Judge Ouslander, Charles

18.5%

Approval Rate

136

Granted

644

Denied

780

Total Decided

Judge Ouslander, Charles serves at the New York Varick 5th, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 18.5%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

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DATA AsylumTracker Data 2026-05-22

Judge Ouslander (New York Varick 5th, NY) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 27% to 6% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Ouslander, Charles (IJ code CSO, New York Varick 5th, NY):

Overall track record

5 years on the bench (since 2022), 1,028 cases total, lifetime grant rate 17.6%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 898 cases, grant rate 15.4% — 6.1pp below the New York Varick 5th court average (21.5%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Ecuador                123    2.7%
India                  103    5.9%
Honduras                82    9.1%
Turkey                  76   52.1%
El Salvador             63    5.2%
China                   56   16.7%
Guatemala               48    2.8%
Colombia                43   15.8%
Mexico                  34    3.4%
Peru                    31    0.0%
Nicaragua               29   29.6%

Year-by-year

2023:  189 cases, 27.5% grant rate
2024:  184 cases, 21.8% grant rate
2025:  329 cases, 8.9% grant rate
2026:  196 cases, 6.0% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Ouslander, 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

Ouslander, Charles is listed with the New York Varick 5th, NY Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 18.5% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Ecuador (113 decided, 2.7% grant rate), India (108 decided, 5.6% grant rate), and Honduras (84 decided, 11.9% 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
Ecuador	2.7%	3	110	113
India	5.6%	6	102	108
Honduras	11.9%	10	74	84
China	23.8%	19	61	80
Turkey	52.8%	38	34	72
El Salvador	13.8%	9	56	65
Guatemala	13.2%	5	33	38
Nicaragua	28.1%	9	23	32
Colombia	18.8%	6	26	32
Peru	0.0%	0	26	26
Russia	37.5%	9	15	24
Mexico	4.2%	1	23	24
Dominican Republic	0.0%	0	15	15
Venezuela	41.7%	5	7	12
Nepal	0.0%	0	8	8
Bangladesh	14.3%	1	6	7
Georgia	42.9%	3	4	7
Afghanistan	100.0%	6	0	6
Pakistan	0.0%	0	6	6
Romania	0.0%	0	4	4
Burkina Faso	100.0%	3	0	3
Azerbaijan	100.0%	3	0	3
Nigeria	0.0%	0	3	3
Brazil	0.0%	0	3	3
Niger	0.0%	0	3	3
Morocco	0.0%	0	2	2

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	6.9%	6	81	87
2025	8.9%	27	275	302
2024	21.8%	39	140	179
2023	27.5%	50	132	182
2022	34.9%	37	69	106

Year

Approval Rate

Granted

Denied

Decided

2026

6.9%

2025

8.9%

275

302

2024

21.8%

140

179

2023

27.5%

132

182

2022

34.9%

106

Judge Ouslander, Charles

Community Discussion

Judge Ouslander (New York Varick 5th, NY) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 27% to 6% in 3 years

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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