ASYLUMJUDGE · IMMIGRATION JUDGE PROFILE
Anna Diao
New York (NYB) · New York, NY
Anna Diao is listed with New York (NYB). The database records 543 asylum outcomes: 130 approved, 413 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case. · 2023-11-08 – 2026-07-01
Yearly changes
Yearly asylum decision trend
Fiscal yearDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate
FY 202616420144012.2%
FY 202528559226020.7%
FY 2024945143054.3%
Applicant origin
Asylum decisions by fiscal year and nationality
FY 2026 · 2025-10-01 – 2026-07-01 · EOIR
NationalityDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate
FY 2026 · Ecuador2025-10-17 – 2026-06-12320320—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Senegal2025-10-10 – 2026-06-18171160—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Guinea2025-10-03 – 2026-07-01142120—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Ghana2025-10-09 – 2026-06-2212480—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Honduras2025-11-07 – 2026-06-268080—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · India2026-04-24 – 2026-06-056420—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Colombia2025-10-21 – 2026-01-216060—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Peru2025-12-04 – 2026-05-226060—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Guatemala2026-01-22 – 2026-06-256060—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Jamaica2025-11-03 – 2026-04-275140—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · China2025-10-24 – 2026-01-084130—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Nicaragua2025-10-10 – 2025-11-194310—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Kosovo2026-04-14 – 2026-06-164040—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Gambia2026-04-03 – 2026-06-304040—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Haiti2026-01-12 – 2026-01-123030—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Mexico2026-03-02 – 2026-05-083030—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Albania2025-12-23 – 2026-05-043030—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · El Salvador2025-12-01 – 2026-05-053030—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Mauritania2025-10-23 – 2025-12-043030—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Mali2026-01-28 – 2026-02-202110—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Dominican Republic2025-11-14 – 2026-06-292020—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Togo2026-05-13 – 2026-05-222020—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Burkina Faso2026-01-14 – 2026-02-042020—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Russia2026-06-26 – 2026-06-262200—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Yemen2025-12-19 – 2025-12-191010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Chad2025-12-05 – 2025-12-051010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Venezuela2026-05-01 – 2026-05-011010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Cameroon2026-06-12 – 2026-06-121010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Ivory Coast (Cote D'ivoire)2026-05-29 – 2026-05-291010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Benin2026-02-09 – 2026-02-091010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Nepal2026-03-17 – 2026-03-171100—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Vietnam2026-03-27 – 2026-03-271010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Bangladesh2026-05-19 – 2026-05-191010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · People's Republic Of The Congo2025-10-07 – 2025-10-071010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Pakistan2026-02-12 – 2026-02-121010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
Official appointment record
Judge background and appointment
Official biography
Anna K. Diao was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2023. Judge Diao earned a Bachelor of Science in 2002 from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from Fordham University School of Law. From 2007 to 2023, she served as an assistant district attorney for the Queens District Attorney's Office in New York, which included the following positions: chief of the elder fraud unit (2022- 2023); supervisor of the intake bureau (2019- 2022); and senior assistant district attorney in the economic and environmental crimes bureau (2014- 2019). Judge Diao is a member of the New York State Bar.
Education: Judge Diao earned a Bachelor of Science in 2002 from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from Fordham University School of Law.
Bar admission: Judge Diao is a member of the New York State Bar.
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Decision approval rateis approved ÷ (approved + denied). Blue “Other” is shown separately and includes identifiable withholding/CAT protection, cancellation or adjustment, voluntary departure, withdrawal, termination, dismissal, and administrative closure; it is excluded from the rate denominator.Approved share of all outcomesuses approved, denied, and other outcomes in the denominator.
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