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Every published decision in the record, 30,719 in all, arranged by the year it was decided. Open a year to read its decisions. To search by keyword or filter by guideline instead, use search. Reading a decision is free and always will be.

  • 2026

    683 decisions

    21% granted · 128 granted · 478 denied

  • 2025

    748 decisions

    23% granted · 146 granted · 492 denied

  • 2024

    1,000 decisions

    24% granted · 210 granted · 668 denied

  • 2023

    1,158 decisions

    27% granted · 262 granted · 724 denied

  • 2022

    1,205 decisions

    25% granted · 253 granted · 777 denied

  • 2021

    718 decisions

    26% granted · 159 granted · 459 denied

  • 2020

    590 decisions

    32% granted · 153 granted · 324 denied

  • 2019

    1,261 decisions

    34% granted · 361 granted · 704 denied

  • 2018

    1,916 decisions

    35% granted · 562 granted · 1,059 denied

  • 2017

    2,562 decisions

    37% granted · 837 granted · 1,424 denied

  • 2016

    1,899 decisions

    41% granted · 682 granted · 972 denied

  • 2015

    1,707 decisions

    43% granted · 642 granted · 858 denied

  • 2014

    1,195 decisions

    42% granted · 449 granted · 616 denied

  • 2013

    1,045 decisions

    36% granted · 320 granted · 569 denied

  • 2012

    749 decisions

    38% granted · 231 granted · 373 denied

  • 2011

    1,492 decisions

    33% granted · 423 granted · 859 denied

  • 2010

    1,494 decisions

    35% granted · 450 granted · 840 denied

  • 2009

    1,536 decisions

    36% granted · 463 granted · 822 denied

  • 2008

    1,162 decisions

    36% granted · 328 granted · 579 denied

  • 2007

    1,202 decisions

    39% granted · 375 granted · 584 denied

  • 2006

    1,407 decisions

    30% granted · 416 granted · 951 denied

  • 2005

    1,249 decisions

    38% granted · 466 granted · 763 denied

  • 2004

    1,046 decisions

    34% granted · 342 granted · 668 denied

  • 2003

    685 decisions

    38% granted · 252 granted · 411 denied

  • 2002

    416 decisions

    30% granted · 117 granted · 279 denied

  • 2001

    162 decisions

    30% granted · 36 granted · 83 denied

  • 2000

    11 decisions

    14% granted  · 1 granted · 6 denied

  • 1999

    14 decisions

    36% granted  · 5 granted · 9 denied

  • 1998

    103 decisions

    28% granted · 29 granted · 74 denied

  • 1997

    252 decisions

    25% granted · 64 granted · 188 denied

  • 1996

    50 decisions

    22% granted · 11 granted · 39 denied

What the split on each card counts

The bar counts hearing decisions only. Appeal Board decisions are counted in the year total beside it but never pooled into the split, because an appeal changes an earlier decision rather than deciding a case of its own. † marks a year built on fewer than 20 decided cases, too few to be reliable.

Decisions with no recorded date

The published document does not carry a date that could be read.

Reading the statistics

  • Granted = access granted or continued; Denied = denied or revoked.
  • Grant rate = granted ÷ (granted + denied).
  • † marks figures based on fewer than 20 cases, too few to be reliable.
  • Hovering any rate shows its statistical range (a 95% confidence interval).
  • Figures are descriptive counts over decided, public DOHA ISCR decisions, never predictions or assessments of any pending case.

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