Judge Siemietkowski, John

10.8%

Approval Rate

292

Granted

2,520

Denied

2,812

Total Decided

Judge Siemietkowski, John serves at the New York City, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 10.8%, 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 Siemietkowski (New York City, NY) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 22% to 6% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Siemietkowski, John (IJ code JNS, New York City, NY):

Overall track record

32 years on the bench (since 1995), 3,418 cases total, lifetime grant rate 10.8%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 2,522 cases, grant rate 10.3% — 11.4pp below the New York City court average (21.7%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Ecuador                597    1.4%
Colombia               184    0.0%
Venezuela              184    1.1%
China                  167   34.8%
Honduras               134    4.3%
Guatemala              113    0.0%
Russia                 104   50.5%
Georgia                 93   30.1%
India                   89    8.9%
Uzbekistan              84   37.0%
Dominican Republic      76    1.4%

Year-by-year

2023:  367 cases, 21.6% grant rate
2024:  545 cases, 14.5% grant rate
2025:  906 cases, 6.4% grant rate
2026:  704 cases, 5.8% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Siemietkowski, 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

Siemietkowski, John is listed with the New York City, NY Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 10.8% 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 (593 decided, 1.3% grant rate), Honduras (353 decided, 5.1% grant rate), and Guatemala (295 decided, 2.7% 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
Ecuador	1.3%	8	585	593
Honduras	5.1%	18	335	353
Guatemala	2.7%	8	287	295
Colombia	0.6%	1	174	175
Venezuela	1.2%	2	161	163
China	44.1%	71	90	161
El Salvador	5.3%	7	126	133
Russia	47.7%	51	56	107
India	10.6%	9	76	85
Uzbekistan	45.0%	36	44	80
Georgia	30.8%	24	54	78
Mexico	6.8%	5	68	73
Dominican Republic	4.3%	3	67	70
Peru	0.0%	0	62	62
Nicaragua	4.2%	2	46	48
Bangladesh	28.9%	13	32	45
Haiti	2.3%	1	42	43
Turkey	0.0%	0	34	34
Chad	0.0%	0	27	27
Senegal	0.0%	0	25	25
Nepal	15.8%	3	16	19
Mauritania	0.0%	0	15	15
Brazil	0.0%	0	10	10
Angola	0.0%	0	9	9
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	22.2%	2	7	9
Egypt	62.5%	5	3	8
Jamaica	12.5%	1	7	8
Belarus	100.0%	7	0	7
Guinea	14.3%	1	6	7
Pakistan	0.0%	0	6	6
Nigeria	0.0%	0	6	6
Morocco	0.0%	0	6	6
Afghanistan	0.0%	0	5	5
Dominica	0.0%	0	5	5
Tajikistan (Tadzhik)	0.0%	0	5	5
Germany	60.0%	3	2	5
Trinidad And Tobago	20.0%	1	4	5
Kazakhstan	0.0%	0	4	4
Ukraine	100.0%	4	0	4
Azerbaijan	75.0%	3	1	4
Democratic Republic Of Congo	0.0%	0	3	3
Unknown Country	100.0%	3	0	3
Paraguay	0.0%	0	3	3
Sri Lanka	0.0%	0	3	3
United Kingdom	0.0%	0	3	3

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	3.8%	18	451	469
2025	6.4%	54	793	847
2024	14.5%	78	461	539
2023	21.6%	76	276	352
2022	14.8%	69	396	465
2021	16.7%	13	65	78
2020	6.9%	14	189	203