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Affirmative asylum applications

Affirmative asylum applications (Form I-589) received by USCIS.

Government data457,200

Fiscal year 2023 · United States · USCIS affirmative asylum applications

Data 2022–2023 · Source retrieved 16 Sept 2026

Retrieval confirms when the source was collected, not that the underlying figures describe today.

USCIS

Published Not stated · Retrieved 16 Sept 2026

Source period: 2021-10-012023-09-30

Release schedule: Annual.

Next release: No confirmed next publication date is recorded here.

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Historical observations

Only source observations are plotted. Gaps remain missing; lines never fill missing annual values.

USCIS · applications
Data 2022–2023 · Source retrieved 16 Sept 2026

Retrieval confirms when the source was collected, not that the underlying figures describe today.

USCIS

Published Not stated · Retrieved 16 Sept 2026

Source period: 2021-10-012023-09-30

Release schedule: Annual.

Next release: No confirmed next publication date is recorded here.

How updates are checked →

What this measures

Affirmative asylum applications (Form I-589) received by USCIS.

Calculation

Published USCIS rounded count. Applications are not unique people and can include dependents.

Population denominator

Not applicable

Limitations & comparability

Naturalizations and affirmative asylum receipts, pp. 7 and 16. Figures rounded by USCIS. Affirmative applications exclude defensive asylum in immigration court. Denials are not evidence of fraud. Publication date not stated in reviewed report.

Calendar-year and fiscal-year series must not be silently combined.

USCIS

Annual Statistical Report, FY 2023

Original source ↗ · Retrieved 2026-09-16