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Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Arya S Ranasinghe earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2002 from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. From 2008 to 2018 she served as an assistant chief counsel for the Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Newark, New Jersey. From 2007 to 2008 she was an associate attorney at Christophe & Associates, P.C. in New York City. She is a member of the New Jersey State Bar and the New York State Bar.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
1,462
Completions per year
8,773 total
17%
Detained at decision
share of cases
25.5 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
13.5%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
4.4%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
8.4%
Appeals remanded or reversed
191 appeals decided
Bond decisions
Custody redetermination (bond) rulings since 2021.
"Granted" means the judge lowered the bond, ordered release on recognizance, or otherwise granted the request.
23.5%
Bond requests granted
187 bond decisions Moderate
$10,000
Median bond when set
61 bonds with amounts
0%
Released on own recognizance
This judge 23.5%
National 41.7% · median $6,500
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
20.1%
567 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
3.4%
890 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
84.2%
366 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
68.8%⚠
16 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
84.4%⚠
45 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
74.2%
267 decisions High confidence
20.1%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 567 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
20.1%
This court
18.4%
National average
29.9%
0%100% granted
In the bottom 46% of the 889 judges nationally with enough cases to compare.
Does a lawyer matter here?
Asylum grant rate by whether the person had legal representation.
With a lawyerrepresented · 461 decisions since 2021
24.5%
Without a lawyerunrepresented · 106 decisions since 2021
0.9%
Asylum grant rate over time
Each point is that calendar year's grant rate, back to 2015 where the judge was deciding cases — the longer career view. Dashed grey line = current national average (29.9%). Headline rates above use 2021 – today.
* 2026 is a partial year (data through 08/01/2026) and is incomplete.
Courts where this judge has decided cases
Hearing locations for cases this judge completed since 2021, by number of decisions.
Many judges hear cases from more than one court (detained facilities, video dockets, or reassignments).