Nationality

Asylum Grant Rate for Jamaica Applicants

Published EOIR nationality subset, 2020–2026; grant-or-denial outcomes only.

17.1%
Jamaica17.1%
All nationalities10.4%
1,362
granted
6,584
denied
7,946
decided
40
courts with 25+ decided

Across courts

Where Jamaica cases are heard.

Across 20 courts, grant rates for Jamaica applicants range from 6.6% to 30.1%.

EOIR decided outcomes 2020–2026 for this nationality; courts with at least 100 decided cases. A historical pattern — not a prediction for any case.

Courts

Courts deciding the most Jamaica cases

New York City, NY221 granted · 916 denied19.4%New York Broadway, NY172 granted · 856 denied16.7%Miami, FL167 granted · 388 denied30.1%Krome, FL85 granted · 374 denied18.5%Orlando, FL44 granted · 315 denied12.3%Elizabeth, NJ46 granted · 292 denied13.6%Hartford, CT58 granted · 261 denied18.2%New York Varick 5th, NY89 granted · 207 denied30.1%Philadelphia, PA51 granted · 236 denied17.8%Buffalo, NY40 granted · 228 denied14.9%Atlanta, GA27 granted · 231 denied10.5%Stewart, GA14 granted · 197 denied6.6%Boston, MA34 granted · 126 denied21.2%Newark, NJ41 granted · 111 denied27.0%Oakdale, LA13 granted · 132 denied9.0%Jena, LA16 granted · 128 denied11.1%Baltimore, MD24 granted · 102 denied19.0%Charlotte, NC12 granted · 109 denied9.9%Cleveland, OH11 granted · 108 denied9.2%Hyattsville, MD16 granted · 98 denied14.0%Ulster, NY5 granted · 76 denied6.2%Atlanta Detained, GA1 granted · 79 denied1.2%Chelmsford, MA4 granted · 70 denied5.4%Chicago, IL16 granted · 57 denied21.9%Arlington, VA4 granted · 60 denied6.2%
How to read these numbers

Grant rate = granted / (granted + denied) for this nationality. These totals aggregate 2020–2026 court-nationality rows that met the source publication threshold (at least five cases in a court-year), so they are not all-time counts. Court mix, judge assignment, legal representation, and case facts all shift individual outcomes — historical rates are not a prediction. Open a court page to see its judges, or use the AsylumTracker app for judge-level nationality breakdowns.

Data: official EOIR records, updated 2026-10-01. Not legal advice.

Open the focused nationality-and-court directory to compare 3 high-volume court sample(s) for Jamaica applicants.