7%	59	407	466
2022	59.2%	71	49	120
2021	58.7%	64	45	109
2020	9.7%	33	308	341