How to Check Your EOIR Immigration Court Case Status
Start with EOIR Automated Case Information (ACIS), the official court case tool from the Executive Office for Immigration Review. It is separate from USCIS case status and ICE’s detainee locator. Statistics describe past decisions, not individual outcomes. Not legal advice.
An A-number is an immigration identifier, usually shown with the letter A on agency correspondence. The tool takes nine digits, without the A. If the number has eight digits, add a zero at the beginning. Use your own official paperwork to verify it.
Select the nationality required by EOIR’s form. This is different from the country-of-birth field in ICE’s locator.
Look for any next-hearing date, time and court location displayed. Compare those details with your Notice of Hearing. Confirm unclear or conflicting information with the court; do not treat a missing date as permission to miss a hearing.
ACIS shows primary-case information and, when an A-number has more than one case, the most recent case. It does not show every case detail. For bond-hearing information, contact the local immigration court. A decision entry and an appeal entry describe different stages; consult the actual notices for their meaning and any deadlines.
Recheck the digits and nationality against your paperwork. Try the official phone service and follow its language prompts. A missing result does not establish that you have no court case or no hearing obligation.
If information remains missing or inconsistent, contact the court listed on your paperwork through EOIR’s official directory. ACIS is not a USCIS application lookup. Never send your A-number to Asylum Tracker for troubleshooting.
Choose a public court below for aggregate pending counts and calendar context. Backlog at the recent completion pace is a workload ratio, not your waiting time. The median and 90th percentile are scheduled dates in a snapshot, not a forecast of when your case will finish.
Aggregate context, not your hearing date or a person search.
Pending proceedings
232,259
Average monthly completions, last six months
3,867
Backlog at current pace (months)
60.1
Snapshot
2026-08
Median recorded next hearing
2027-04
90th percentile recorded next hearing
2029-02
Proceedings with a future hearing
163,900
Proceedings without a future hearing
68,360
Court backlog months = reconstructed pending proceedings divided by average monthly completions over six months. Calendar statistics describe recorded future hearing dates, not elapsed waits. Counts can differ from EOIR’s totals; scheduled dates can change.
The official online form requires the nine digits of your A-number and your nationality. A USCIS receipt number is a different identifier.
Does no result mean I have no hearing?
No. ACIS displays limited information. Recheck your paperwork and contact the immigration court to clarify missing or conflicting details.
Where can I find my hearing date?
Check your Notice of Hearing and the official EOIR online or telephone service. Court-issued notices are authoritative; confirm discrepancies with the court.
Can court backlog predict when my asylum case will finish?
No. Our pending counts and calendar snapshots are aggregate context. They do not retrieve your case, measure your elapsed wait or guarantee a date.