Judge Wright, Virna A.

38.5%

Approval Rate

767

Granted

1,738

Denied

2,505

Total Decided

Judge Wright, Virna A. serves at the New York City, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 38.5%, this judge is average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

Community Discussion

DATA AsylumTracker Data 2026-05-22

Judge Wright (New York City, NY) data snapshot: Bangladesh vs Colombia grant rates differ 42×, overall rate fell from 44% to 4% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Wright, Virna A. (IJ code VAW, New York City, NY):

Overall track record

33 years on the bench (since 1994), 7,875 cases total, lifetime grant rate 37.5%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 2,380 cases, grant rate 21.6% — roughly in line with the New York City court average (21.7%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Ecuador                515    2.1%
China                  285   68.5%
Venezuela              177    4.1%
Colombia               174    1.8%
Honduras               145   24.1%
India                  122   25.0%
Guatemala              106   14.6%
El Salvador             75   24.4%
Bangladesh              70   75.0%
Russia                  64   31.6%
Peru                    59    3.4%

Bangladesh applicants see a 75.0% grant rate versus 1.8% for Colombia applicants — a 42.5× gap on this judge's docket.

Year-by-year

2023:  458 cases, 44.4% grant rate
2024:  534 cases, 30.5% grant rate
2025:  764 cases, 14.7% grant rate
2026:  624 cases, 3.8% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Wright, 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

Wright, Virna A. is listed with the New York City, NY Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 38.5% 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 (480 decided, 5.2% grant rate), China (376 decided, 71.5% grant rate), and India (168 decided, 38.7% 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	5.2%	25	455	480
China	71.5%	269	107	376
India	38.7%	65	103	168
Colombia	4.2%	7	161	168
Honduras	22.4%	37	128	165
Venezuela	6.7%	10	140	150
Guatemala	16.7%	24	120	144
Bangladesh	75.5%	80	26	106
El Salvador	24.1%	21	66	87
Mexico	36.0%	27	48	75
Peru	8.3%	5	55	60
Russia	43.1%	25	33	58
Dominican Republic	9.3%	5	49	54
Nepal	86.1%	31	5	36
Uzbekistan	13.9%	5	31	36
Haiti	0.0%	0	28	28
Nicaragua	32.1%	9	19	28
Jamaica	20.0%	5	20	25
Georgia	4.2%	1	23	24
Albania	69.6%	16	7	23
Pakistan	72.7%	16	6	22
Nigeria	87.5%	14	2	16
Mauritania	0.0%	0	16	16
Turkey	13.3%	2	13	15
Senegal	6.7%	1	14	15
Soviet Union	72.7%	8	3	11
Trinidad And Tobago	40.0%	4	6	10
Ukraine	100.0%	9	0	9
Egypt	88.9%	8	1	9
Chad	0.0%	0	9	9
Burkina Faso	87.5%	7	1	8
Mali	50.0%	4	4	8
Paraguay	14.3%	1	6	7
Sri Lanka	42.9%	3	4	7
Gambia	66.7%	4	2	6
United Kingdom	0.0%	0	6	6
Angola	50.0%	3	3	6
Brazil	0.0%	0	5	5
Guyana	50.0%	2	2	4
Guinea	0.0%	0	4	4
Panama	0.0%	0	4	4
Kosovo	100.0%	3	0	3
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)	100.0%	3	0	3
Cameroon	100.0%	3	0	3
Burma (Myanmar)	100.0%	3	0	3
Dominica	0.0%	0	3	3
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	100.0%	2	0	2

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	2.9%	10	337	347
2025	14.7%	99	574	673
2024	30.5%	150	341	491
2023	44.4%	196	245	441
2022	58.6%	187	132	319
2021	65.7%	46	24	70
2020	45.9%	145	171	316

Community Discussion

Judge Wright (New York City, NY) data snapshot: Bangladesh vs Colombia grant rates differ 42×, overall rate fell from 44% to 4% in 3 years

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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